Names of Christians

   Christians are given many different names nowadays. We are called many things by the world and most of those things are not good.

   We may not get called this by non-Christians but they definitely see our devotion to what we believe. Sometimes Christians are lukewarm. We say we believe in God, but we only show it on Sundays. Sunday we go to church and may listen to the message and sing the songs but after that we do not show we are Christian. Sure we may talk the talk but we don't walk the walk.

   Another big name Christians have nowadays is Hypocrite. It somewhat goes along with us being lukewarm. We praise Jesus with our mouths on Sunday and then use the same mouth to scream at our fellow man Monday. We may say "you shouldn't lie, cheat, or steal." But then we do the exact same thing we tell others not to do! We don't take the log out of our eye before taking the splinter out of someone else's.

   The third name we get called is holier than thou. We think we are the best of the best and no one can be greater. We may even think that we do not sin. Some of us don't go quite that far. But we may still have pride, which is just as bad. We may have these ideas that we don't need to ask certain people for forgiveness because we are better than they are in some way.

   The final name we may get called is lunatic. People think we are crazy because we believe in someone we can't see, who may not exist. Also we do these crazy things like give away money to random strangers. Or we help those who have hurt us. In the eye of many people today that is nuts because they are just looking out for themselves.

   I don't know about you but out of all these names I'd rather be called a lunatic. Actually, I already get called that by my family but that's for different reasons :D Mostly good things I promise.

   Anyhow, around this time of year we talk a lot about belief. However, the secular world talks about believing in Santa Clause. In the movie The Santa Clause an elf has one of the most profound quotes. She says: "seeing isn't believing, believing is seeing." Many people who believe in Santa are called crazy, just like those who believe in Jesus.

   Let me ask you this: which is easier to believe: that God doesn't exist, or that God made everything? I tell you this it takes much more faith to believe in God than it does to believe in anything else.

   Christians need to have crazy love, faith, passion, and so much more. We are held to a higher standard on this earth because of what we know and believe. We are to spread the gospel and show the love of Christ. We all know this is crazy because none of us can ever amount to the love, faith, and passion that Jesus showed. But, that shouldn't stop us from doing what we are called to do.

   So, which of these names do you get called? If you don't like the name you get called what can you do to change it? Will you choose to have crazy faith?

   Revelation 3:16, Matthew 7:5, Matthew 10:22