Dear Editor,
This subject is about hope, not about pessimism. But for people to establish hope the church must examine itself.
Peter 4:17 For the time has come that judgment must begin at the house of God and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God.
1 Peter 4:18 And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear.
The point is, if the church wants to attain credibility they must clean out the wickedness that is presently in the church. The church must demand that the leaders of the church live the example for the unsaved people to see what a Christian life is all about.
Oftentimes many churches turn the blind eye to evil in the church instead of confronting it. Be it the pastor or preacher or deacon or the usher of the church, all these people should be people of character and decency. They must be the example for all people to follow and their lifestyle should be of impeccable humility, humbleness and honesty with love and compassion to all race gender and people of different financial class. Unfortunately, when put to the test they usually fail.
The church must welcome all people, but it should not be friendly to the world. The world is the enemy of God and you cannot change a corrupt system if you allow it to lead you. The church is the entity to set the example. But most churches are interested to make the world accept them instead of teaching the world to follow God’s way of doing things.
The conclusion is the church must examine and purge itself for the credibility to foster an example of who Christians are.
The Patriot Miguel Arrindell
