Morals Without Christ

I have just revisited a movie I was introduced to a couple of years ago that demonstrated some very simple principles from the Word that have been ignored in our culture today and for many years.

The name of the movie is "Time Changers." We have attempted to create a cultural moral standard apart from the name of Christ Jesus. We have taught our children not to steal while at the same time too embarrassed to say that the rule was because Christ said not to steal.

We have done the same thing with our politics. We say it is wrong to murder babies, but we don't say that Christ said not to murder babies. As soon as the name of Christ rolls off our lips we are labeled a religious fanatic and left wide open to ridicule, so we carefully omit the name of Christ to spare ourselves embarrassment and rejection.

Rather than boldly proclaiming our Christianity we state our political views, thinking that we have proclaimed our faith when in reality we have not.

Romans 1:16 "For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek."

When we find every way we can to skirt around the clear Gospel message and speak boldly the name of Christ and His principles, then we have effectively denied Him. Those who hear us, can easily dismiss our views as just a political opinion, rather than authority from God.

I have noticed that non-believers are more tolerant of our differing political views than they are at the mention of Christ. We know it and that's why we choose to hide behind the effeminate skirt of politics. Sadly, it is also true of the church, believers often are more comfortable with conversation about politics than they are about Christ.

Is it any wonder why the church has little influence on our culture, we have removed Christ from our discussions and replaced Him with cultural norms. 1 Corinthians 3:19 in which God says, "For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, "He catches the wise in their [own] craftiness";