There is a revolution happening. A rebelion against this world. Against what we are told is right and wrong. Against everything we are taught.
This world changing revolution is not a new cult nor is it a new religion. It has been around for hundreds of years. It has been twisted before, changed, forced into a set of rules and regulations so that people will follow it like sheep to the slaughter. Twisting this revolution has caused hundreds of causualties in the spiritual war. And it is still causing wounds.
What is the revolution? You've heard about it, heck you might even think you are apart of it. Some even are without being aware. This revolution is Jesus. He is the founder, the first rebel against this world. He did not start a church, He did not set down a new set of rules, He didnt sit down and plan churches.
He lived a revolution.
He told us to drop everything, pick up our crosses, and follow him. No matter the cost, no matter the price. He didnt say go sit in a church and chant and follow rules and be a nice person. He said "and anyone who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it." Mathew 10:38-39
This is a call to arms. This is a chance to be apart of the revolution. It isnt a call to sit down and be nice. Jesus is the Lion of Judah. He turns the money tables. He shouts the Truth in the middle of crowds that want him dead. He stands till the very end with Strength and Diginity. Could you imagine if he wasnt a revolutionary? He never would have been able to stand up and say "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6 This is the revolution.
Arent you tired of the chants in church? Arent you tired of having to go every Sunday when your whole life should be a celebration? Arent you tired of saying the same prayers over and over when all the words mash together to a meaningless mesh? This is the revolution.
In this revolution there is no rules, no regulations except for one. "Obey the Lord your God with all your heart, mind, and soul." Seek him, find him. No long prayers except those that flow from the heart. No meaningless chants or responses, just songs that come from the soul. No building made from materials of this world, just the world God gave us and asks us to seek him in. He isnt found in a church building, he is found in the heart of the frontier, the heart of every man and woman that is bold enough to seek him with everything. This is the revolution.
Sunday, July 1, 2007
Revolutionary Christian
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