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Corinthians 15:32 KJV
If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus
Some have put forth the
argument that if a person became a Christian and found out later that it was
all a hoax and there is no heaven or hell, it would still have been the best
decision to have become a Christian. The argument is that, since Christianity
teaches
- Better marriage skill
- Better parenting skills and
- Better citizenship skills
a person is a better person for
being a Christian even if heaven and hell are not real and even if when we die
we just cease to exist.
The Apostle begged to differ.
The price that was paid to be a Christian in his day was too great. The
consequences of a life surrendered to God weighed so heavily that, "if in
this life only there was hope in God, we are of all men most miserable."[1]
Paul made no claims for ease in
earthly living. He didn't see Christianity as having his best life now. Paul
poured all that could have been his life on earth into what would be his life
in eternity. His was an all or nothing faith in Christ.
And we need to hear some
preaching about that sort of Christianity today. We have a kind of faith in America right
now that is so worldly it can't see its worldliness. It has compromised with
the world for so long and so deeply it has no idea what separation from the
world really looks like.
We don't need to go out to
purposely make enemies in the world. But we do need some Christians who will
lead the way in putting everything on the line for heaven.
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