Truth demands confrontation! Sadly to our own detriment we must admit that this seldom happens. Most Christians have not been active in the battle, or even been able to see that we are in a battle. Thus, when it comes to the issues of our day concerning Truth Decay – most Christians say nothing; or worse yet – say nothing different from what the world would say. This is a great travesty – when Christians refuse to stand for truth as truth. We’ve allowed the secular humanist to intimidate us with their shouts of intolorance! All “religious- minded” people know that Christians can’t afford to be seen by the secular humanist as being bigots! So most Christians are more inclined to bow down to the intimidating tactics of the secular humanist than to obey the scriptures in defending the truth of the Holy Scriptures to a lost and dying world. You need to know that to be tolerant of the secular humanist philosophy in the face of absolute truth is the grossest form of worldliness that a Christian could commit.
Making Jesus Christ Lord in our lives means taking a stand in very direct and practical ways against the secular humanist spirit as it continues to gain momentum in our culture – crushing everything that we cherish in its path. As Christians we must do all we can to lead people into the knowledge of the truth of God’s Word. We must “defend the truth!” The soft days for New Testament Christianity are past, and only a strong stand for TRUTH will enable a Christian to withstand the pressures of an indoctrinated humanistic society demanding autonomous freedom.
We must remember that it was the early church’s passionate conviction of the truth of God’s Word that enabled them to withstand the pressure of the Roman Empire. Without a strong commitment to God’s absolutes, the early believers would never have remained faithful in the face of the constant harassment and persecution they faced every day from the Roman culture. Our situation is remarkably similar as our own legal, moral, and social structure is based on an increasingly anti-Christian, humanistic philosophy.
For those of us who are serious about our walk with God, and don’t want to get swallowed up by this secular humanist spirit; it’s not optional if we read our Bibles and spend time in communion with the Lord and come to church every time the doors are open…it’s a vital necessity! Church, we are at a time when humanism is coming to its natural conclusion in morals, in values, and in law. We are presently experiencing what the Holy Spirit warned us about in…
• 2 Timothy 3:1 (CEV)
“You can be certain that in the last days there will be some very hard times.”
• Ephesians 4:17-19 (The Message)
“And so I insist—and God backs me up on this—that there be no going along with the crowd, the empty-headed, mindless crowd. They’ve refused for so long to deal with God that they’ve lost touch not only with God but with reality itself. They can’t think straight anymore…”
Church, we are surrounded by a society with no fixed standards and “no fault” everything! Absolutes are psychologically pushed away or explained away so that there is no right or wrong. As with the “happiness” of the mother taking precedence over human life, so anything that interferes with the “happiness” of the individual or society is done away with.
While the absolute truths of God’s Word are being destroyed by theological and cultural compromise, will we have the courage as Bible-believing Christians to confront? Will we have the courage to confront and, if necessary, do it publically? If we do not have the courage to confront the lies of satan, we will by default allow satan to take away the future of our children. We will destroy any hope of our children being the redeeming salt and light of our dying culture.
We cannot wait for someone else to defend the truth! I know it will not be easy, and for many it may be costly. One thing is for sure; it certainly will not be popular. But if we truly believe that God is who He says He is, that Jesus is His Son, and the Holy Spirit is His life force…and if we truly love His Word and His church, we have no other choice. We must stop the decay of truth by taking our stand to defend the truth!