I have thought a lot in the last few days about something that was posted on Facebook.  I know I should not give too much time to Facebook, but this really made me think.  The post was in reference to a cross that an activist atheist group is trying to remove.

Romans 1:18 comes to mind when I ponder on these people.  "For the wrath of god is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth."

This activist group is fighting so hard against a symbol of our salvation.  The truth is plain to them that god exists.  If it were not so then they would not have to fight so hard to remove any symbol of Him.  The idea of suppressing something requires action on the part of those that suppress.  God makes the truth plain to us so that it will spring to view and the unrighteous must hold this truth down in order to "not believe" in it or in God the creator.

Where does this leave the activist atheist group?  Without an excuse when judged.  They fight every day to remove any sign that God is real and when one truth is suppressed another becomes plain.

What does this all mean for the Christian?  Here is where I think we may over react.  We tend to get up in arms over these displays of the atheist groups and want to fight their inevitable suppression of the truth.  We tend to forget that it still remains true whether this man made sign of the truth exists or not.  In this specific situation, the man-made cross that was erected as a memorial has no bearing on Christ's sacrifice for our sin (and theirs if they believe in Him).

We have very few commands in scripture that we are to follow.  Love our neighbors as ourselves and we are to go and make disciples.  We should let God retain the right to righteous indignation and just do our job of going and making disciples of these atheists so they will start believing the truth and stop suppressing it.  There is nothing wrong with being upset with these groups, but our energy would be better placed in spreading our gospel.

What am I going to do?  I'm going to follow the example of an old friend tonight.  After dinner in a restaurant we talked of fulfilling the Great Commission.  Without another word he got up from the table and invited a family at the table next to us to his church on Sunday.  We are not ashamed to blast away at non-believers for suppressing the truth, but we seem to be ashamed to share that truth with them instead.  I plan to fix this in my own life.  What will you do?