Factually, there are few churches and congregations in America that are not carnal in many respects. Even churches who are mighty in support of missions and conduct evangelical outreaches are frequently carnal to the core. They are impressed by their own works and their own efforts. They fail the test of love and they are driven by self-interest and self-glorification. They are busy conducting educational events that urge people to develop a purpose-driven life that has no connection to God’s real purpose for their lives.
You do not find seminars and teaching in these churches that call and exhort Christians to crucify themselves and accept that their lives are none of their business. You do not find seminars teaching that we have no rights in our flesh and that we must give up our life if we are to find it. The cross has become a cheerful symbol to be worn around our necks and decorate the bumpers of our automobiles, rather than an instrument of death!
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