Christians today have eyes but are blind, have ears but are deaf, have hearts but are abhorrent, have feet but are lame, have mouths but are dumb. They indulge in idolatry because they trust their money, skills, careers, possessions, security and other worldly treasures more than God in Heaven. They fear a lot because they don’t want to submit to God for control.
God knows how fickle-minded Christians are. Do they truly and sincerely trust God everyday? Do they depend wholly in God? Christians are great pretenders, pretending to be true and sincere.
Christians today do not know that once a Christian becomes true ad sincere, he struggles. He struggles to keep promises, to pray, to prepare preaching, change attitudes, to be really true, to spread the Gospel of God and to become perfect in the image of God.
Christians today do not want to be ridiculed, to be corrected, to be taught because they think they are insulted if done so. They easily get angry, easily get offended. They always want praises. They are the first to ridicule, to judge other’s mistakes and are very resentful. They are not open for a new change of a Godly character. They do not want the feelings of being reminded. Of being reminded to wash hands before sitting on the dining table.
Christians today have multiple characters. They are like sheep during Sundays but become goats and tigers during the rest of the week when no other Christians are near them. They are like wolves dressed like sheep when in their work – offices, businesses and elsewhere. They are regular church goers – they may be Baptists, Pentecostals, Catholics and other church members that teach the Deity of Jesus Christ. They know how to preach the Holy Bible, how to tell stories from the Holy Bible and how to interpret the Holy Bible.
Christians today know the Christian teachings, they even know that what they are doing on earth is just vanity. Being a Christian is only a knowledge that they possess but do not truly know what is really in their hearts. They have the knowledge but do not have the true/Godly hearts. They claim, yes, they truly claim to be true Christians and are Sons of God but have they experienced how to literally tremble before God? They claim that God is in control of their lives and God is the authority in their lives, but they do not even know how to respect the God they are claiming who saved them.
If an ordinary citizen has to go to the office of the Mayor, the Governor, the Senator or even the President of the Philippines to ask for something, he literally trembles even how prepared he may be. The feeling is but natural because those said offices are in authority. But how about the One who is truly in authority of every single thing around this planet earth who is even higher in authority than the highest office in the world? The Bible tells that even the mountains tremble and bow and the oceans roar in praise of Him. How about these Christians in name?
Can’t we just sacrifice some of our comforts and allow God to control us and place us in the rightful place? Can we not leave some of our worldly treasures and submit to His authority. God is higher than any authority. Can we not sacrifice our worldly comforts in exchange of love, compassion and praise in every breath that we take? Can we not sacrifice to help a lost soul with that love and compassion that we have? Can we not sacrifice to just shut up our mouths if our hearts and eyes are conniving to ridicule or misjudge a lost soul instead of just acting immediately to help him/her? Can we not sacrifice to put aside a time daily to read the Bible and sincerely pray? Can we not sacrifice to be offended sometimes just for our bad attitudes to be corrected?
Think of it. Is it easy? If you claim you are a Christian but do not feel the struggle to give up some of your comforts to help, then you are among the thousands of Christians dressed in sheep’s clothes.
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This is very true today...
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