No — and Yes! Christianity is not revolutionary in the political sense. Its Founder never used political action. His apostles never sided with any political party, nor tried to form a new political faction.
Those who say, “Christianity has no message for men of my class” — whatever class they belong to — may mean that Christianity is not intended to further the political ambitions or the trade interests or the social exclusiveness of their particular group. And they are right. Christianity is far too good a thing to be exploited by materialists who do not care in the slightest for its teachings.
True Christianity is revolutionary in the moral sense. It goes to the root of man’s troubles. The gospel of Christ reaches a man’s conscience and convicts him of sin. When he accepts Christ as his personal Saviour and Lord, his outlook, his ambitions, his interests and his hopes are all changed. In fact, he demonstrates the truth of the inspired words, “If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” No other message can produce anything like that.
This is the only part of revolution that is safe, that injures nobody, and that is supremely worthwhile. But it is not the kind of revolution that is wanted by the masses or the classes. God clearly states the reason for this lack of desire for the gospel. He says, “Light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.”
Are you willing to experience that inner revolution which the Bible calls the new birth?
Only those who have experienced it can know that they are “born again.”