It is a fact if these schools and students were to forsake God, denounce Jesus, then they will be permitted to participate. Colorado is home to Focus on the Family, and several other Christian organizations. With this recent decision, Colorado is saying they are against God and Jesus. Colorado has become an anti-Christian state.
But this should not surprise anyone.
Earlier this year you may have seen a Pew Research Center report that America is rapidly becoming less Christian and more atheistic. The number of adults claiming no religious affiliation increased to 56 million, an all-time high. Almost a third of those are self-described atheists.
Before you grow too discouraged over these trends, remember what the early church faced. The New Testament Christians were a small, despised minority, unpopular, opposed, and often persecuted. The government pressured them, and their culture looked down on them. They were reviled. But they were also resolved. These stalwarts held to their convictions and changed the world.
God's people have always been yeast in the dough, salt in the wound, light in the darkness, and sand in the snake oil of secularism. There's no silencing a Christian who, like Esther, is willing to speak the truth with the attitude, If I perish, I perish (Esther 4:16). The apostle Paul said, For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain (Philippians 1:21).
In Christ, we can uphold our convictions, whether in life or in death whether anyone else does or not.
We need to stand up for Christ. We Christians need to hold our ground. We need to advance the Gospel. The signs of the end times are upon us all, but this is no excuse to stop working for Christ.
Onward Christina soldier, onward!
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