Remember the height

Remember the height

The apostle Paul writes,

“For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” Ephesians 2:10.

Quite often I think Christians forget this scripture. 

“We are God’s workmanship” 

“We are created in Christ Jesus to do good works.”

Tony Campolo the American evangelist said,

“These issues are biblical issues: to care for the sick, to feed the hungry, to stand up for the oppressed. I contend that if the evangelical community became more biblical, everything would change.” Tony Campolo.

I agree with him. Sadly especially here in Canada and the United States non-Christians know more about what Christians are against than the good works they do. To some portions of society Christians are little more than hypocritical bigots who wish to restrict their freedoms.

This should not be so. 

Evangelical Christianity in North America has sadly become political. A religious shell of what it once was. As such while they may think they are doing good they are not. The good works God intended them to do are not done.

The church in North America needs to heed the warning Jesus gave to the church at Ephesus when he said,

“Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken your first love.   Remember the height from which you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.” Revelations 2:4,5.

Please think about it.