Have you ever wondered what the writers of the New Testament would think if they were able to be transported to our current time and culture? I doubt if any of what is transpiring in our world today would shock them in the least. We think we are so enlightened, yet as Solomon said, “What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.” [Eccl 1:9]
Sin is sin is sin in any generation. Sin just puts on the new clothes for each generation and culture thinking to disguise itself as something new.
I would, however, love to see James deal with social media! After all, he wrote, “My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry.”
But perhaps what I wonder about most would be what the New Testament writers would think if they were transported into our current churches. What would they say about us? What would they say about the fact that we call buildings, “the church?” Or that we “go to church” rather than “be the church?” I wonder what they would say about separating our “religious life” from our “secular life?” Or about the fact that some preach a gospel which ignores the virgin birth, the crucifixion, death and resurrection of Jesus … that “other gospel” that Paul warned about.
Yes, I wonder what they would say about us today?
