Sunday Morning Truths

December 16, 2009

Contrary to popular religion, manifested in the same style as rock-festivals or sports events where
masses gather together in arenas to do things for a few hours that they wouldn’t be caught dead doing
anywhere else, like praise the Lord & shout Hallelujah, Jesus said that the path of truth wasn’t going
to be a thing for the masses, but rather that there were few who would even find it, and that many
were called and few chosen.
Nothing has changed about that, as far as I have experienced, because the vast majority actually
chooses to reject the truth when they hear it.
The truth, as in, how we are really supposed to serve God, namely by going out to find those who
haven’t found Him yet, instead of letting it all hang out in front of all our fellow believers on Sundays
and show off how saintly we are.
Why I’m still addressing this point?
Because I keep experiencing it: People coming to us, claiming that they’re looking for the truth, but
when they actually hear it, they go, “But what I want is a place where I can get together on Sundays
and confess my sins and sing a few songs… etc.”
So much for “looking for the truth”
The truth, as in actually acting out your faith 7 days a week, praising and worshiping the Lord
anytime and anywhere and helping others to do the same sounds much too unappealing for those who
are comfortable with the Sunday-mornings-religion-truth that was fabricated over the past 17
centuries.
Comfortable and delicious truths are much more elaborately produced than those slap-in-the-face sort
of truths that some Savior just comes around and slings around our ears, saying “Take it or leave it!”
Accepted and popular, politically correct truths go out of their way to make it easy for people: “You
don’t have to do all that hard stuff the Boss said to do: you don’t actually have to forsake your
belongings to live communally or tell anyone else what you believe. Why should you, when just
singing some songs together and listening to a sermon can be such a comfortable replacement?
You know, the world isn’t really that bad, and they don’t need Jesus all hat badly, and if they want
Him, they can come to our church. As for the rest of some of them, well, it’s not really our fault if
they don’t come… You know, there really isn’t room in Heaven for all of them, anyway… So, don’t
worry…” Zzzzzzzzz Zzzzzzzzz Zzzzzzz….
In my opinion, what the world doesn’t need is just one more religious outfit practicing their faith in
the conventional “let’s get together once a week” style.
Not as badly as it needs just a handful of people really meaning business for the Lord, who when they
say they “really want to do something” mean something other than just that: “Let’s form another
group and get together once a week.”
Imagine you were running for president and the folks you hired to lead your election campaign only
got together for an hour or two a week to talk about how they were going to get you elected, instead of
taking to the streets with posters and fliers and talking to folks to convince them of what a cool dude
you are.
Well, that’s how Jesus must feel.
It seems to be so much easier to rally behind some politician who breaks his promises faster than he
can make them, than behind the only One Who actually keeps His Word.
The conclusion: Liars are more popular. And whatever is popular rules, right?
Errrr…. What was that stuff again about “few there be that find it…?”