A week ago at our Monday night Main Meeting a young man named Aaron was born again. It was an exciting moment that has reverberated thought the group for more than a week at this writing.
It’s an occurrence that is far too seldom in our western culture. - someone actually accepting Christ as their Savior, making a commitment to God and allowing the Holy Spirit to take over and give them a fresh start. Aaron was on drugs, facing potential jail time, but his commitment was sincere, not out of desperation, but out of a need to believe in something bigger than himself. He told me later that after being born again and spending the week in the Bible he felt higher than he ever had on drugs, and he knew this was eternal.
The witness of believers to those who are in need of salvation is still important, yet in a recent survey only 76% of born again Christians believe they "personally have a responsibility to tell other people their religious beliefs." Of those, I wonder how many actually live their witness openly before others and candidly share their faith with unbelievers.
Isn’t it time to become genuine in our faith? In a world filled with counterfeits (
