It is a bit of a cliche in this modern time to ask the question, "What is wrong with the world?". It seems like everyone has asked this question so many times, without receiving an answer that is acceptable to their heart that the question is no longer worth asking. Furthermore, anyone who insists upon asking it is branded a zealot at best. To avoid this conundrum, I ask the question in only the rheotorical sense. Because I already know the answer and I think alot of other people do too.
Obviously, if asking the question relagates the inquistor to something less than desirable, the question must either be unanswerable or the answer would be unacceptable, despite its truth. This falls into the second category. No person wants to hear the truthful answer for fear of what it would do to them. I can hear the reply now, "The problem is with the world, not me." But, this only furthers the distance from where we believe the world should be, because the world is made up of flawed people, just like you and I.
The answer is Jesus of course, but that is unacceptable to people that have been exposed to His followers without being exposed to Him. How can someone be willing to forego the pleasures they experience when they see "Christians" so unhappy? It is the "Church" that has seperated itself from God and it very well could be the "abomination that causes desolation". So, what to do from here?
As a person, look to your spiritual left, right, front, and rear. On your right hand you will find "Christians" that we will call "X-ians" that are modern day Pharisees. On your left hand you will find the spiritual black hole of atheism. To your rear you will find the live you lived. To your front you will find a narrow path, that despite its destination is overgrown with briars. You have to make a decision of where to travel because the time of accounting is near and not making a decision is a decision in and of itself.
We all need to take the narrow path that leads to our Lord and Savior and because the day of judgement is near we need to bring others with us. They shouldn't have to "join" us because they are already co-heirs to the kingdom.
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