Hard Christianity

While Kevin is eager to reach his 50 mark, many people are trying to lose weight. Some are getting married so have to look good for the wedding, life after that? Sometimes I think Christianity is like that. It's so easy to take the short cut way to make it looks good. I have been thinking about it and instead of relying on the Holy Spirit to reveal things to us, we sort of take the easy way so in the end we may look good.
Not to say these method are not good but these are capable of diluting the actual meaning of the gospel. Being capable is always a potential danger and should be kept in check at all times. Point form sermon is easy, commentary is hard, singing hillsong is easy, hymn is hard, reading daily bread is easy, reading the bible is hard, dressing up nicely to church is easy, going with a sincere heart is hard, giving 10% is easy, give your all is hard, reading Psalm is easy, every other book is hard, memorizing only scriptures is easy, understanding the whole story is hard, loving a church member is easy, rebuking them out of love is hard and the list goes on and on....
We have to remember how to come to know Christ in the first place, it is by pure revelation from the Holy Spirit that made us understand His gift of redemption, thus being reveled the mystery that has alluded many man. So don't be scared tackling the hard part of being a Christian. The Holy Spirit given will reveal.

Ephesians 1

³ Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. ⁴ For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love ⁵ he^[b] predestined us for adoption to sonship^[c] through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will— ⁶ to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves. ⁷ In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace ⁸ that he lavished on us. With all wisdom and understanding, ⁹ he^[d] made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, ¹⁰ to be put into effect when the times reach their fulfillment—to bring unity to all things in heaven and on earth under Christ.

¹¹ In him we were also chosen,^[e] having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will, ¹² in order that we, who were the first to put our hope in Christ, might be for the praise of his glory. ¹³ And you also were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, ¹⁴ who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession—to the praise of his glory.