Pretenders Can't Keep Up!

Pretenders who are not born again, only thinking they are, they cannot keep up the pretense, eventually they will tire of the game and regress, leaving everyone that knew them in shock. Many people can be very careful to hide their real selves from those in the church and from extended family members.

 

These are people who have walked away, became bitter and often more angry than anyone has ever seen them. Pretending is hard work, it builds resentment that eventually has t...o emerge, raging against those that are convicting to them. 

 

If you know of someone who never confesses their sins, when confronted they become enraged and refuse to admit their wrong, are those who possess fleshly pride, they don't want to know themselves, they don't want to be cleansed because they already have an elevated view of their own importance.

It is impossible for a self important person to progress in holiness, they will only regress, often returning to the way they were before they joined a Christian group.

The excuses for bad behavior become many and varied as they defend their decision to walk away, they may even remain, but begin causing trouble within the body. They may even claim they are not angry and bitter, even though their actions and attitudes clearly demonstrate this.

Pretenders have no strength to keep up the hard work of hiding themselves.

Proverbs 28:13 "He who conceals his transgressions will not prosper, But he who confesses and forsakes them will find compassion."

The prayer on our lips for such people should be for their salvation.

Pseudo-Christianity, Not Born Again Status

Have you wondered why some people seem to get worse over time rather than better?  Those who display a pseudo-Christianity, seem forced in their responses to things but there is a sense of uneasiness around them, these are people who very likely decided to be Christians, sort of like joining a social club, but because their heart was never broken over their sinfulness, they don't seem to continue in holiness, in fact they regress with time.

There are many pretenders that are narcissists, they show us a phony persona that is not a part of who they really are, a sort of acting to fit in, but it can't last because they were never changed into a new creation by Christ, they never wanted to be cleansed, never confessed their sinfulness, but worked in the flesh to appear good. We see this all the time, they have not lost their salvation, they just never had it to begin with. Matthew 7:21-23

"21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ 23 And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’"

If the World Love You

Lots of friends, usually means we are in the clique crowd, continually manipulated to do what everyone else is doing or say or think what everyone else is thinking or saying. The minute we begin to evaluate things and think for ourselves, the friends start dropping off.

Many if not most people are interested in "fitting in" with the "in" crowd. They are afraid to question anything that the crowd thinks or are doing, so they jump right in, even denying what they know to be true, just to be loved by the crowd.

Luke 6:26 ""Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for their fathers used to treat the false prophets in the same way."