| “If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.” |
| —Romans 10:9-10 |
I wrote in a recent blog post about how, increasingly, secular-progressives in our society are trying to silence anyone in the public square who talks about his or her faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. The “S-Ps” do this by outcries on social media, or during interviews on mainstream radio and television, or in articles in certain magazines and newspapers, in each case using very nasty rhetoric.
While preaching their own specially formulated brand of “tolerance,” the “S-Ps” intend to silence anyone and everyone who voices an opinion that is different than their own. They claim that talking about Jesus might offend people of other religions. Or, they simply state that it’s stupid to hold such beliefs. In either case, they say the person speaking such “Jesus talk” must be silenced.
I have previously read of such thinking and such actions. But, heretofore, they have always been associated with either communist or fascist dictatorships. To think that, in a country founded on the principles of free speech and Judeo-Christian principles, we might soon have to whisper the “Wonderful Words of Life” is simply ludicrous.
It is critically important that we use our voices to share, in the most gentle and loving—yet forthright—manner, what Jesus means to us. Notice what the Apostle Paul writes in Romans 10:9-10:
If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.
As we begin a new day, let’s be respectful of others and be unfailingly kind to others. But, as the Holy Spirit prompts us, let’s not be afraid to share the good news of the Lord Jesus Christ. After all, He died for us, He rose from the grave for us, and He now lives for us. The very least we can do is speak for Him.
Based on a blog originally posted on Friday, July 6, 2018
