Why do atheists seem today more put together than many professing Christians? Because they’re not trying to pretend to be something they’re not. Yes, you heard me right and I’m going to repeat that – someone needs to hear this – It’s because they’re not trying to pretend to be something they’re not. They are who they are and don’t put on a mask. They don’t give themselves a label because they attend an occasional hour long service on a Sunday. They’re not lukewarm and despised by Jesus enough for Him to vomit them out of His mouth, because they are just flat, cold. They are getting the best this life and this world have to offer them, and they’re responding in kind. Heck, some even worship the world and the atmosphere around us, including the universe – they’re that appreciative! As Jesus said many times about many groups – they have their reward here (because they will not receive one in the Kingdom of God). So their best live IS in and of this world – because their next will be eternal torment and punishment that will never end. That’s why it’s so critical, perhaps more so today than ever in history, to witness and preach the gospel to the lost. There’s hope in Jesus Christ, until they take their last breath here on Earth. That last breath will be the best breath they’ll ever have, for eternity – no matter in what manner they perish. Isn’t that a horrible thought? No – isn’t that a horrible REALITY!??!! What are we doing to reach them as Jesus commanded us to?

So where does that leave the rest of us….Christians? What are we doing with our faith and our beliefs? What are we doing to run the race that He has set before us. Are we even on the same race track anymore? Are we even in the same state as we were when we were first saved? Are we any different that before we first believed? Are we worse? Are we following the Bible? Are we following the two greatest commandments that Jesus spoke of – daily? To love God with every fiber of our being and to love others as ourselves and to serve, not be served?