The Whole Truth

The lights dim. The band begins to play. As the preacherman calls people up to the front, tears start flooding down their face. The open area in the front fills with people who have heard the message. They feel overwhelmed with emotion. They know now that their savior has died to save them. Arms around each other, they pray a prayer of acceptance. To accept Jesus Christ into their hearts. They cry and sing, pray and encourage each other. As they make their way back to their seat, they feel a new freedom. They know the love of God. They have been told of His grace, and they thank Him for it. They're able to begin letting go of the past. They feel broken. As the band plays louder, they worship as they have never worshipped before, and it is a beautiful sound.

They have been uninformed.

They have been told about grace, but not about the law. They were presecribed the cure for a disease they don't even fully understand. They have been told that God can remove the burden of sin, but have not been told that there can still be consequences for it. They have not been informed of the cost of living for Christ. They have been told about John 10:10, but not 2 Corinthians 11:23-29. They have been given an incomplete map to heaven. They need to know about the verse that tells us "In that day there will be many who say 'Lord, did we not prophesy in your name? Did we not drive out demons and heal the sick,' and I will say to them 'Be gone evildoers, for I never knew you.'" They need to be told that Jesus said to us "If you love me, obey my commands." They need not be taught all these principles and facts and nice things to do. We need to teach them not how to learn about Jesus, but how to actually walk with Him, have an intimate relationship with Him. Enoch only gets 2 or 3 verses in the entire bible about his life, but from what we do know, it was not his ministry that made God take him before he died. It was his walk, his intimate relationship with the living God. That's what we as Christians should be stiving for - an intimate relationship with our Father, Savior, and Lord. That is the most important thing in life. From that, everything else will stem out. And we'll get into that later.