Is Christianity Really Narrow Mindedness?
Just yesterday I was speaking to an individual who had basically questioned me about Christianity. This was a person that I had just met, knew that I was a minister and took that opportunity to “grill” me on what I believe. As he questioned my stance on various issues such as abortion, homosexuality and pre-marital sex, I openly and honestly expressed that abortion is murder in the eyes of God. I explained that homosexuality according to the Bible is an abomination (detestable sin) and how pre-marital sex is wrong in God’s eyes because it goes outside of the boundaries that He has set for us to live and enjoy the fullness of all He has for us.
As I spoke to this individual in response to his questions, I saw “the look” in his eyes. It’s not the first time that I’ve seen that look. It was if he wanted to say, “You are such a narrow minded fool”. And for a moment, I felt very uncomfortable. I thought about retracting what I had just said. I thought about putting a little sugar over the words that I had just spoken and smoothing them over. And then I thought to myself, “NO!” I must declare what the Word of God says and not what our culture and our society wants to hear.
I then began to explain to this individual that my beliefs and my convictions on these issues were taken from God’s word. As Christians, we can not and should not formulate our morality and ethics according to what the majority of our society thinks but according to what God thinks. We may be viewed as narrow minded, intolerant or out dated but on the day of judgment I will not stand before society or before our culture. On that day, I will stand before Almighty God and I will give an account to him for everything I’ve said and everything I’ve done.
So to every Christian, speak the truth. As hard and as difficult as it may be, speak the truth. Do not allow culture and society to shape your opinions and beliefs but submit your thoughts and your opinions to God’s Word and allow the Bible to shape your beliefs. And when you feel as if the world looks at you and sees a narrow minded fool, remember that Christ died with a great majority of the population of his day thinking the same thing about him.
Have you had any experiences where as a Christian you’ve struggled between our Culture’s views and God’s views?
