-----------------------------Christians and Sin------------------------------------------ Many who claim the name of Christ show little or no evidence of salvation by the way they live their lives. Often it is almost impossible to distinguish Christians from non Christians. Many who say they are saved are outwardly blatant sinners showing little or no concern for spiritual things. Christianity for them is like putting on or taking off a piece of clothing. They put on their Christian appearance when it suits them. The question that naturally arises is: Are all who call themselves Christians truly saved and going to heaven when they die? Then answer is, sadly, no many call themselves Christians are in truth not saved. Jesus said, Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven (Matthew 7:21). He is saying it is not the ones who just call Jesus, Lord, who will enter heaven, but those that do the will of God. In other words the true believer is the one to whom Christ is in fact Lord. Christ is teaching that true believers live for the Lord and obey Him. In John 3:19, Jesus explains that, . . . This is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. An unsaved man loves his sin and remains unsaved due in part because he refuses to give his sin up. This love of sin and the world is the mark of a lost man. The Bible clearly teaches that when a man is saved his life is drastically changed, yet there are so many who profess to be the children of God whose lives remain virtually unaltered. They key in determining who is truly a Christian and who is not can revealed by the way they live their lives and their attitude toward sin.
Posted on: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 23:35:45 +0000