[CS-FSLUG] Convenience or Conviction?

[Brian Derr]

On Fri, May 07, 2004 at 10:36:39PM -0700, Christopher l Rose wrote:
> No Brian, that was not my point. I admit that I have met some "so
> called christians" whom knew nothing about church and the scripture
> except what they were taught about the "so called " rapture (bear in
> mind that I am an amillenialist, but that is a topic for another time).

Uh, yeah, that is definitely a topic for another time...

> Here then is my point: there are too many people that seem to call
> themselves Christians and yet many of them are merely in church
> for the sake of a "social activity" and that is about it. They
> pick up there faith when they enter the church and check it at the
> door when they leave. They may say to somebody at work that they
> are a christian or a church goer, but then they do not seek to live
> according to that confession. Indeed, they are often unable to answer
> even simple questions pertaining to who Christ Jesus is.  Even worse,
> if threatened, they are often the first to deny their faith. Now then,
> are we that way? This is something that we must each ask ourselves on
> an individual level. Oh, just for a reference, the two Lutheran groups
> had more interesting answers. They seemed to think that the question
> is a relevant one for the modern church.

Well, I suppose my question is, is that even a question then?  I would
imagine that most, if not all, Bible believing, Christ following
Christians would already know this as fact.  Looking at the church at
large we are a sad lot of people.  The statistics in our country (USA)
about the percentage of people that "are Christian," or "believe in
God," or "go to church" show that something like 80% fall into this
category.  While I would love to believe it I find it hard to believe
that 80% of America is a Bible believing Christian.  The divorce rate
among the "church" is something like 52%, how can this be if we know
that the *only* Biblical reason for divorce is adultery?  Because a
majority of the people that go to church do it to feel good.  Is this
news?  Not really.

> P.S. Brian, I do not mean to attack you, and if you feel that I did,
> please accept my apology.

Oh, not at all, I just didn't understand what you were trying to say.
However, now that I've read what amilennialism is I can see why you
think waiting for the "so called 'rapture'" would be lame.

   http://www.shoaheducation.com/amillenialism.html

Brian

-- 
The just man walketh in his integrity:
his children are blessed after him.  -- Proverbs 20:7
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