Tuesday, August 3, 2021

Who is the Friend Who Loves You?

Many "Christians" are not born again, they will be those who experience 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.’"
In my opinion, this is probably the most frightening passage in the Bible. Imagine believing you are going to heaven based on your own goodness only to be turned away with the words; "I never knew you, depart from me", by our Lord Jesus Christ?
Imagine the intense fear and disappointment at hearing the very thing you were so proud about, that is your own works, is what will cast you into hell?
Remember this next time you attend a memorial for someone who didn't love Jesus Christ. All this person's family and friends will claim he is in a better place, not realizing hell was his eternal destination.
More lies are told at memorials in which people care more about "feeling" positive than they do about truth or Christ.
Those who comfort people with lies will be judged for withholding the truth that might save someone's eternal soul.
Romans 16:17-18
"I appeal to you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and create obstacles contrary to the doctrine that you have been taught; avoid them. For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites, and by smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive."
If you were on your way to hell and a born-again believer warned you about your sin, causing you to trust Christ and end up in heaven with Him, or someone else encouraged you to live sinfully never caring where you ended up, which one would you thank, the one who told the truth and will be in heaven with you or the one who told you lies who ended up in hell?
Comforting people in their sin is not love, it is indifference and a form of hatred. The person who wants you in hell with them does not love you. The one who wants you in heaven with them is the one who loves you, the one who tells the truth is the one who loves you.
Colossians 2:8
"See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ."
Proverbs 3:5-6
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths."

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