I remember many
years ago
telling the
readers of
my Daily
Devotional that
it would soon be
legal in this
nation for men
to marry men and
women to marry
women.
I still
remember the
onslaught of
emails telling
me that I was
crazy, that it
would never
happen.
Well, it
has happened in
10% of our
states and more
to come.
I have
also been trying
to warn you that
our most basic
freedom to
proclaim the
Gospel would
soon be in
jeopardy.
Sadly,
most people are
so apathetic or
simply out of
touch that they
don't even
realize that day
is now upon us.
We all assume
that based on
our
Constitutional
right to freedom
of speech, we
will never have
to worry about
having the
ability to
proclaim God's
Truth and the
Gospel message.
My
friend, the very
first group who
will be targeted
in an attempt to
stifle free
speech will be
Christians
because we are
the weakest!
I realize
that most people
may think I am
being paranoid
and have lost my
mind, but you
haven't lived,
breathed, and
operated
24/7/365 the
last 10 years
preaching
Biblical Truth
and the hope of
Christ in the
marketplace like
I have.
I've not
only experienced
the attacks each
day, but see
clearly how the
world wants to
desperately
silence our
message.
Sadly, while
Rick Warren was
on his knees
apologizing to
the sodomite
community for
stating marriage
was between a
man and a woman,
while Joel
Osteen was
delivering
another
motivational
speech and
hiding from the
issues of our
day that are
literally
ripping out the
soul of this
nation, a mere
beauty pageant
contestant was
delivering a
message that if
you closed your
eyes, you would
have thought she
was reading from
an article such
as this…
Carrie Perjean
spoke eloquently
yesterday on our
need to stand
for our faith in
the marketplace
regardless of
the personal
consequences,
and that we have
every right to
exercise our
free speech to
state our
beliefs as those
who oppose God
have to express
their beliefs.
WHAT A SAD
COMMENTARY ON
THE VOID OF
CHRISTIAN
LEADERSHIP WHEN
IT TAKES A
21-YEAR-OLD
MODEL AND BEAUTY
PAGEANT
CONTESTANT TO
SHOW MORE GUTS
AND COURAGE FOR
OUR FAITH THAN
does 90% OF THE
PASTORS AND
SO-CALLED
CHRISTIAN
LEADERS OF OUR
DAY.
The fact is
those who oppose
God DO want to
silence us.
Now
please
understand me.
As long
as we stay
inside our
churches, as
long as we stay
in our own
little Christian
media world that
NOBODY outside
of a small
minority of
Christians pays
attention to, we
are fine.
However,
once we venture
into the
marketplace,
into the
mainstream
media, we have
problems.
The new hate
crime
legislation is
designed for one
purpose, and
that is to
silence anyone
from speaking
out on the sin
of
homosexuality,
even when the
words of
condemnation are
directly from
the Bible. The
case will be
made that anyone
who calls this
act a sin is
spewing hate
speech designed
to incite people
to violence
against
homosexuals,
even though
there will be no
proof of such
hatred whatever.
The tactic is
the same that
other groups
like the
Muslims, the
baby killers,
and others who
oppose God use
to silence those
who take a stand
for God's Truth
in the
marketplace.
Calling
hate speech the
basic truths of
the Bible is
exactly how
those who oppose
God will seek to
silence anyone
who goes into
the public arena
to take a stand
for Biblical
Truth.
The reality is,
we have nobody
to blame but
ourselves.
We
extracted
ourselves from
the marketplace
a long time ago.
Those who
do venture into
the public
arena, are more
concerned with
being
politically
correct than
Biblically
correct.
We have a
generation of
gutless pastors
who have been
weaned on these
seeker/purpose
driven/emerging
church marketing
strategies that
are designed to
put warm bodies
in their pews at
the expense of
the Truth of the
Bible and the
Gospel.
It is no longer
about sin,
sacrifice, and
service, but
tickling ears,
entertaining,
and making
people feel
good.
Church is
no longer about
preaching and
teaching the
Bible to equip
the saints and
save souls, but
is little more
than a social
setting that is
a big business
fraught with
politics and
lots of flesh.
The
irrelevance of
the modern
church in the
real daily lives
of people is why
you have the
better
percentage of
two full
generations who
have never even
been to a church
in their life.
It is the weak,
apathetic, and
in many cases,
apostate church
that is largely
to blame for the
lack of courage
most people have
in sharing their
faith with the
world.
The world
is a bully.
Like a
classic bully,
they smell fear
and weakness.
The world
has intimidated
most Christians
into silence,
and in so doing,
has made it that
much easier to
now make a real
move on taking
away one of our
most
foundational
rights, the
freedom of
speech.
This is a
wake-up call
today to all of
those who love
the Lord.
You no
longer have the
luxury of being
silent.
The reality is,
it will soon
cost you to
speak out for
Christ.
However,
regardless of
the personal
consequences,
you have no
choice.
Sadly, we
are at a stage
in this nation's
history where
people of faith
will pay a price
for speaking out
for their faith.
It is a
reality many of
our brothers and
sisters in other
parts of the
world face
daily.
Regardless of
the price, we
can't be silent
and must speak
out or the very
rocks will cry
out!
I pay a
price daily to
do what God has
called me to do.
I could
have taken the
same road most
do, stay in the
Christian
trough, preach
to the choir,
build buildings
and fly around
in private jets.
But that
is the mindset
that has put us
in a position
where in the
very near future
we won't even be
able to preach
from the Bible
without
repercussions.
Our
ability to
freely share the
Gospel will be
gone one day
very soon. We
MUST make the
most of what
little time we
have left.
The
window to turn
this nation back
to God and to
His Truth, to
freely bring the
lost to Christ,
is almost
closed.
Now is
the time, this
is the moment,
while we still
have it, we must
exercise our
right to free
speech!
Thank you for
taking your
stand with me as
we bring HIS
Truth to this
lost world and
the hope and
love of Christ
to the lost and
hurting.
If I can help
you in any way
you can contact
me at:
bkeller@liveprayer.com