Have we let God down?

 

What I will say may be a little harsh and negative but I feel it is very true. I wish it wasn't, but I believe Christianity is in retreat.

In March 1966, John Lennon of the Beatles is reported to have said of the Group, "Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink. We’re more popular than Jesus now ..."

He was right then, and he is certainly right today. There are many celebrities right now from the  music and entertainment and sports industries who are more popular than Jesus. There's an increasing tsunami of ignorance of Christianity and the Bible. Certainly so in the Western world. People don't read the Bible any more. Ignorance of Christianity seems to have become a badge of honour for some people. There's a lack of knowledge of one's Christian heritage as a nation and as a country, and the origins of that historical fact.

Christianity is mocked, derided and disdained in many quarters. Often by well educated influencers who see it as their role to encourage vulnerable minds to their way of thinking.

The spiritual leadership of the Church (several denominations) has let God down. Both in public utterings on moral Christian issues and from the pulpit to their congregations. The modern shepherds have lost control of their sheep. Their teachings are often flawed. Many do not believe in the Resurrection and other fundamental basic teachings of the Bible.

There is no love or respect for God any more. But then, how can you love Someone you don't really know?

God has been excluded from many families, homes, schools and other institutional places; including some churches. And a new generation is being brought up with no knowledge of Someone to honour, worship and obey.

The time to pray for a Christian revival is now. 

There are no prayers in Heaven. Once you're there, what is there to pray for? Those left on earth will have to make their own decisions.