Are You Becoming Secularized?

Are You Becoming Secularized?
From: Today God Is First by Os Hillman
May 11, 2019

"Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator-who is forever praised. Amen" (Romans 1:24-25).

There is a story told about a frog in a kettle. The frog is placed in a kettle of warm water. The frog does not notice that the water temperature is being turned up gradually until it is too late. He dies from the heat of the water not realizing the danger he was in.

Societies are suffering from the "frog in the kettle" analogy.

They make decisions that seem innocent enough, only to realize later the destructive impact these decisions bring to their society. Whether the issue is gay rights, abortion, euthanasia, or simply a lack of spiritual influence over society, the changes seem logical to the unregenerate mind but reveals the moral compass of the nation has been removed.

In 1945, a book was written about the spiritual condition of England. "We are convinced that England will never be converted until the laity use the opportunities daily afforded by their various professions, crafts and occupations."*

During the time of this writing, 30% of England attended church. Today, less than 7% attend church in England. It has become a secularized nation.

During this same time more than 40% of America was attending church. Today, less than 30% attend church and it is rapidly declining. The reason is that more and more believers are seeing the local church as irrelevant to the world they live in.

Surveys reveal that up to 90% of church members believe they are not being taught how to apply the Bible to the complex world in which they live. It is not a question of being taught the Bible; it is a question of making it relevant to their world.

May we who believe in Christ assure that the Holy Word of our wonderful Savior is taught to everyone whose life touches ours and is seen by those who don't know us personally in ways that cannot be missed because of our devotion to the Word in every aspect of our lives.