Today I received a link to a well known Christian statement. While it may be long to read it has some great thoughts, I am providing that link.
I certainly can not disagree with the thoughts stated here. I am glad
that there are those who are willing to fight the public/political
battles that these issues raise. When I see the three authors of this
statement at the end of the document, I can see the influence of each
in the document. If we did not have people willing to fight for the
rights of Christians, here and globally, I am sure that being a
practicing Christian would become much more difficult.
They are absolutely right that as followers of Christ we have the
God-given responsibility to teach and act as much like Christ as we can
be. The Christian church has no one else to blame if we become
ineffectual and irrelevant in our society except ourselves. We will
lose our voice in society because we refuse to use it. From that point
of view I would not hesitate to sign this statement. That being said I
have these thoughts also!
Turning the tide of government, takes a vast amount of time,
effort, and money. In the end it is just that "the Tide of government".
We flow back and forth from one extreme to another. The conservative
voice is becoming more audible because the liberal voice seems now to
be in control. That will probably result in the rise of the
conservative and that will again give rise to the liberal voice. In the
end how many lives are changed by the national laws reflecting the
public swings of sentiment? When we engage in the politics needed to
raise momentum for the Christian cause, it is almost impossible to
avoid what the statement refers to as "judging". The Christian employer
refuses to hire a person who is living in a homosexual relationship and
yet his main supervisor is known by all to be having an affair while
married. Sin is sin and yet to effect change in the laws of the state,
we have to make one sin worse than another. We are forced to judge.
Jesus came to change "people" that "I may KNOW HIM and knowing Him
I would know the one who sent Him!" Making laws and changing laws will
not change people. Jesus knew that and that is why he did not try to
change the political religion of His day. He said that He came to "Save
the lost". He knew that the best way to do that was to directly touch
people's lives, humbly serving all of those around him, from Centurion
leaders to blind beggars and lepers. I certainly do not object to those
who seek to make a difference through government, but as for me I
choose to use my talents, and treasure to effect change through
individual people. I believe that we can change our entire society by
serving one person at a time.
We will always live in a world that is influenced by the Devil and
his hatred of God and everything Godly! No laws can change that. But we
can influence individuals to live lives that reflect the Love of
Christ.
I have more thoughts but that is probably enough for now.
In Christ,
Paul Hoyer
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