Neutral, for cars not Christians

Tell me, what's the difference between a Christian and a non-Christian? I hope your answer was everything! Look at what the Bible says. It says the Christian is a child of God, redeemed by Jesus Christ, who will one day spend eternity with God in heaven. The non-Christian isn't a child of God and has only to expect eternity in hell. The Christian seeks to show his love for God by living in obedience to all that God has commanded. The non-Christian lives each day for anything but God. He denies his Creator and rebels against Him.

If you start to make a list you will see that there is a great antithesis between Christian and non-Christian. If you like, make a study of the Bible and find how many times God differentiates between believer, unbeliever and the neutrals. You won't find it. God tells us there are no neutrals. He says you are either with Me or against Me. If you die as a "neutral" you'll find out where "neutrals" end up.

So why do people believe that one can be neutral in any area of life? Why do you buy into such thinking? We all get trapped by it from time to time. Every area of our thought life, of our actions, of all that we do, are either in obedience to God or in rebellion. There are no neutral spheres of life.

Take your choice: marriage, education, retirement, church government, civil government, men's roles, women's roles, discipline, welfare, business, recreation, and so forth. Does God give us direction as to what we are to do, or are those neutral areas of life that we can do whatever we choose without regard to Him? You might say "of course not" but what do your actions say?

If we are a child of God, don't you suppose that He is training us in and through every area of life? Don't you suppose He wants us to be obedient to Him in every area of life? Aren't we to be His witness in the world?

This myth of neutrality has blurred the line between what it means to be a Christian and a non-Christian. It is immorality toward God, the One who loved us so much He was willing to die for us.

Paul says in Ephesians 4:17-18 that we are to no longer walk in the ways of the unbeliever. We must choose in every area of life not to behave or live in a way which imitates the behavior of those who are unsaved. Rather, as Paul goes on to say in Ephesians 5:1, we are to be imitators of God as his dearly loved children. There is no middle ground.

Do you have the courage to live for Christ in every area of life? Does your thinking operate under the lordship of Christ, or have you become an enemy of God through neutral, unbelieving thought patterns?

Neutral is for cars, not for Christians. Choose this day whom you will serve!