By David Kupelian
"I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth."' Revelation 3:15-16 KJV
Most Americans call themselves Christians. Christians have lost the war for America’s influence in politics, in the press, in entertainment, in literature in virtually every major area of life. And now, Christians are losing the war for their very own institutions their churches. It's a harsh indictment but hey, the truth hurts. In his recent book, "Abandonment Theology," author John W. Chalfant describes the precipitous decline of Judeo-Christian influence in law, culture and public policy in America. Abandonment Theology is a term devised by the author to describe a faith which deceptively pawns itself off as Christianity by operating in the name of Christ, but which produces fruits destructive to America's God-given freedoms. It is a "feel good" theology that patronizes Jesus Christ. Faulty Christian teaching, says Chalfant, is the only way to explain why so many well-meaning Christians are paralyzed into inaction. Abandonment Clergy have been teaching, preaching and saturating the media and their church members with the doctrine of surrender. They are not teaching us to surrender to Christ through obedience to the commandments of God.
Do we dare take an honest look? Jesus Himself warned His followers to expect to be persecuted, just as He was persecuted. However, there is another, and far more decisive, reason for the spectacular decline of Christianity in our modern era: Christianity today is very different from what it once was.
There are countless Christians" who believe they have a ticket to Heaven, and nothing else really matters very much to them. This version of Christianity, more prevalent than you can imagine, literally justifies and excuses dirty rotten scoundrels. For millions of people, Christianity has become a bumper-sticker religion. Is this the kind of salvation Jesus referred to when He said, "But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved." (Matthew 24:13 KJV)
Is it any wonder the West is dying? What's missing in all of this, of course, is a love of truth. "This people draweth nigh unto Me with their mouth, and honoureth Me with their lips; but their heart is far from Me," said Jesus. (Matthew 15:8 KJV)
At the core of this life-changing religion is the individual believer's love and appreciation and acceptance and embrace of Christ's sacrifice the ultimate demonstration of God's love for His wayward children. But the problem with the way Christianity is "taught" today is that the only ingredient it needs is a guilty person who's sick of feeling guilty.
The Christian Church in America needs a revival. America's real revival will happen when people go home, go to their room, close the door, take a deep breath and take a good, long, hard look at themselves in the mirror. And then, quietly and humbly and fervently, they ask the living God for help, for insight, for direction for salvation.
David Kupelian, Whistleblower Magazine
2002 WorldNetDaily.com