We all know what 'welfare' is, right? The majority working while the 'less fortunate' (or sometimes the 'less motivated') still get to pull in a paycheck. Well what if I told you you're living on a type of Religious Welfare? Think about it...
The majority of Americans work for their money getting taxed on every dollar so that some people without jobs (willingly or otherwise) still get their welfare checks.
The majority of Christians squeak by week to week on "Religious Welfare" nibbling on crumbs and doing bare minimum for God while comparatively few others are working around the clock being persecuted, ridiculed, and murdered to further the Kingdom. It's not enough to pop in to church on Sunday or to drop a few bucks in the offering plate each week. It's not enough to watch Joel Osteen or MC Hammer on the Jesus channel on Wednesday. You could memorize the New Testament in a week and own every Mark Batterson book known to man and it wouldn't be enough. Pray 24/7 and have more faith than all 12 disciples combined and it still wouldn't be enough.
In Matthew 28 Jesus tells us to go to all nations and teach them His commands. James 1:22 says, "22Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says." and chapter 2:14, 18, &26 goes on to say "14What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save them? 18But someone will say, “You have faith; I have deeds.” Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by my deeds. 26As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead."
Let me ask you a question, if you were out in public and someone was simply near you...would they know you're a Christian without ever talking to you?
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