Chapter 2: “The Immorality of Neutrality” or Why is neutrality really sin?

• Trying to be neutral in the way we think is the same thing as trying to fill in the Grand Canyon that exists between a Christian and a non-believer
• Jesus said this canyon was the truth of God’s word.  Jn 17:17
• If we try to gain the respect of the worldly intellectuals through neutrality, we can only do that by filling in the Grand Canyon.  This buries God’s truth and erases the separation that exists between the Christian and the non-Christian.
• Paul commands believers not to behave or live in a way which copies those who are unsaved, calling the way of the unbeliever that of the “vanity of the mind” which is a result of a hardened heart (Eph 4:17-18).
• That command creates a choice for the Christian, whether to be separated from unbelievers by the Grand Canyon of God’s truth or to be separated from God by a hardened heart.  You are going to have to be separated from someone:

1. Either the “mind of Christ” (1 Cor 2:16) or the “vain mind of the Gentiles” (Eph 4:17)
2. Either “every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ” (2 Cor 10:5) or continue as “enemies in your mind” (Col 1:21)

• The unbelieving, and those who follow them, have become futile in their thinking and their minds are darkened (Rom 1:21).  Claiming to be wise, they have become fools (Rom 1:22) and are alienated from God (Eph 4:18).
• For the Christian however, the truth is in Jesus (Eph 4:21).  We are commanded to be renewed in the spirit of our minds (Eph 4:23) which has access to the holiness of the truth (Eph 4:24).
• It is not possible to compromise this point, since we know:

1. No man can serve two masters (Matt 6:24)
2. All things have been created by Christ (Col 1:16)
3. Everything is sustained by the word of His power (Heb 1:3)
4. All wisdom and knowledge is deposited in Christ (Col 2:3)
5. Christ is Truth (John 14:6)
6. Christ is to be Lord over every thought (2 Cor.10:5)

Therefore, to compromise on neutrality is sin, because

• “Whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God” (Jam 4:4)