I love the word ‘Oxymoron’ and I am pretty sure that this following statement is one. The uncommitted -committed.

i was reading a book on evangelism, where the writer had moved into a new neighborhood. When he went to meet one of the neighbors, he introduced himself as a Christian. The elderly neighbor replied, she was a Christian too, but it turned out she never went to church, and resisted any talk about Jesus {who a Christian is supposed to follow}. To her, ‘Christian’ is a culture or ethnic label. It is not a declaration of her faith in Jesus as her Saviour, not her allegiance to Him as her Lord, nor her membership of His redeemed people..

How sad! when Christianity has come to mean something to some people which it is not.

Lets look at the word committed: {Dictionary} To give or put into trust of. If we look at it from the aspect of accepting Christ Jesus as Our Lord, Our Saviour, Our Redeemer and Our Friend, we are committing our lives to Him.

Titus 2 verse 14: He {Jesus} gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to cleanse for Himself a special,people, eager to do good works”.

We are all sinners saved by grace. God say He will cleanse us, but will that stop us from sinning again? No! because we remain sinners saved by Grace. Growing in that Grace, will help us not to do the things that Our Lord and Our Friend has said are no good for us to do {sins-wrongdoing} against the purpose He has for our lives.

Many people feel that once, they have excepted the name Christian, now they sit on a pew in church, that is commitment, and that is all there is to being a Christian.

They haven’t even started, to become a Christian starts through repentance to and acceptance of Jesus Christ, as Lord, Savior and Redeemer of ones life. The commitment starts at this point, commitment to grow in the ways of God. Commitment to grow into the person God created us to be, anything less from a person who identifies as a Christian is uncommitted- commitment.

God Bless.

O F J.