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If this was a christian nation, three things wouldnt exist.

Sperm donor facilities. Abortion clinics. Churches that teach countrary to scripture.

Closet Atheist

Before I started to follow Christ, I was an atheist.

Back then I hardly ever talked about religion.

On occassion I was forced to attend a church service of some kind or another (JW, RC, etc), but it was never because I believed in God or I felt I had a need of some kind.

Usually it was due to having an aquaintence and wanting to please them somewhat.

My morals were based on nothing but how I felt at any given time and not wanting to get into "trouble" of some sort or another.

I didn't consider getting into "trouble" as doing something "wrong" but i recognised that as much "freedom" as I believed I had, those who had some kind of authority over me would cause my life to become annoying, at least temporarily.

So not getting into "trouble", was simply for convenience sake.

Of course, getting into "trouble" always depended on whether you got caught or not, and I was pretty good at not getting caught.

From the outside, many adults would call me a good kid.

However, if they knew the many things I did and wanted to do but didn't, they definitely would change their opinion of me. But there were never any intentional soul searching questions posed to me.

My atheism formed my outlook on life, which to me, made life worthless.

There became no reason to do anything. And anything that was done, was simply due to social concern. Whether i'll be annoyed with the resulting "fallout" of those who know of whatever I did.

The reason i'm saying these things is because there a number of people within the visible church who fit that description.

They are in church, participating in church, confessing Christ, not because of a deep conviction of their sins and the realisation that Christ has indeed paid for their sins and calls them to repent and believe in Him for the forgiveness of those sins.

No. The reasoning behind their actions are socially driven. Due to the expectations of their family and friends or even a sense of belonging and fellowship, they confess Christ and seem to be following after Him, when in reality, they are really closet atheists.

One would wonder how it is that people can leave Christ tor become atheists or agnostics.

Did these people not have an encounter with Christ? Did they not feel the weight of their sins while at the foot of the cross?

No, They didn't.

We must make sure that the gospel is preached to those both outside and inside the four walls of the church building.

After all, the gospel is the power of God unto salvation.