The Fallout
Growing up at the tail end of the Cold War and the debate over nuclear power in our country, I heard the word “fallout” almost daily in both school and on television. Everyone was concerned, and with good reason. It was an unsettling time period in history. Fallout is the result of something catastrophic.
What will be the fallout if we stop serving God with a whole heart? The world we live in asks this of us all the time, saying “Hey, it’s okay if you want to be a Christian, but there’s no need for it to interfere with the rest of your life, and whatever you do, please, don’t involve others in your religious convictions.” Whether or not you’ve heard those exact words, you have, no doubt, witnessed something to that effect. Even worse, how many “Christians” do you know who profess to believe one thing, but then live something entirely different. If we’re not humble, we too, may choose this kind of divided life.
What will be the fallout if we stop serving God with a whole heart? The world we live in asks this of us all the time, saying “Hey, it’s okay if you want to be a Christian, but there’s no need for it to interfere with the rest of your life, and whatever you do, please, don’t involve others in your religious convictions.” Whether or not you’ve heard those exact words, you have, no doubt, witnessed something to that effect. Even worse, how many “Christians” do you know who profess to believe one thing, but then live something entirely different. If we’re not humble, we too, may choose this kind of divided life.
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These are all warning markers in our history books, written down so that we don’t repeat their mistakes. Our positions in the story are parallel—they at the beginning, we at the end—and we are just as capable of messing it up as they were. Don’t be so naive and self-confident. You’re not exempt. You could fall flat on your face as easily as anyone else.
-1 Cor. 10:11-12 (MSG)
God wiped out every living thing on the earth—people, livestock, small animals that scurry along the ground, and the birds of the sky. All were destroyed. The only people who survived were Noah and those with him in the boat.
-Genesis 7:23 (NLT)
-1 Cor. 10:11-12 (MSG)
God wiped out every living thing on the earth—people, livestock, small animals that scurry along the ground, and the birds of the sky. All were destroyed. The only people who survived were Noah and those with him in the boat.
-Genesis 7:23 (NLT)
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There are places on earth where people have never heard of God. How did this happen? The fallout. Son, please, live whole-heartedly for God and lead others to do the same.
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