Radical

“The disciples were called Christians first at Antioch” (Acts 1:7).

Call yourself a Christian and our world ignores you. Christians don’t make much difference anyway.

BUT…

• Keep the Lord’s day the Lord’s way gathering with old and young every week
• Worship the One who was despised, rejected, and betrayed
• Pray to an invisible God
• Give yourself to serve people you don’t even know
• Give your money for the sake of people you’ve never met
• Serve and honor all people
• Treasure God’s word by reading, meditating, and memorizing

Do these things and the world thinks you’re a crazy radical fool.

The word radical comes from the Latin rabix, literally meaning “root.” That’s where we get the word radish. It has to do with getting to the root of things.

When the world calls Christ-followers radical, they are actually correct. We are radical. All those things that were listed are the normal practices that get to the root of what it means to be Christian. Christians are radically different than anything this world has ever seen. It’s always been and will continue to be that way.