Taking Sides

Wherever two or three people are gathered together, there is likely to be division. It is in our nature to choose up sides. For a great many of us, the side we choose is called "right" and all the other choices are called "wrong." Now, there are those who say that they don't judge and they don't take sides. There are also those who say that every choice is "right". But, if you listen carefully to some of the other things these people say, it's clear they too have chosen a side and are as harsh on those who disagree with them as is any one else.

I am a Christian. I have reviewed the evidence presented to me of Jesus' divinity and I choose Christ. I say that with no sense of accomplishment because before I chose Him; He chose me. Before He said, "go ye into all the world," He said, "Come unto Me." The call to salvation rests squarely on Christ; it is a personal invitation to be on His side and no other. Jesus didn't call me to a building with a certain name above the door. He called me to Himself; to a place where he that is not against us is on our part and he that does not gather with us scatters abroad. It was a call to take sides. Christians may disagree on how particular things should be accomplished, but there should be no doubt whose side we are on.

There are those who say it doesn't matter what path we take; all roads lead to God. In a sense, I have to agree. Every man, woman and child will one day be gathered together to stand before God. The books will be opened and we shall give an account of every idle word we have spoken. From these words we will be judged; not as to guilt or innocence, the sides have already been chosen. We will be judged as to how we played the game.

"Who is on the Lord's side, let him come to me."