Complacent Christians
By: Cameo Contreras
Tags: Christianity, Jesus, Life, Evangelism, Faith

Complacent Christians

Standing for nothing will leave you falling for anything.

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Let’s get one thing straight; we’re all taking a stand. Whether conscience or not we’re daily making decisions and living life for the benefit of one team only. There’s either a life lived in search of Christ, or one meant in pursuit of this world; that’s it, there can be no in-between. I didn’t say this, Jesus did.

There are a lot of “Christians” walking around. Everyone’s under an umbrella of comfortable titles until it stops being comfortable. Inclusion is easy, it’s comfortable. But let someone ask you directly just exactly who, and for what you stand for, and suddenly everyone’s searching for the right words.

If you were asked, what type of response would you give?

Catholics, Christians, Spiritualists, people in search of “light:” we are all not one and the same. It doesn’t matter that we’re “good” people, that we help others, or that we “believe in God.” The devil and his demons believe in God, they go to church too, think they’re spending eternity with Christ?

We cannot go on pretending otherwise when we’re not all fighting on the same team.

Inaction, that is, failing to act, can be just as effective as decisive action; and right now the enemy has an entire army of in-active Christians fighting his battles and helping him win this war against Jesus Christ.

Why is it whenever someone wants to assert their right to freedom of religion the only religion publicly called out in derision is Christianity? In these times you can worship anyone or anything you want as long as it isn’t Jesus Christ.

Because then your hateful, homophobic, a zealot or maybe even a nut-case, but you most assuredly are not respected. Muslims won’t tolerate any form of blasphemy against Allah or Mohammed, but we’ll quietly sit by while somebody we know damns the name of God three different times to describe a good movie— and still many purport to fear and revere Christ.

We are not called to sit by and be complacent while the Lord is mocked(Netflix's gay Jesus fiasco), his word is distorted and watered down, and churches and ministers tailor messages to appeal to today’s society.

Complacency is why we find ourselves where we’re at today — a time where the only religion publicly and routinely vilified is Christianity.

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There’s a war on Christianity in the media and in society; a war on Christ. Through their inaction, too many “Complacent Christians” are aiding and abetting the wrong side.

Whose side are you on and who do your actions benefit?

12 And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.

Commentaries on this somewhat controversial scripture tend to agree that this exemplifies the zeal by which we chase after Christ, his kingdom and life in him — with the authority that comes with knowing who it is we stand for.

The world has lulled itself into this false image of the “little baby Jesus.” He came as one; he left the Lion of Judah, conqueror of death.

That's who I stand for; that’s who I serve.

When the times comes for your account, what will your response be?