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Nikita Khrushchev once boasted that he would exhibit the last Soviet Christian on television by 1965. Khrushchev has since gone to give account of himself to the Judge of all mankind, and his deadline for the extinction of Christianity in Russia
But as Psalm 145:13 promises, "Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion endureth throughout all generations."
A prism of twenty-four hours can tell a great deal about an individual and when that individual identifies himself by saying, “Why were you searching for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father’s house?” the spelling out process is monumental.
Rebel with a cause? He was certainly more than this; more than a typical teenager with delusions of grandeur. He knew who He was and He succinctly stated it; without bravado, without arrogance. It was His moment of personal identification.
Announced by angels, pursued by wise men, He was heaven’s own in the midst of an earthly challenge. Simply put, He was the Son of God and the whole world would come to know it and be influenced by it and changed by it.
Many, if not most, twelve year olds are not temple dwellers. Church is somewhere on the back burner. But for a few others, the sanctity of the sanctuary magnetizes them and they go on to be ministers. Yet none acclaim, “Did you not know that I must be in my Father’s house?” with the kind of authority this boy Jesus did.
It was not just what He was doing but who He was, and for the rest of his life He would be misunderstood. It was something He had to start getting used to.
“Who do people say that I am?” (Mark 8:27) He asked Peter. And it is quite likely He had asked the question before nor was He likely surprised by how many could not or would not want to understand Peter’s answer, “You are the messiah.” (Mark 8:29)
Jesus said it. The world has heard it. And yet, the number who hesitate before giving full force to this belief is far too many. In short, having heard the facts we are all challenged to believe our beliefs; not with mincing little steps that move forward like a spiritual snail but with an ever increasing spiritual speed. Giants of faith rather than midgets tiptoeing toward the truth.
I like the way the blind man who had been healed by Jesus reacted after being caught between the rock and the hard place. All the leaders of the synagogue were giving him a hard time because he had sought help from who they regarded as the sinner Jesus. Finally, when he had had enough and was thoroughly exasperated with their questions, he simply said the equivalent of “Enough already.” The biblical account of his response reads, “I do not know whether he is a sinner. One thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see.” (John 9:25)
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Why concern ourselves with spirituality as against the equivalent of a political science degree? What real difference does it make that Christianity needs to be up front and center in the lives of our leaders? Because the very freedoms and style of living we enjoy come as gifts from Christianity.
Before Christ walked this earth and set up a new standard of humanity, life in the Greco-Roman world was cheap and expendable. Killing of infants was readily accepted. Child abandonment was commonplace.
Abortions and suicides were widespread and legal. Its corrupt belief system became the mother of chaos. It is, therefore, little wonder Rome . And America .
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