doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of
bread, and in prayers"(ACTS 2:42). So says
Luke of the thousands who received the
Word and were baptized following the
preaching of Peter on the day of Pentecost.
Conversion for those first Christians was not
a destination; it was the beginning of a
journey. And right there is where the Biblical
emphasis differs from ours. Today all is
made to depend upon the initial act of
believing. At a given moment a "decision" is
made for Christ, and after that everything is
automatic. This is not taught in so many
words, but such is impression inadvertently
created by our failure to lay a scriptural
emphasis in our evangelistic preaching. We
of the evangelical churches are almost all
guilty of this lopsided view of the Christian
life, and because the foundations are out of
plumb the temple of God leans dangerously
and threatens to topple unless some
immediate corrections are made.
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