As Christians we are not to act differently than the world, were to be different. When people choose to become Christians they segregate them selves from the world and do "Christian" things. Like go to church three to four times a week, give money, teach a Sunday school class, but usually it's in the safe environment of the church building. And when the church does step out to "outreach" it is usually in away that turns people off to the church. Why is that?
It is time for the church to leave their pew and go back to the back alleys and bars that they came from. You see the world doesn't like the church because we do stuff they have no interest in and when the real things they are watching us for fail they loose faith. Christians and non-Christians alike have to deal with life. We all have the same problems; sickness, finances, children, career, marriage, etc. But should we both respond the same way to these things? This is the fall back of the church. Christians should respond differently to life, according to the fruit of the spirit. But we usually freak out and stress out just like the world. That's what the world is looking for. Peace under pressure. A struggling marriage becoming strong. Loneliness being filled with fellowship. The world doesn't care about what we do or don't do. They care about how we live, and how we respond to life. Because that's what they need. I they won't see it unless we walk among them.
So what do we as Christians do? First we need to get out from under our shells and get back involved with the community. Become part of the community, not a segment of the community. Secondly, we need to be Christians. That is, live life in the spirit and producing the fruit of the spirit in our lives. That's what attracted people to Jesus and that's what will attract people to us. Then they'll want what we have to offer them.
It is time for the church to leave their pew and go back to the back alleys and bars that they came from. You see the world doesn't like the church because we do stuff they have no interest in and when the real things they are watching us for fail they loose faith. Christians and non-Christians alike have to deal with life. We all have the same problems; sickness, finances, children, career, marriage, etc. But should we both respond the same way to these things? This is the fall back of the church. Christians should respond differently to life, according to the fruit of the spirit. But we usually freak out and stress out just like the world. That's what the world is looking for. Peace under pressure. A struggling marriage becoming strong. Loneliness being filled with fellowship. The world doesn't care about what we do or don't do. They care about how we live, and how we respond to life. Because that's what they need. I they won't see it unless we walk among them.
So what do we as Christians do? First we need to get out from under our shells and get back involved with the community. Become part of the community, not a segment of the community. Secondly, we need to be Christians. That is, live life in the spirit and producing the fruit of the spirit in our lives. That's what attracted people to Jesus and that's what will attract people to us. Then they'll want what we have to offer them.