I have some important things to
say and I hope you will hear me out. My
heart burns within me and I need to get this out before I feel consumed with
the fire within.
There are some, professing to
be Christians, who are defiant in their Christian life. They want to put on airs around the church
folks, talking about being strong and courageous, but when they are away from
these influences they bend and buckle.
The mouth becomes a cesspool, the mind becomes the devils play ground
and the heart reveals a pure disregard for the things of God.
In these settings they will
tell all sorts of vile and profane things.
Bragging of conquest and talking in ways that would make their brothers
and sisters blush with shame and embarrassment.
They are comfortable with this way of doing things; one moment or one
place they put on the mask of Christianity, the next or with a different crowd
they put on the mask of unbelief or at least one that is worldlier and less
Christian. Then they wonder why the
blessings of God are cut off, why the power of God is not evident in their
lives, or why their brothers and sisters in Christ are being corrective and
less supportive.
Of course the blame, in their
mind, is at the feet of those rushing with correction. They are not willing to take the blame, not
willing to fall before God in shame and remorse. This is not their problem, this is the way
they are and everyone just needs to accept it, and get over themselves. There basic reply is that everyone else needs
to get out of their business.
Yet, when a Christian acts this
way, it is the business of their fellow Christians. The writer of Hebrews wrote, “Let us consider one another to
provoke unto love and to good works.” (Hebrews 10:24 KJV) It should be the desire of every Christian to
aid their fellow Christians in the walk of goodness and godliness.
That
one who is defiant against Christ is one who is blinded by their own desires,
their own greed, and their own lust.
They are more apt to follow the path of least resistance, than to walk
the “straight and narrow.”
“Therefore
all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to
them: for this is the law and the prophets. Enter ye in at the strait gate: for
wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to
destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is
the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there
be that find it.”
Matthew 7:12-14
(KJV)
At times they
think they can hide away their evil ways and things which they hold onto from
the old life. They deceive themselves
into thinking that it will not hurt anyone, they are just enjoying life and
having a good time. But God’s Word says
otherwise:
“A
worthless person, a man of iniquity, Is he that walketh with a perverse mouth; That
winketh with his eyes, that speaketh with his feet, That maketh signs with his
fingers; In whose heart is perverseness, Who deviseth evil continually, Who
soweth discord. Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; On a sudden shall
he be broken, and that without remedy. There are six things which Jehovah
hateth; Yea, seven which are an abomination unto him: Haughty eyes, a lying
tongue, And hands that shed innocent blood; A heart that deviseth wicked
purposes, Feet that are swift in running to mischief, A false witness that
uttereth lies, And he that soweth discord among brethren.”
Proverbs 6:12-19 (ASV )
While they think
they can hide this evil way, God’s Word clearly says that “your sins will find
you out.”
“Wherefore
judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who will both bring to
light the hidden things of darkness, and make manifest the counsels of the
hearts; and then shall each man have his praise from God.”
1 Corinthians 4:5
(ASV )
We are also
reminded that the sowing and reaping principle applies to this evil, dirty,
sinful way of thinking. If you go to a
field and plant corn, you are going to come again a few months later and find
corn. If you plant watermelons, latter
in the season you will find watermelons.
An oak tree produces acorns, an apple tree gives apples, and a pear tree
will produce pears. It is just the way
nature is and the spiritual world is no different. If you plant seeds of sin, you will get
plants of sin; if you sow spiritual seeds, you will receive spiritual
blessings. It is the way of the harvest
and there is no way around it.
“Be
not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he
also reap. 8 For
he that soweth unto his own flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he
that soweth unto the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap eternal life.”
Galatians 6:7-8 (ASV )
Many of these
people are blinded, as I stated earlier.
The Lord of Heaven has tried to remove the blinders, but the individual enjoys
the dark much to much and refuses to release this into the hands of a loving,
forgiving, benevolent God
“And
even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled in them that perish: in whom the god
of this world hath blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the
gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn upon
them.”
2 Corinthians
4:3-4 (ASV )
The command is
there for them, an opportunity to repent and see things for what they really
are. The offer is on the table for them
to come to a loving God and find hope and rest, forgiveness and love.
“Awake
to soberness righteously, and sin not; for some have no knowledge of God: I
speak this to move you to shame.”
1 Corinthians 15:34
(ASV )
God’s admonition
is to walk in the light. The Christian
is to bask in the beauty of Christ Jesus, in word and deed show Him to a lost
world. We are to draw others to Him, not
drive them away from Him. We are to act
and react in life, both with other believers and outside and way from believers
in the same manner. This is the way of
hope, this the way of blessing, this is the way of life!
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