Dirty Word

I'm beginning to think 'tolerant' is a dirty word. So many churches today and so many Christians today think that we have to be tolerant of everyone. "They are entitled to their own opinions and beliefs so we have to be tolerant of them" they say. Well that's not true. If we do not speak out against something that we disagree with when given the chance, the assumption is made that we are for it, when in reality we may just be 'tolerating' it.

The first century Christians at Ephesus actually got it, they knew what it was all about. In Revelation 2;2-3 Jesus himself said to the church at Ephesus, "I know your deeds and your toil and perseverance, and that you cannot tolerate evil men, and you put to the test those who call themselves apostles, and they are not, and you found them to be false; and you have perseverance and have endured for My name's sake, and have not grown weary." We will notice when we read the next verse, 4, that Jesus says they have all that but they have left their first love. The point being, Jesus Christ himself commended that church for being intolerant of things that were clearly against the Truth of God's Word! And nothing has changed on His part since then.. it is the so-called Christians and the Church as a whole that is falling back and slacking and starting to think that we have to be tolerant of every religion and lifestyle. So who do we roll with? Jesus Christ saying 'be intolerant' or the 21st century professed Christians and left wing politicians saying 'we must be tolerant of everyone'. I choose Jesus Christ, how about you????