Christian Reform?

“A battle cry for Christian reform” blared a big headline in the Charlotte Observer. The article featured a picture of “one of the country’s top 25 evangelical leaders” and carried a lengthy interview in which he answered questions about what Christians should be doing in today’s world.

Reformation? Hasn’t it been tried many times? Down through the centuries, individuals and groups have tried to fix the problems or change the system to conform to their view of Biblical teachings, all without success. Their efforts, however well meaning, were doomed to failure, simply because they did not understand the plain message that Jesus Christ brought. His message was not a “fix it up” plan for salvaging this world. His was a glorious message that He would return, not as a human, but in power and might as King of kings and Lord of lords to crush this world’s evil ways, which have been brought about by Satan’s evil influence, resulting in all the problems that you see.

The real story of the Bible is that God has a plan to install His way of life, which will encompass every facet of existence, physically and spiritually, for all mankind. It will involve a complete restoration of all things good, as it was in the Garden of Eden, before sin – which is the breaking of His law – was introduced by an evil being (Acts 3:19-21).