completedbeliever1 wants your comments.

James 1:27 says "7 Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world." (NIV) While I wait for the second coming, I believe that James 1:27 is absolutely relevant right now, just like all of the Bible is. The government does a poor job of caring for the orphans and widows because it's too far removed from them. God expects us to care for each other. That's a basic thought in Christianity and many other religions. If we would actually care for each other, there wouldn't be any need for welfare. I can't speak against all churches because some have excellent outreaches and some do what they can, but not all do. Not all even care. I have seen people come to a church in need of help and be taken to the Salvation Army. That's help? I guess so, but anyone on the street could have done that. Maybe I shouldn't have got started on this but it's a sore spot with me. When this nation was founded, we'd just escaped, by means of a horrible war, the clutches of a nation that required its citizens to "be" whatever religion the king wanted them to be. No one was allowed to question the Church or to deviate from its teachings at all. Our leaders tried to make sure that would never happen here. They would turn over in their graves if they saw what we've done with their efforts. The many churches have given up their rights in so many ways that they'd wonder why they bothered. A far cry, indeed, but not everyone has lost his way. There is a remnant, just like always. God has His people and He is in control, regardless of what it looks like.

I think after 2000 years indeed the church has lost some of the glory of the message, the Good News, and, has picked up some baggage along the way.. But, this is actually to be expected seeing as it has been passed down through many human hands and is made up of people.. I think what is needed is for each individual believer to seriously seek God's Presence in our lives, if we do that, all will be well.. we may suffer persecutions, or should I say will, both spiritually and in the world..