The Clarion Call

I was driving home from work today and I was thinking about the pitiful immoral state of society. The entire conversation of my co-workers all day centered around immorality or unethical behavior. And these are America’s finest - police officers. Driving home thinking about how society has degraded, I drove through a bad part of the city. Seeing what appeared to be a prostitute walking down the street my attention was drawn. Driving past her I saw a group of contractors who had stopped their labor and stared at her as she walked away to look, jest, and no doubt make verbal their filthy thoughts.

It was here that it struck me that this is the clarion call to the Church of Christ. The morals of our society is in a deplorable state. The lower class to the upper class is saturated with lust and greed or are being eaten away with bitterness, anger, and depression. There is no standard set for what is right and wrong but what the true Church of Christ lives and preaches. But how can we do this if we live silent and closed lives. As the Bible says, “How can the people hear if there is not a preacher.” How can we set an example to this dying world if we live like them. Drink alcohol like they do. Listen to Rock and Roll like they do. Talk dirty like they do. Don’t stand up for the truth when no one else will, even if it means damage to our “career”.

What does God think of us when we partake or even just stay quite when we should say something. We are it. We are the only representatives/ ambassadors of Christ in this world. If we do not stand up for truth, no one will. Their immorality is our clarion call. Don’t ignore it!