Sermon: The need for change is part of being Christian
Spend more time in prayer—every day, no matter what.
Have you ever had a friend tell you that you’re stupid for not taking advantage of all the ‘opportunities’ available? When corruption never gets punished, when it’s the most normal thing in the world to get drunk on Friday, and when the vast majority think it’s impossible to save sex for marriage, we are no better than Sodom and Gomorrah.
The good thing is that most people still have a sense that they should be living more like Christians and less like pagans. Even so, many Christians live a double life. There’s one for Sunday, and one for the rest of the week.
At the beginning of the Book of Psalms (2:1), the Holy Spirit asks: “Why are the nations rebelling? Why are people obsessed with vanities?” Then, near the beginning of the Book of Revelation, God sends an angel with a message (3:1): “I know about your behaviour: how you are reputed to be alive, and yet you are dead. Wake up! Put some resolve into what little vigour you have left: it is dying fast. So far, I have failed to notice anything in your behaviour that my God could possibly call perfect.”
Why does God speak harshly at times? He wants us to be sorry for our sins. More than merely being sorry, he wants us to change. If you have a habit of committing some sin and find it almost impossible to stop, at least start by telling God that you want to change. Then do one thing. Spend more time in prayer—every day, no matter what. It’s the only way, and it works as long as you don’t give up.
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