The problem with most church goers today is that they carry around a surface religion which contains all the elements of true Christian religion with the exception that these elements are superficial and intellectual. They are a mouth and word practicing religion and not a heart and deed practicing religion. The true and the false religion in our Christian denominations today contain nearly all the same elements. The big difference is that the false religion is only taught, the true one must be lived. Satan has taken control of our visible church today. The church goer knows all about the teaching to LOVE one another, but only a few actually practice it. The overwhelming majority of so-called Christians in the world today are only mouth professing and many many miles away from heart-possessing. As a result of this, they have no Power in their lives. They cannot live a life of true witness because they do not have the Truth for their leader. Instead, they are being lead by a lie. The bible describes this condition explicitly. If one serves the world, in no way can that one serve God. Know this and know it well. To be a disciple of Christ, we must be separated from this world, sanctified. WE MUST LIVE OUR RELIGION, NOT JUST TALK IT. If you are not living out your faith, in action, if you know it in word, but not through the heart, you carry nothing of any substance. It becomes a totally intellectual, head-knowledge religion. Head knowledge religion, stifles a mans spirit, this allows him to Practice immoral things in his life. He excuses himself by going to church and using Satans lie that we all do it and just cannot help it. This intellectual religion allows a man to go to church and sing Oh, How I Love Jesus. Then, he goes into the world during the week and lives as though he has no religion at all. The intellectual religion allows for just about any type of immorality because a ready made excuse furnished by Satan is always accepted by most of the peers down at the local church. After all were human. This is the current condition we find ourselves in. The heart-possesing Christian is the exception rather then the rule. He is looked upon by the mouth-professing Christian as a religious fanatic or freak and is hated and persecuted by the rest of the world. Although most cannot say why, they truly hate him. To the heart-possessing Christian I say, Take heart. Be of good cheer. Our Savior was the first to be persecuted, hated, and scorned by the world even to the point of being put to death. Through it all, He remained true and He was the first Overcomer. The good news, my friend, is that you can also OVERCOME. Excerpts from PLACEBO by Howard Pittman ***Highly recommend everyone reads this book. #AMAZING #mindblowing
Posted on: Fri, 05 Dec 2014 15:05:44 +0000
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