Christian Businesses Don’t Exist
Article from mpchristianity.com by Brad Harmon
You read that correctly – Christian businesses don’t exist. That doesn’t sound like a proclamation you’d expect to hear from a website dedicated to bringing our Christian faith into the marketplace, does it?
We were reminded of this fact in a recent tweet by Rick Warren.
There’s really no such thing as a “Christian business” only Christian business people. Jesus saves people,not organizations – Rick Warren
In our third lesson from the 20 Entrepreneurial Lessons from Creation series, we look at how your business can serve as a beacon of light in the world.
Our Number One Priority as ChristiansWhen the Bible talks about the actions of God it’s important to understand that the Holy Spirit led the writer to depict these actions in a very precise way. God is not a god of chaos. Everything He does is perfectly ordered.
Knowing this about God, it’s interesting that his first priority in Creation was to bring light into the world.
2And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. 3And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. (Genesis 1:2-3, KJV)
If this was His first priority, as demonstrated by His actions, then it would follow that it’s our first priority as Christians, as leaders, and as entrepreneurs. Just imagine how all of the remaining acts of Creation would be for naught had God not first brought the light that would sustain them.
Every Christian is Called into Full-Time Ministry
While only about 3% of Christians receive a vocational calling to be in full-time ministry, this doesn’t mean that the other 97% are off the hook. All Christians have a life calling, or a commission, to spread the Gospel.
19Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: 20Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen. (Matthew 28:19-20, KJV)
This Great Commission was the last instructions given by Christ to His eleven disciples before He ascended into Heaven. It’s why evangelical Christians believe it’s their duty to proselytize in every facet of their daily lives.
Similar to God’s first actions being significant, doesn’t Christ’s last actions on earth also take on an added significance? Wouldn’t you want your last words to be the most profound and significant ones you’d ever uttered?
