Why Should They?

In a recent conversation with an old acquaintance at breakfast,I realized why so many unsaved people want nothing to do with Christianity. Most often, Christians are some of the most hypocritical, spiteful, back-stabbing people one could ever hope never to meet. But when,or more appropriately "if," these same Christians go on visitation, they expect to be welcomed with open arms at every house they visit. It does not take a brain surgeon to realize that this high-handed arrogance and these inconsistent vices are a major reason that the Church of today is so ineffective and unsuccessful at fulfilling the Great Commission. The Apostle James said, "Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh" (James 3:12). Now, I am not railing against every church, nor am I calling out every church member. I personally know many fine Christians at whom this article is not aimed. But sadly, this number is completely dwarfed by the number to whom I am speaking. It seems that most Christians are content to imbibe what the world has to offer, so long as they make it to Sunday morning, Sunday night, and possibly Wednesday night services.This equals 4 hours in a 168 hour week, of which 112 hours are spent awake. Never, ever, will 4 hours balance much less counteract the effects of 168 hours spent eating, sleeping, living and thinking like the world. And because most Christians have this mentality just described, they are ignorant of God, the Bible, fundamental doctrines of Christianity, how to defend these doctrines and their own beliefs and they have no desire to change any of this. They are happy living in sin just like the world and the unsaved. Christ, in speaking to the Church of Laodicea,addressed this very issue in severely harsh terms. Revelation 3:15-16 states, "I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. 16) So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth." Christ is telling the Church at Laodicea that it would be better if they were flaming atheists determined to fight God all the way than to be hypocritical liars with no spine and no true allegiances. Desperate times call for desperate measures, and the Church today, like the Church of Laodicea, isn't desperate for God's truth.