There is No Life Apart from Christianity

 

In the modern world, it seems acceptable to fly tags of political candidates, to wear t-shirts of movies that we like, and to advocate political causes such as the support of environmentalism or homosexuality. However, quite tragically, it is not very socially acceptable to endorse Christianity publicly. Often when we do, we will face discrimination for holding to the holy ancient faith. The secularist may oppose fiscal conservative ideas, but it is true Christianity that most of them wish to eradicate. In many cases, as soon as we speak of serious faith in Jesus Christ, others will wish to break from our company. 

At the same time, however, it is freeing to establish any new relationships that we make with our fellow humanity by building them on the significance of Christianity. We will free ourselves of much pain to be rejected for following Christ sooner than later. It's often a waste of time to befriend someone whose care for orthodoxy is quite limited; with us having the hope that they will eventually change as we get to know them. If a person rejects a Christian for speaking of the latter's faith upon their first encounter, then the relationship will be brief. Indeed, God will judge him or her for their rejection of Christianity. 

There should be no long discussion of music, literature, or any humanity without it in some way pointing to Christianity. I do not mean this in a legalistic sense, but rather, a freeing one. After all, we are most free when we obey the will of the Creator.  

A life without Christ is truly meaningless. To think that so many of us live for the moment or even this life rather than eternity, is troubling. No college degree, no career, no amount of money, no level of fame, not even relationships will we leave this life with. As the play Everyman demonstrated, all that man leaves this life with are his works. The paper will find himself no lower in heaven than the prince, provided that both shared the same Christian humility. 

The best books are not necessarily the ones we react positively to the first time we read them, but rather, the ones that stay with us. 

Let me end with several my own quotes:

''Christianity has no hope without the Second Advent. As Christians, our faith has been affirmed by the Ressurection of Christ. However, we find great hope that Jesus shall come again.''

''More often we wish to see than what we ought to see. We can be willfully blind to the goodness that God is offering us by contemplating on what we want instead.''