Stay Firm

Isaiah 7:9
(9) And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah. If you are not firm in faith, you will not be firm at all.'"

By the time of Jesus the spiritual landscape of Samaria had completely changed. Why? They were overrun and did not remain firm in the faith. Judah wasn't a whole lot better, but at least they kept the embers going.

I think this is a timely lesson for us today. Our nation was founded on the idea that religious pluralism is a good thing. I agree that everyone has the right to worship whoever or however they please, provided that they aren't endangering anyone. Yet if we do not remain firm in our faith we are going to become indistinguishable from the culture. We are going to be just as materialistic as the rest of the culture. Or perhaps we will become so universalist in our thinking that we stop evangelizing.

Either way, I think that this is a timely reminder for the 21st century Christian. Let's stand firm.