Monday, October 7, 2013

MISSING CHRIST

   If the Bible were to be removed from churches, how long would it be before people would notice that the Word of the Lord is missing?
   In some churches, is the Word of the Lord missing even now?
   Can churches exist without Christ?
   If we do not believe in the Lord in our daily lives, what does it mean when we enter a building that is called a church?
   If we do not believe in the resurrection of Christ, will we truly believe in the return of Christ to the earth?
   Is the teaching of the birth, death, and resurrection of Christ no more than the educational process of a society, or within a culture, or within a family's religion?  That the birth, death, and resurrection of Christ is just a story and nothing more?
   If Christ is no more than an image within our imaginations, is this the evidence of our faith?  If so, is telling others about Christ on the same ground as telling others about Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny?
   Parents are quick to tell their children about Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny while never speaking a word about the Christ of Christmas and Easter.
   Is it possible that many Christians are unable to tell others about Christ because Christ is not alive in their hearts? 
   How can we believe that we are so right when we can be so wrong?
   Many church people are offended for others to think that they are not Christians.  After all, do they not attend a Christian church, or belong to a Christian religion?  After all, are they repeating everything that their parents did, and their parents trained them to go to church?
   If Christ is not believed to be real, and if Christ is no more than an image in the imaginations of people, why do they bother to go to church?  Why do they bother to get baptized or to have their babies baptized? 
   In a Christian church or a Christian religion, where faith in Christ is not to be believed for salvation, why do people associate themselves with Christ? 
   If people do not believe that the Word of the Lord is the Word of the Lord, why do they bother to read from the Bible in their church services?
   What, exactly, do people in churches know and what do they believe about Christ the Lord? 
   If the name of Christ were to be removed from Christian churches and Christian religions, how long would it be before people would notice that the name of Christ is missing?
   Are people totally missing Christ in many Christian churches and Christian religions?  If the Word of Lord would not be missed, what would be the reason to miss Christ? 

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