Christians are so afraid of Christ.

Once in a while, I really come to terms with how inconsistent most Christians are with living through Christ. It is so uncomfortable to live a Christian lifestyle. SO uncomfortable!!! It doesn't resemble anything normal or cool or trendy, and Jesus said the most whacked out stuff. Ever.

But religion has made Christianity so comfortable. I wish I had more time to elaborate on what I really mean by this. Most Christians have reduced the gospel down to a bunch of rules and rituals. The Holy Spirit is the person who lives inside of you and acts as your conscience. End of story? How dare we!

I crave reality. That is all I desire. Just give me what is real and righteous. I seek His kingdom and His righteousness, to bring his presence to more people here on the earth!!! This is not something you can just toss around logically in your mind, this is radical stuff! It is how the Christian life was meant to be lived. Radically. We began as a small group of persecuted radicals. Why have we become so acceptable to the world? They are supposed to hate us!! But then, we are bringing nothing confrontational to their realm; nothing that ruffles their fur. All we have to show for our faith are dry church services, most of which never affect anyone who doesn't attend them. We have not healed their sick, fed their poor, or cast out their demons. Doctors and lawyers and psychiatrists are still a necessity in the lives of many. If all we have is this religion that contains God in a box and harbors all that he wishes to do for us and through us, then we aren't fighting the enemy, but fighting for him.

Jesus was the perfect model for which we are to aim. So why don't we dare step out in faith, and believe that God will follow through? This is the reality of which I speak. I have seen, with my own eyes, healings of many kinds. I have been in the presence of demons and angels alike, and I have heard prophecy that could not have been from the mind of a man. I cannot hold this in. God MUST have his way! His kingdom WILL come on earth!!! And I am determined to see it! If the Spirit of Christ lives in me, what power can stand against me?

One of the main things that brought about these thoughts is seeing amazing acts of God, such as the YouTube videos on the healing revivals at Disneyland, and realizing that the harshest and most frequent critics are other Christians. It is good to test the spirits and make sure that something is of God, yes. But what of people who don't test the spirits, and judge it to be a false spirit? This is so common, and so scary. The spirit of religion is the most imprisoning and terrifying spirit of all...

Matthew 12:31-32

Therefore I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men.

Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, either in this age or in the age to come.


Thy kingdom come, thy will be done... On Earth as it is in Heaven.