'Christians Need to Stand Up Against Injustice'

'Christians Need to Stand Up Against Injustice' by Beth Moore     

    

Well known evangelist Beth Moore has called for reform and repentance in the Evangelical Church, according to CBN News.

The well-known speaker and author is calling on the church to repent and renounce what she calls "pampered gospel."

"What I think has happened here is that in our discipleship, we are not teaching what is normative in the believing life," she said. "When we carry our cross and we follow Jesus, we are walking into a storm. We were told in Luke 10, Matthew 10 that  we will be 'sheep among wolves,' not wolves among sheep."

Moore explained that "sheep among wolves" means Christians will be "persecuted," "criticized," "imprisoned" and even killed for speaking the truth -- something she believes few American Christians truly understand, let alone expect to experience.

"We have been very proud of the fact that we have not subscribed to a prosperity gospel. But what we have subscribed to is a pampered gospel where we are so afraid of suffering and we are so afraid someone is going to criticize us and hurt our feelings," Moore said. "This is the Gospel work of Jesus Christ and we are going with Him. Whatever it takes, no matter how unpopular it is. He was hated. We have to have thicker skin than that."

Before the conference, she took to Twitter to encourage the church to repent of its failures. "Why on God's green earth are we expending untold energy still defending ourselves when we could just repent of placing trust in man to save and champion us, defend our principles and keep us privileged and empowered instead of trusting God to help us? How hard is it to repent?"

"Evangelicalism is in humiliating need of reform but the thing is, it's possible. In OUR lifetimes. All that stands between us and an astonishing work of the Holy Spirit is repentance. Quit being scared of rocking a boat that has run aground on an island of compromise. Walk on water," she concluded.

Father in heaven, thank You for this teaching! We cry out now for an outpouring of the Holy Spirit to come upon the church, that we may find the grace to repent of our sin and our lukewarm faith. Let easygoing Christianity be gone!

Lord, awaken the Christ who lives inside the heart of every Blood-washed soul and enliven our minds to live for Jesus, to empower Your people to propagate the gospel of the living Savior; to make it real to us and to those whose lives touch ours that there truly is salvation only through the Blood of Christ.

We ask this in the Name of Jesus and believe it done for God's glory.

"The eyes of our understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, and what is the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints; And what is the exceeding greatness of His power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of His mighty power. Which He has wrought in Christ, when He raised Him from the dead, and set Him at His own right hand in heavenly places." Ephesians 1:18, 19.