Offense, Offense, Offense !!!

The church today has fallen into the defense mode. They are all about defending the unborn child. Defending the right to pray in school. Defending the right to mention politics from the pulpit. Defending the right to have manger scenes in public. Defending the right to home school our children. All these things are important, but if we make the priority of the church to be on the defense, we will lose the battle. No successful football team in the NFL makes it on defense alone. If you don’t have a good offense, you won’t score a touch down. If your always on the defense, you can’t gain ground. The Chicago Bears found that out in 2007 when they lost the super bowl. They had a good defence but they couldn’t score offensively and lost the game. They did something about it and got a new quater back, Jay Cutler from the Broncos because he’s a offensive minded player.
The same thing is true in golf. Tiger Woods didn’t become the best player on the PGA tour by being on the defensive. He’s not interested in holding his score as he heads for the 18th hole, he’s interested in breaking his own record by the time he gets to that 18th hole.
It’s time for the church to step up to the plate and realize that playing bingo is not going to change this world. It’s time for us to realize that there are more important things then being user friendly so we can bring as many people into our churches as they can hold. It’s time to throw political correctness out the window, and not be afraid to say words like, hell, sin, wrath, God’s judgment and eternal fire. The world is in a delusion thinking that every thing is just fine. But it’s time for all of us to realize that this same world is going to face judgment some day, and every sin that they ever committed will be exposed and most won’t know what to say. I cannot stand the idea of letting my family and friends and work partners fall into an eternity of depression, pain, and suffering. So we have to go on the offense. We have to have enough guts to tell this eternal story like it is. We can’t afford to sit around and be fat, dumb and happy. I don’t care what the liberals think of me. I care about what Jesus Christ thinks of me. I don’t care about church programs or statistics, I care about every single individual that may lose his soul for eternity. Let’s face it, if we are going to do this, we are going to have to be able to take the heat. Nothing is won with out a fight, and we are in a fight with the enemy of darkness. This is not for the faint hearted. You go on the offense and you are going to experience resistance and persecution. But remember what Jesus said in Matthew 5:10 “Blessed are those who have been persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. And don’t forget what He said in John 15:20 “Remember the word that I said to you, ‘A slave is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you;. And never forget what Paul said in 2 Timothy 3:12 Indeed, all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. Yes we have to count the cost, but we will make a difference for eternity. But it is only going to be done on Offense, Offense, Offense !!!

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