What Are You Looking For?

What Are You Looking For?

We all have tastes and preferences in every area of life; our clothing, food, home decor, car, music and our religion. When we became Christians our tastes and preferences were surrendered to Christ along with the rest of our lives. We were crucified with him and now he reigns as Lord in our hearts (Gal.2:20). Especially in the realm of religion the Christian's preference must be that which Christ has set before us as His way (John 14:6). With Paul we must strive to please God as we live our Christian life (I Thess. 4:1).

Many postmodern folks have a hard time understanding and accepting this truth. They want forgiveness and they want to go to heaven, but living and worshiping by the ancient code of Jesus is galling to their independence. When He created us, God endowed each of us with volition, the ability to chose between things and make our own decisions. Each day He sets before us good and evil that we may chose one or the other (Deut.30:19).

If your heart is set on clapping your hands, shouting, dancing you are free to go to a Pentecostal church.

If you yearn for tradition, ritual, liturgy, and clerical splendor you can choose Catholicism or the Episcopal Church.

If you want entertainment you can go to a Community Church with contemporary worship.

If you want faith healing and miracles you can go to a charismatic church.

If you want a church where you can believe anything you wish and live as you desire you can go to a Unitarian-Universalist Church.

If you want a church that concentrates on social action and self improvement you can choose a Methodist Church.

If you want a church that lives as in the olden times you can go to the Old Amish Church.

If you want a church that accepts, approves of and endorse homosexual conduct there is the Metropolitan Community Church.

If you want a church where God's Word is studied; Where Christ is preached (Phil. 1:18); Where people worship the Father in spirit and in truth (John 4:24); Where folks make every effort to follow the Bible in all things (Heb. 8:5); Where sin is condemned but sinners are loved; Where Christians labor to do the will of the Father and thus build up his kingdom, then you need to seek out a church of Christ and worship with them (Rom. 16:16). The choice is yours, but with your choice goes the consequence. Those who choose to do the will of the Father will enter the kingdom of heaven, those who choose to do otherwise will be rejected (Matt. 7:21).

Sincerely,

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