I Don't Need a Better Life. I Need My Sins Drowned in Blood.
→ The modern church is selling enhancement when souls are dying for salvation
If I wanted a religion to change my life, I'd join the Scientologists.
But my life is fine.
What I need is a religion that'll save my soul and drown my sins in a fountain of blood.
Let's be clear:
The modern church keeps selling life enhancement when souls are crying out for salvation.
Consider what Scripture actually promises:
"For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God." - 1 Corinthians 1:18
We've swapped:
• Salvation for self-improvement
• Redemption for religion
• The Cross for comfort
The Blood speaks of deeper things:
"And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission." - Hebrews 9:22
This isn't about:
- Better marriages
- Stronger families
- Financial prosperity
Though these may come.
This is about a debt that required divine blood.
When did we start selling:
• Life coaching instead of Life eternal?
• Better days instead of Better resurrection?
• Personal growth instead of Personal redemption?
"For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it." - Luke 9:24
The early church didn't offer:
- Seven steps to success
- Keys to better living
- Prosperity principles
They offered a Cross.
They preached Blood.
They promised Resurrection.
For the believers reading this:
When did we start settling for less than salvation?
Raw honesty only.
Honestly? I feel when we started to injest the world's ideas about suffering. It makes sense that if you only believe in the flesh-based existence, that suffering would be an anathma to be avoided at all costs and humans are terrible at estimating long-term risks when there's a short-term risk to distract them; earthly suffering seems like a more short-term risk while salvation is a long-term gain. I've been really wrestling with this idea of how we characterize and burden with an enormous amount of importance the idea of suffering and its avoidance - just as the world does - while I become more and more convinced that that's not the point, it is REALLY difficult to expound the idea that suffering is not important without sounding like a heartless monster. I've been busy trying to formulate my ideas while trying not to sound like a complete sadist, but I'm just not putting the pieces together. But I feel like sacrilizing the idea of avoiding suffering is a huge part of this
We started walking away when the first so-called disciples walked away from Jesus. But as a culture, during the time of Constantine. In our country, probably in the 2nd or 3rd generation after its founding. Real, serious Christianity can’t be passed down from one generation to the next; it has to be a brand new experience for each individual, and each individual must make the decision to give his or her life to Christ or walk away. God doesn’t have grandchildren.