Take heart....do not be concerned....you will no longer be compared to anyone who....'pants for God as a deer pants for water." That is only for people like David. Being 'born again' is only a phrase....a recruitment device that served a purpose in days gone by....a 'state of mind' only in that you were once going one way....and are now going another way. No one is going to ridicule you for religious fanaticism....maybe politics....but not the gospel. No one is going to avoid you because they think that you might corner them to talk about Jesus. There will be no passing tracks or other things to make you uncomfortable. There is no longer any boring memorization. Today we pass on easy to remember talking points....'Hunter Biden's computer'.....'Let's Go Branden'....'Russia Hoax'.....little ditties that are fun to learn. Billy Graham crusades could be threatening back then....'what might he say that might make me uncomfortable'.....no one is going to ask you to walk an aisle. That has all been replaced by big churches....rallies....fun events....and good music. There is basically no doctrine to learn.....nothing that you do not already know.....there is one God....Jesus is God....things like that. Don't worry about someone challenging you about hell....no one anywhere talks about that anymore. The issue is no longer....'are you saved'....but....'are you free'....and the 'Christian' is no longer part of a small group....for there are as many or even more of us as there are of them!
Note: As is my daily habit I worked at the computer in the morning....the result being the above post....and then went about my normal daily chores while listening to a sermon by either some great preacher of the past....or a preacher today who preaches like great preachers of the past. Today it was John Piper's Sermon Of The Day from him ministry website desiringgod.org. As happens so often....the sermon spoke directly to me...or as it was today....it was on the the post that I had just completed. Please listen to this 29 minute sermon....by either Googling....John Piper...God's Great Mercy and Our New Birth....or going directly to his website....click on the menu at the top right...click on podcasts to the left....scroll own an click on subscribe under Sermon Of The Day...(you are not subscribing to anything)....then click on Apple Podcasts....and you are there.
