May 19, 2024
Greetings and blessings to all of you. In the book of Rev. 3:2 Jesus told the church in Sardis, “Be watchful and strengthen the things which remain… that are ready to die… for I have not found your works perfect before God.” I assert that Christ has called the church (people called out) to be a safeguard for the next generation. We all know that the young people in the public schools and colleges are facing pressure to go along with transgenderism and abortions, same sex relationships and now the Marxist- ideology. We as a church should know that when the state rights take place of God given rights, we can easily move from taking prayer and the Bible out of the tax funded institutions to euthanasia. Will we bow before the culture that feed us propaganda of our media-driven politically correct culture? Is the pressure too great? Do we believe we could safely stay in our homes ignoring the battles that are going on outside? It has been said, “silence in the face of evil is itself evil. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act. God will not hold us guiltless.” Why do we fear speaking out against such atrocities? It has been said that pastors do not because they will lose congregants on these sensitive matters. Maybe, some have theological objections and misunderstanding of the cultural issues believing that they are being loving and compassionate. Maybe some of us believe that politics is off limits and beyond the boundary of our faith? Some of us may believe the only real role of the church is evangelism and we must never say anything that might detract from this. We must understand what is the root of our fears and our silence. God is no respecter of persons and we should not believe we are exempt from His judgements. We do not want to be counterfeit followers. In the Bible there were groups of people who were adept at blending in with the religious crowd. They knew how to speak Christianese. They enjoyed being in close proximity to Christ. But they were not ready to share His Truths to anyone for fear they would be thrown out of the temple or worst ..killed. They had a superficial attachment to Jesus. They knew about Christ, but they did not know Him. Christ is against a lot of this crazy we see out here and He wants us to speak up to defend the love we have for humanity. Judas betrayed Christ for 30 pieces of silver. Are you and I doing the same thing and for what? Ego, job, relatives, status…think about it.
With the Love of Christ
First Lady Vivian C. Currie
Pastor A.L. Currie