It is amazing to think that a book under this title can sell so well year after year however we Christians do not consider such things. I just got done hearing the account of a man that took action and organized a protest against the black mass that occurred in Oklahoma not long ago. What he found to his admitted dismay that with the some 1200 or so churches in the 1 million strong city of Oklahoma that most churches never had the resolve to stand in public against a blatant act of blasphemy. It is to no surprise to me that it was the Catholics that were the force to be reckoned with. I know that this last statement may be something quite strange for those that know me as the ex-catholic that I am however I am happy to explain why my answer stands as it does. You see I indeed grow up as a Catholic and saw the great hypocrisy that is that church group. To be fair I would say that any organization has the 90% of lukewarm benchwarmers. The real difference I have found is that the Catholics have a tremendous assembly of quite devoted elderly that live and breathe the religion. I am alive today no doubt to the dedicated endless hours of prayer and rosary reciting of these secretive saints of the kingdom. I do not see this to be the case at all with even the most zealous of the protestants I have encountered, myself included. I only take this side road to mention that Christianity in effect is quite an illusive sort of animal. I have said for years that I am certain of only one thing and that is that we will be quite surprised who God calls sheep at the end trial. I am doing whatever I can to not snow blow myself in delusion on the matter. Christianity has been said to be a verb. It is something that you stick you neck out to preform. It is faith that has to cost you everything you are or it is just not being preformed. Human by nature wants to follow his own will and way. Christian's give up their will to obey the will of a master. We are willing subjects to another. I titled this article what I did because I had a vision of Christians jumping off and pulling their own parachute to brace the fall. So what color is yours? Are you willing to even jump into a life of faith or not? If God told you to do something that cost you anything would you do it? Is your parachute colored yellow stating that you are just plain chicken to stand and represent something that you admit with your lips you are risking your eternity on? Is your parachute black? Signifying those that go to church undercover. You know those who use their presence as a church goer as a cover up for the sins that they commit in another private life? Is your parachute rainbow colored representing those who go to the country club media rich mega churches that you use as a status symbol? Or is your parachute like those who attended this event full of holes and in need of faith alone to full the gap that will save their life? Frankly this question is easy to come to. You merely need to look at your life and assess if it requires the need for God to do something to make it work. A life that if pending the orders from its superior. An existence that has no you in it at all. Because in fact you do not care about the condition of your parachute. Not what it looks like or its usability. You are focused on the instructor that is teaching you how to live in spite of a dangerous jump that could cost you your life. Think about it and repent. God wants jumpers not people that stand on the ledge. Nor those who bring attention to their jump so all can see how wonderful they are. What else can be said. Be doers of the way, not hearers only.
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