Christians in America have been quite comfortable for a long time.  The country was founded on Christian principles, and because of that both the church and the culture were blessed beyond measure.

Too much comfort for too long has brought compromise.  Church leaders have not spoken out against the encroachment of materialism and immorality. And so, Christians have let down their guard, following the culture and its economic system rather than leading on “the narrow way.”

Christians are not supposed to fit in, but be “salt and light” in contrast to the decay and darkness around us.

In America, the culture water pot we are in has gradually heated up without notice or action by the church.  Now, the heat is turned up quickly, and the water is boiling.  Churches and Christians that did not jump out of the pot, find themselves cooked by the culture and unable/unwilling to stand against it.

If you put your money into promises the world offers rather than investing in the Kingdom of God, you lose.  It’s just a matter of time for everyone to see it—to see that God did really say, and He did really mean it:

“Do not lay up treasures on earth, where moth and rust corrupt, and where thieves break in and steal.

But do lay up treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust corrupts, and where thieves do not break in and steal.

For, where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.”