Christians
are often taught not to offend people with their faith and when we do share
we're told that we are judgmental and how can we say that our way is the only
true way to God. Consequently, we frequently may feel good about our faith in
church, but bad before unbelievers and society.
However,
the Good News we offer is right and good for the listener. Stand firm and be
proud of what you believe. Why is that?
Here
are several points to consider:
· God's Word and Christ
are true and the Bible says it (2 Timothy 3:16; 2 Peter 3:16; John 1:14,17).
· Teleios surveys show
that young Christians overwhelmingly support this fact (>90%) so you are in
good company.
· Teleios Research as
well as other medical research has shown that Christians generally have better
wellbeing than non-Christians.
· Eternal security - The
Bible provides us a way to salvation, a great hope and eternal security.
Teleios Research shows believing in eternal security also helps wellbeing.
· Adherence to the Christian
lifestyle principles (prayer, praise, fellowship, Bible study, outreach) provides
even better wellbeing.
· Following individual
Christian principles helps wellbeing such as: forgiveness, hope, thankfulness.
· Christians serve and
give more (than unbelievers) to society which contributes further to good wellbeing.
· Society - Our society
is based on Christian principles which provide a basis for fairness and justice
not generally seen in historically non-Christian countries. Just read 1 Peter
or 1 Timothy to get an idea of the roughness and violence of the Greco-Roman culture
into which Christianity was brought and ultimately tamed.
· The Bible provides for
us a robust formula for a successful life and helping others and society.
In
contrast, what does secular society and their institutions believe? Their beliefs
have been clarified over the past few years:
· They hate God and they
hate Christians.
· They want to shut up believers
and take Christianity out of the public square using: intimidation, violence, and
name calling.
· They hate the
institutions that built our society because they are Christian:
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They
started with education, marriage and sex gender roles in the past generation
and more recently have attacked gender itself. Now they minimize our glorious history
starting with memorials, the founding fathers and soon it will be their words,
with the goal of destroying the constitution itself including voting and
property rights, and the freedom of self-expression.
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Then,
without a basis of government, Christians will be at the mercy of a secular,
despotic, globalist, one-world state.
This currently comes mostly under the mask of climate issues and racism.
What
does the statist, globalist, humanist communist offer society in return? We
will discuss this next week as well as a Christian response. Please join us
then. We have a great and powerful God who preserves us to salvation and helps
us in our time on earth.
Visit the Teleios website for further research
showing the benefit of Christianity in our lives http://teleiosresearch.com/.
WC Stewart
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