What kind of creation are you???

Some things have been at the fore front of my mind these past few months. My family and I are constantly bombarded with images of immodesty, irresponsibility, and apathy. All of which we are subject to in the very church we attended. So my question is, “What kind of creations are people these days?” Are they new creations in Christ or just a slightly re-purposed version of the original? When I say re-purposed I mean in reality they remain the same, with just some “new paint and stenciling”. I see people in church playing the part or some not playing the part at all, what I do not see as frequently is real transformations of spirit and character. Galatians 6:15b “what counts is a new creation.”  A popular phrase comes to mind…”Sunday Christians.” Why is it that so many call themselves Christians and yet do not embrace the new creation our Lord Jesus Christ bought and paid for with his very life? If we look at the meaning of the term or name Christian, it literally means “Little Christ.” If we are dressing inappropriately, allowing our children to dress the same, acting without love, and respect for others, without prayer and supplication, we are not acting as a “little Christ.” We are continuing to act like a fallen people. 2 Corinthians 5:11 “What we are, is plain to God, and I hope it is also plain to your conscience.”  I am not inferring that we will be able to live without sin as a new creation; human beings can not be sinless thus the need for the Savior. What I am saying is that we need to try a little harder folks. Accepting watered down Christianity, and a sugar coated Gospel because it is easier to swallow is not putting off the old and putting on the new, which comes from the Lord. 2 Corinthians 5:17 “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!” We are attempting to put on our own version of new. That is relying on our own wisdom.

In a lot of churches now you do not even need to bring your own bible. It’s all up on the power point for you. Now I’m not saying power points are bad, but come on, there should be some encouraging to venture into the scriptures yourself, so as to own your relationship with the Father. I am also not suggesting that this is not a good tool especially for the potential new believers. There needs to be “meat” for the mature Christians as well. It’s not about numbers, and bodies in the “pews.” My husband and I have experienced these things first hand at the various churches we have visited in the last few years. They sure are pretty and high tech, with their state of the art sound systems, coffee bars and Sunday daycare centers in place of Sunday school. There is no accountability even to the children to learn of the Lord and His ways. At the church my husband I recently visited there were not even bibles, chairs, tables or boards that would indicate teaching took place. Instead there were tons of toys, video games, TVs and DVD players. When we asked our kids what they learned, they had blank looks on their faces, and said, “We never started really.” If you question the actions of the Sunday school teachers, their response is something like, “well we do not want to push kids into an uncomfortable experience” WHAT?! It does not have to be uncomfortable. At what point do you teach ownership of Faith, and the responsibility of following Christ? Obviously not in worship either, because somebody could become offended. The only way Jesus offends is when you feel convicted!

It seems to me that many “followers” are asleep today. 1 Thessalonians 5:6 So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep, but let us be alert and self-controlled. Not really knowing what is being fed to them, and who it may come from. We are told to “test everything,” 1 Thessalonians 5:21. Many walk around trusting the wrong sources, because it is easier than finding and following the truth. It proves easier than fighting the wrong attitudes that persist. “If you can’t beat ‘em join ‘em.” Well that’s not going to cut it with the Lord. If you are going around emulating that which He directs us to steer away from, then you just may blend in, and look as one that does not belong to Him.

I urge those that may read this to take a moment and reflect on recent attitudes, and behaviors that the Creator may wish to “spit out of His mouth.” Are you lukewarm; what kind of creation are you? 

Galatians 6:9

“Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.”