I know whom I have
believed. 2 Timothy 1:12
I must ask this question in the context of today’s modern
Christianity: “Is it not true that for most of us who call ourselves Christians
there is no real experience?”
We have substituted theological ideas for an arresting
encounter; we are full of religious notions, but our great weakness is that for
our hearts there is no one there!
Whatever else it embraces, true Christian experience must always
include a genuine encounter with God. Without this, religion is but a shadow, a
reflection of reality, a cheap copy of an original once enjoyed by someone else
of whom we have heard.
It cannot but be a major tragedy in the life of any man or woman
to live in a church from childhood to old age and know nothing more real than
some synthetic god compounded of theology and logic, but having no eyes to see,
no ears to hear— and no heart to love!
O Lord, I pray for
the people in churches who may think they are Christians because they were
raised in a religious environment. What a tragedy it would be if these men and
women are not truly saved. Lord, I pray for each one, that they will receive
Christ into their hearts.
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