TO REIGN OR TO WANE? (6 OF 29)
by Keith Krell
Scripture: Revelation 2:18-29
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To Reign or to Wane? (6 of 29)
Series: Live Like You're Leaving
Keith Krell
Revelation 2:18-29
If there is a watchword that describes the American mindset today, it's the word tolerance. The thought behind tolerance is that right and wrong varies from situation to situation. What's wrong for me may be right for you and vice versa. Tolerance teaches that all views are equally valid, and there are no absolutes. The only absolute is that there are no absolutes. We tolerate everything except intolerance. As a result, we are killing truth and values have no value.
But this is just society's worldview, right? Wrong! Christian pollster George Barna's research indicates that only 34% of born-again adults are certain that absolute moral truth exists. Barna also discovered that only 9% of born-again teenagers believe in absolute moral truth. Moreover, less than 20% of professing born-again believers have a biblical worldview. This is frightening! God's Word, the sharp, two-edged sword, is being replaced with the devil's pitchfork. Our worldview is now defined with a Burger King philosophy, ''Have it your way,'' rather than by heaven's King who says, ''Have it My way!''
So what can we do to remedy the situation that we find ourselves in? Despite what some well meaning Christians would have us believe, we will not transform our culture. That ship has sailed! Nonetheless, the Holy Spirit can transform a remnant of believers who will submit to God's Word. But we'll have to make some hard decisions and take some difficult stands. The big question is: Are we willing to be unpopular? The 19th century American statesman, Daniel Webster (1782-1852), once said: ''There is nothing so powerful as truth-and often nothing so strange.'' Are we as a church willing to be considered strange? In Rev 2:18-29 Jesus has some choice words to a church teetering on the edge of disaster. The letter to the church in Thyatira is the longest of the seven letters. It may have been the le ...
Series: Live Like You're Leaving
Keith Krell
Revelation 2:18-29
If there is a watchword that describes the American mindset today, it's the word tolerance. The thought behind tolerance is that right and wrong varies from situation to situation. What's wrong for me may be right for you and vice versa. Tolerance teaches that all views are equally valid, and there are no absolutes. The only absolute is that there are no absolutes. We tolerate everything except intolerance. As a result, we are killing truth and values have no value.
But this is just society's worldview, right? Wrong! Christian pollster George Barna's research indicates that only 34% of born-again adults are certain that absolute moral truth exists. Barna also discovered that only 9% of born-again teenagers believe in absolute moral truth. Moreover, less than 20% of professing born-again believers have a biblical worldview. This is frightening! God's Word, the sharp, two-edged sword, is being replaced with the devil's pitchfork. Our worldview is now defined with a Burger King philosophy, ''Have it your way,'' rather than by heaven's King who says, ''Have it My way!''
So what can we do to remedy the situation that we find ourselves in? Despite what some well meaning Christians would have us believe, we will not transform our culture. That ship has sailed! Nonetheless, the Holy Spirit can transform a remnant of believers who will submit to God's Word. But we'll have to make some hard decisions and take some difficult stands. The big question is: Are we willing to be unpopular? The 19th century American statesman, Daniel Webster (1782-1852), once said: ''There is nothing so powerful as truth-and often nothing so strange.'' Are we as a church willing to be considered strange? In Rev 2:18-29 Jesus has some choice words to a church teetering on the edge of disaster. The letter to the church in Thyatira is the longest of the seven letters. It may have been the le ...
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