Why are we so afraid?
Yet as Christians, that is often how we act.
We are afraid.
Afraid to talk about God.
Afraid to talk about sin.
Afraid to talk about creation.
Afraid to tell atheists that they know there's a God.
Afraid to talk about other false religions.
Afraid to confront the world.
Afraid, afraid, afraid.
But what are we afraid of?
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Deuteronomy 32.31 - "Their rock is not as our Rock; our enemies are by themselves."
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As Christians, we tend to take a defensive position against the world.
We treat them as if they have the high ground and that we have to just hang on to whatever we can, as if we're the ones playing with the weaker hand.
But the truth is it is the world that is in a desperate and sad situation.
And they are certainly not to be feared.
Why not?
Because they are alone.
And we are not.
We have the Rock.
But the rock they are trusting in is not real.
So why is it that we are the ones on the defensive? Why are we the ones acting afraid? Unsure? Embarrassed?
It is the world that has a sad, made-up faith. They are the ones trusting in things that are not real, in fairy tales of self, and rejecting the Rock who made them, believing in a dumb rock that they've turned into their god.
The world isn't to feared. It is to be pitied. And its lies are to be rebuked and defeated.
Next time you look at the world, see them for what they are -
ALONE.