Favours are not given, when Christians "meet people where they are at" in their sin. Christian love, is not noticeable, when said Christian, entertains the devils and demons residing in others.
Recently a very good friend of mine left the church she has been attending for three years. We, dear one, are called to be members of the body of Christ, to assemble together to hear scripture read, to worship in unison, and to glorify God in prayer and song; however, when the church a person has been attending, transforms itself via the leadership, into a synagogue of Satan, by celebrating the wickedness of halloween, it behooves individual believers to remove themselves, and to make a great noise of warning to the brethren, as they exit the building and the fellowship, for:
Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers, for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? And what communion hath light with darkness? (2 Corinthians 6:14)
Communion: We commune with one another, and when the body and blood of Christ are spoken of, as broken and shed respectively, for the sins of the world, and we take the bread and the wine in remembrance of Jesus' sacrificial death on the cross for each of us, past, present, dead or alive, then we must hold fast to these facts:
1. We have sinned
2. We must repent
3. We acknowledge Jesus as our Mediator, Redeemer, and Saviour
Dear reader, if someone is fornicating, cheating, lying, stealing, committing adultery, fraud, worshipping idol gods, directly and obviously disobeying God's commandments, or living under the weight of any number of sins, we do them an injustice when we freely associate with them, and say things like, I'm not judging you. I'm not judging you, has now become one of the biggest, ugliest excuses, for colluding with wickedness. We are not to judge and condemn, or to do what we accuse others of doing, but this must not be a way of sending someone down river heading for rapids and a cliff, in a leaking boat without a paddle: meaning, they are never told that Jesus loves them, died for their sins, and that they must repent, and sin no more, in order to be saved. Disaster awaits the unrepentant..
It is love that rebukes the wayward. Love does not walk and talk as a companion, along side a disobedient person, speaking wishy-washy messages that in the moment, helps the sinner continue to cling to their sin, while weakly reassuring the Christian, that the relationship will hold for another day. This arrangement is tenuous, and tedious too. If it feels as though speaking the truth is akin to walking on eggshells, or skating on thin ice that will break the tie of friendship, then one must evaluate, to whom they pledge their allegiance.
Risking all for the sake of Truth, and clinging to Christ, not just the edges of his cloak, requires complete commitment to speaking and living the truth, and course correcting, with a recalibrating to Christ, when we wander off the narrow path that leads to eternity with God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost. Love, has us wanting the people we care about, to be on the very same path, and helping them lie to themselves, weakens our relationship with Jesus, and most certainly, puts them in jeopardy, since you or I, may be the only person they will ever meet, that will care enough about them to tell them the truth.
So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God (Romans 10:17)
There is an old expression: If you love someone, let them go, and if they return, they are yours.
Dear reader, Are you willing to speak biblical Truth, even if it means you will lose a person from your life that you love? even if that person prefers their favourite flavour of sin, over your relationship? No one belongs to you, but all belong to God, for he is the creator of every creature.
It is wonderful when there is resolution between two friends, and they are reunited after a time apart, but this is not the end goal. The end goal, is clinging to Christ at all times and in all circumstances, knowing he is our all and all. We, as Christians, want each person to know God, and to abide in him, with or without us! God lets us go, he lets out the line and gives us room to roam away from him if we so choose; God never forces us against our will to follow where he leads, and yet, we are called to Christ, and to being like our Saviour, and dear one, is this not what we want for all that are in our lives?
There are buildings that currently stand, and they are called churches. Inside these buildings, any number of abominable activities are taking place, that are expressly prohibited in God's Word. We must read scripture, and when we see sin, challenge sinners with the hope, that they will repent, recover, and reclaim their life according to God's will and his ways. God gives us strength when we are weak, and our faith is fortified when we take action, and stand on the principles of biblical truth.
Yelling FIRE may be what Christians need to do, in order to awaken some from slumber, and have them heading for the exits, out and away from apostasy, and into the bright light that only Jesus can shine in minds, hearts, and souls.
Blinded by the light
And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven: and he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
You are either for, or against Christ Jesus. You either worship him and obey his commands, or you forsake him, and persecute him and his followers. There is no middle road, there are no in-betweens, and a fence to sit upon will not be found. You choose to speak life, or collude with death by accommodating your own sin and that of others, and that yucky feeling you have, that perhaps you are deluding yourself and people you profess to love, will persevere, until you come clean, and are washed in the blood of The Lamb of God, that takes away the sins of the world.
Lord, have mercy
Christ, have mercy
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