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Christ.
FALSE CHRISTIANS
particular type false “believer” who had infiltrated the church. This
form of godliness, but denied the power thereof...” Timothy was told
to “turn away” from this type of people. Today, we see these “false
church and at the same time, remain “guilt free” in the hidden sins
Christ”. There influence is felt all the way to the White House, which
churches?
Carnal Christians
and they receive Christ as savior, they can take one of two paths.
saved and at least I won’t go the hell...”. And that is as far as they
go. One of the issues attached to this mentality is the conflict over
space. The most important attribute of this issue is, “who sits on the
throne of your life”? If “SELF” is the center of your life, then you are
“...But the natural man receives not the things of the Spirit of God:
for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know [them],
judges all things, yet he himself is judged of no man... 3:3 for ye are
yet carnal: for whereas [there is] among you envying, and strife, and
he envies others and their possessions. Self sits at the throne of his
or division among others around him. He has not yet learned to die
to self or, as Paul said in his letter to the PHILIPPIANS 2:3 [Let] nothing
these things to be the truth. You might say that I am an expert in the
“Christian” life, I was “a self made man who worshipped his creator.”
your life, you could “bet the farm” on the fact that I would be sure
you knew about it. As long as I focused all my energy on your sins,
adults.
SPIRITUAL CHRISTIAN
How then will we know what manner of Christian we are? The true
Even though Christ was and is God, he limited himself to the status
Him. Above all, His unconditional love, His willingness to forgive, His
complete self-sacrifice which led to His own death on our behalf and
our lives? Is our life the same when we are alone as it is when we are
around others? Our personal relationship to God will produce within
us a conscience.
there is no law. 24 And they that are Christ's have crucified the
flesh with the affections and lusts. 25 If we live in the Spirit, let
Faith is in God and Christ that eliminates worry, and knows that the
live godly lives. It is not the going to church that makes us Christians
any more that walking into a garage makes you a car. The true
wink at it? Does it disgust us or excite us? When the chips are down,
your life. What do you turn to when the going gets tough? What ever
Universe?