{"id":6326,"date":"2011-04-28T01:00:35","date_gmt":"2011-04-28T05:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?p=6326"},"modified":"2026-08-17T10:10:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T17:10:29","slug":"what-have-we-become","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/what-have-we-become\/","title":{"rendered":"What Have We Become?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Paul Proctor<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Used with permission<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The command from Jesus was so simple:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cGo ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.\u201d (Mark 16:15)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u00a0How complicated is that?<\/p>\n<p>The world is right outside our door; and yet, look at the \u201cchurch\u201d today and what those claiming to be His disciples and witnesses are actually conveying to that world just in the latest headlines alone:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u2022 <a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20110708094506\/http:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/news\/church-sucks-but-come-anyway-49918\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8216;Church Sucks&#8217; But Come Anyway?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20110708094506\/http:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/news\/many-born-again-christians-hold-universalist-views-barna-finds-49883\/\" target=\"_blank\">Many orn-Again Christians Hold Universalist Views<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20110708094506\/http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2011\/04\/22\/us-utah-koran-giveaway-idUSTRE73L3RI20110422\" target=\"_blank\">Utah curch offers free Korans in Easter gesture<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20110708094506\/http:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/news\/worst-place-to-celebrate-easter-is-in-church-says-pastor-49938\/\" target=\"_blank\">Worst place to Celebrate Easter Is in Church, Says Pastor<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022<\/strong> Nashville-area church offers drive-thru prayer<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20110708094506\/http:\/\/www.baptistpress.com\/BPnews.asp?ID=35104\" target=\"_blank\">Church&#8217;s &#8216;Dance Your Shoes Off&#8217; video goes viral<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20110708094506\/http:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/news\/survey-reveals-decade-long-erosion-of-traditional-us-congregations-49950\/\" target=\"_blank\">Survey Reveals Decade-Long &#8216;Erosion&#8217; of Traditional U.S. Congregations<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20110708094506\/http:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/news\/church-touts-homosexuality-as-a-gift-not-a-sin-50010\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A%2Bdelicious%2Fgqlf%2B%28Christian%2BHeadlines%2BTop%2BHeadlines%29\" target=\"_blank\">Church Touts Homosexuality as a Gift, Not a Sin<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20110708094506\/http:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/news\/a-massive-shift-coming-in-what-it-means-to-be-a-christian-49860\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8216;A Massive Shift Coming in What it Means to Be a Christian&#8221;<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Is it any wonder there is so much confusion about Who Jesus is, what He did and what He taught \u2013 and that so many frustrated Bible believers are wandering from church to church these days looking for someone to simply preach it and teach it as it is written?<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s as if church and staff have become desperately bored with the Bible and are so afraid that the world will be likewise that they must try anything and everything imaginable to get more attention and attendance in a noisy, jaded and wicked world.<\/p>\n<p>I continue to be both saddened and disturbed by how many professional Christians there are today that are more interested in advancing their own ministries and agendas than they are the Word of God \u2013 and frankly, it shows because far too many spend their time and effort talking about we, me and mine \u2013 promoting and defending themselves, their feelings, their visions and their experiences with one another, week in and week out, rather than contending for the faith with Bible in heart and hand. (Jude 1:3)<\/p>\n<p>Christians, what have we become?<\/p>\n<p>Every day brings another storm \u2013 another hurricane \u2013 another tornado \u2013 another flood \u2013 another earthquake \u2013 another tsunami \u2013 another disaster \u2013 another tragedy \u2013 another invasion \u2013 another war \u2013 more disease \u2013 more drought \u2013 more depravity \u2013 more beatings \u2013 more deaths \u2013 more failures \u2013 more thievery \u2013 more injustice \u2013 more perversion \u2013 more lies and deceit \u2013 ever increasing in frequency and severity.<\/p>\n<p>What will it take for us to once again fear God, believe and repent in humility and faith?<\/p>\n<p>The world is spinning out of control and starving for answers to the issues of life while the touchy-feely go-along-to-get-along \u201cchurch\u201d in all its biblical ignorance and apathy exchanges flattery and praise for one another with hearts and mouths full of silly songs, sayings and slogans from serpentine salesmen that have no power and never saved anyone.<\/p>\n<p>Do we come to church to relate to and party with people like ourselves or to hear and obey the Word of Someone Who is nothing like us?<\/p>\n<p>Just who is it we actually worship and serve anyway?<\/p>\n<p>Do we even know? Are we really sure?<\/p>\n<p>Time is running out!<\/p>\n<p>The Great Commission has not changed since it was given even though the so-called \u201cchurch\u201d and its hirelings have. What would the Old Testament prophets say to us today if we could hear them? What would the Apostles from the New Testament say if they were still with us?<\/p>\n<p>More importantly \u2013 what is our Just and Holy God saying to us right now?<\/p>\n<p>Look around \u2013 look in the mirror \u2013 and then look in your Bible for answers \u2013 that is, if you really want to know what they are. They\u2019ve been there all along.<\/p>\n<p>Do we still believe that?<\/p>\n<p>Do we still believe Jesus, Who said: \u201cHe that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me\u201d? (Matthew 10:37-38)<\/p>\n<p>Then, what are we waiting for?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGo ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. 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