Pretender or Born Again?

One of the signs of a pretender is that they have no shame for their sin and even fight bitterly to justify it.

Jeremiah 6:15 ""Were they ashamed because of the abomination they have done? They were not even ashamed at all; They did not even know how to blush. Therefore they shall fall among those who fall; At the time that I punish them, They shall be cast down," says the LORD."

A believer would display shame when confronted about their sin. They may make excuses for it, but they will not aggressively fight against those that expose it. Eventually they will confess and turn from their sin.

1 John 3:9
"No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God’s seed abides in him, and he cannot keep on sinning because he has been born of God."

Each Member is Accountable to each other Member

Each Member is Accountable to each other Member                          

For those who believe Christians do not sin after they are born again, the fact is that we do sin, some sins are bigger than others, but if someone calls themselves a brother, then we have an obligation to confront them, call them to account with their welfare in mind. What do we care what a brother goes through....except that we love them and want their standing with God to be righteousness.

Hebrews 12:6

"FOR THOSE WHOM THE LORD LOVES HE DISCIPLINES, AND HE SCOURGES EVERY SON WHOM HE RECEIVES."

Matthew 18:15-17

15 “If your brother sins, go and show him his fault in private; if he listens to you, you have won your brother. 16 But if he does not listen to you, take one or two more with you, so that by the mouth of two or three witnesses every fact may be confirmed. 17 If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector."

The problem we have now is that fellow believers will not chastise one another, challenging to greater holiness. We use the excuse that it is up to God, what we forget is that we are God's hands and feet and He has commanded us to do certain things among our brothers and sisters to help them. After all, we are a family, families care about one another, it is not caring to ignore sin in our siblings lives.

I understand the following verse has to do with the gifts, however, it does demonstrate that we all have responsibilities to one another, no one person is an island unto themselves, we all need one another.

1 Corinthians 12:14-18

"14 For the body is not one member, but many. 15 If the foot says, “Because I am not a hand, I am not a part of the body,” it is not for this reason [k]any the less a part of the body. 16 And if the ear says, “Because I am not an eye, I am not a part of the body,” it is not for this reason [l]any the less a part of the body. 17 If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole were hearing, where would the sense of smell be? 18 But now God has placed the members, each one of them, in the body, just as He desired."

Do we love our siblings enough to correct them and even discipline them, or do we only care about our own comfort, running from our responsibility to correct.