Why People Do Not Understand Christians
Our forefathers spoke continually about their faith and that they were Christians. They made all of their decisions based on the Bible and prayer. In the last few decades, Christians have changed the eyes of the world. Somewhere along the way, Christians started acting more and more like the world. Some people would even question is they were really a Christian is their life was no different than that of a non-Christian. This was so hard for people to understand. How can someone say they are a Christian but not live any differently? This is when all the confusion started. This is when people began to not understand Christians and the claims they made.
What has happened now is that people have religion but do not have Christ. They will do all the right things but their hearts are still far from God. Then you have those who claim to have surrendered their life to the Lord but have not changed their lives and look exactly like anybody else in the world.
People see these lifestyles and do not understand what exactly a Christian is and why the claim this relationship with Jesus with no change in their hearts. For many people, this is what stops them from coming to a life of Christianity. They do not see why they need it and therefore, do not seek after it. Christians look just like everybody else in the way the act, talk, and make decisions.
Christians should look differently because they should look more like Jesus. The Bible says that those who know Him will take up their cross and follow Him. This means they will give it all up, even the worldly things, in order to follow Jesus. This is not something that should be taken lightly. People should see Christians acting like Christians, and then if they still do not understand, God can bring clarity and wisdom to them.