Sought, Taught, and Lived

July 3

People who preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ from the world’s pulpits, people who leave all they own and all they love behind to go on the mission field, people who write blogs like this one—have one hope in mind in doing so. It is the fervent prayer of those who believe in the Lord Jesus Christ that others will grasp the vision of who He is and what He’s done for them so they, too, will be saved.

The magnitude of that one fervent desire is lost upon many in the Western World today who are of the opinion that all paths lead to heaven, who believe that any ‘sincere’ seeker will be rewarded with eternal bliss. In their estimation, the conclusion reached, the worldview espoused isn’t important in the least—the only thing that matters is that one is searching.

Whether one pursues goals of inner tranquility through Buddhism, or world-wide domination of Islam by adherents to its shariah law, or the Christian manifesto uttered by Christ Himself to “Go into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature,” (Mark 16:15), western man today concerns himself little with doctrinal purity or the idea that absolute truth is to be sought, taught and lived.

This is not God’s viewpoint, however. The Western World flourished when it embraced the truth of Christ and strove to scatter seeds of salvation abroad to every nation. There has been no greater progress on Earth than that made when Romans 12:2 was applied—“Be transformed by the renewing of your mind so you will be able to test and approve God’s pleasing and perfect will.”