Living Words

Christianity is not a set of tenets to be recited, nor is it a collection of prayers one speaks in times of distress. The promoters of our society call upon people to look a certain way; conform in their thinking and speaking; and accept every whim of man’s will as right.

Contrary to what the world thinks, Christianity is not about conformity--it is about transformation. Christ calls us to newness of life. A person cannot truly heed the call of Christ without it. Christianity allows a man to lay aside the weights and chains of his former life and live free. Perhaps it is this freedom to live apart from the dictates of society that makes Christianity so divisive.

Live for Christ and immediately those around you become defensive. From behind the walls of convention and conformity they take up ridicule and slander against our going a different direction. To live in such a hostile climate is not easy. It certainly requires more of us than words. It requires the working of faith within to be translated to a life of faith on the outside.

It is one thing to say, “Jesus is Lord!” It takes exceedingly more to live it. Our real confession is not our words, but our life. God’s word is powerful; able to change men down to the thoughts and intents of the heart. But, it is in living God’s word that our confession lives. When we do that, we will be hated on earth and applauded in heaven.

“Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven. But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.”