“Why is it that the body of Christ worldwide has not more influence in the world?” That is the question I have asked myself for quite some time now.

There are so many Christian Organizations and Ministries worldwide. Only today I picked up two Christian magazines and information about three upcoming big meetings in our country.

Ephesians ONE

In his exposition of Ephesians one D M Lloyd-Jones talks about the early Christians. They were not a big number. But they impacted their heathen neighbours in a profound way.

Why was that? That is the question. He gives also the answer.

He says that the Christians influenced the world at that time because of THE QUALITY OF THEIR LIFE and they were truly Christian. And because of that they possessed power.

In Ephesians one the Apostle Paul gives us a description of the Christian. Two things we are told about them: They were saints in Christ Jesus. They were faithful in Christ Jesus. He explains also in detail what that means.

And here is the answer to the question at the beginning I have asked myself for quite some time.

I find the answer in the book mentioned above. “The lack of influence of the Christian Church in the world at large today is in m y opinion due to one thing only, namely, (God forgive us!) that we are so unlike the description of the Christians that we find in the New Testament.” – D M Lloyd-Jones