That is correct. As a fool for Christ, today is my day. Many Christian people like to denigrate non-Christians on this first Day of April. They say this is national atheists’ Day. They quote Psalm 14:1 that the fool says there is no God. What about the verses that say that we should be fools for Christ? Since Springfield is home to many Christian organizations, don’t we know these texts?

Paul tells us that the message of the cross is considered foolish by those who are perishing in their sins. To followers of Christ, it is power. (1 Corinthians 1:18) If you do not understand what I mean by this, you need to rethink your relationship with Jesus. He told us we would do greater things than He did.

In the first letter to the Ecclesia at Corinth, he speaks to them as being rich and strong while he and other disciples are hungry and in prison. He says that he is a fool for Christ in I Corinthians 4:10-13. His reasoning is that his audience is wise, honored, strong, and wealthy, but not following their savior’s instructions.

This is because they are working for the Kingdom of God and starving themselves, and being dishonored and considered to be foolish. After all, they disagree with what the world says is important. Has anyone ever ridiculed you for being honest, faithful, and willing to sacrifice yourself to stay loyal to Christ?

I have been following Jesus as my Lord for over fifty years. For the first few years, I was a typical mediocre Christian who had accepted Christ and had my fire insurance. I would go to heaven instead of Hell when I die. I had little joy and did not pray or ask what God wanted me to do with my life.

When I accepted a call to ministry, my whole life changed. I started to make every decision a matter of prayer. This has been a growing process. We all must follow His instructions to become the new creations that He told us we would become after accepting Him.

Paul is accusing most of the Corinthian believers of not being fully committed to their Savior. This is typical of many of us. We believe in Christ as much as we want to. We sometimes ignore a deeper commitment to Him because we have not decided we want to become new creations. Does this mean we are lost? Probably, but not necessarily. We can always change our minds about following our Savior closer.

My story began when my church fired another pastor. I felt that this was not a good thing and began to question the church, God, and my salvation experience. This inquiry led me to decide I needed to mature as a Christian.

We all have our times when we reach a crisis of faith. We can be like Peter and deny Him and then repent of that, or we can be like Judas Iscariot and betray our Savior but refuse to grow from the experience. Don’t let Satan drive you to make an irrevocable choice.

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