Photo by Francois Olwage on UnsplashEternal Security vs Free Choice
Eternal Security (once saved always saved) vs Free Choice are important doctrines for many people in the church today! But, outside of church, people probably don't really care. I think people outside of church would be more likely to care about Ezekiel 33:12-19. In Ezekiel 33:12, the prophet proclaimed, "...The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneh from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live for his righteousness in the day that he sinneth." Ezekiel continues to expound on this in Ezekiel 33:13-19. I think this is extremely interesting to people outside the church. Can the righteous actually become wicked and can the wicked actually become righteous?
Pre-millennial vs post-millennial rapture is another very important doctrine to people inside the church. Again, I do not think most people outside the church really care about it. But people outside the church would be likely to care about 1 John 3:6-10! "Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him. Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous. He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother." So do you love your brother? Are you a righteous person from Monday through Saturday. I think this is very interesting to those who are not in church.
King James version, NIV, NKJV or Holman Christian Standard? This choice is very important for some people, but do people outside of church really care? Probably not. I do think people on the outside would care about John 14:15. "If ye love me, keep my commandments." Do we really love God? Do we keep his commands?
What about hymns vs worship songs? Is one more worshipful than the other? Here is the question: Is what we think is important really that important? It is easy to get focused only on things inside the church. God has called us to "go unto all the world".
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