When we love Christ above all else, we will be at odds with most people, even other believers. We love Christ so much and the brethren that we want truth to be the focus of EVERYTHING!
Most people who call themselves Christian today are more interested in their fun and happy life, that they neglect almost entirely to obey the Word of God. Even becoming angry when we use the Word of God to correct them. More correction is needed than ever before because the church has neglected the things of God for the sake of worldly wisdom.
It seems that believers following hard after Christ are doing more correcting these days because of the wickedness in the world. Every time we turn around believers are acting like non-believers, indulging in many things even occult practices to fit into the world.
1 John 2:14-16 "14 I have written to you, fathers, because you know Him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one. 15 Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world.…"
Those who desire to follow hard after Christ will not be interested in much that is going on in the world, other than the end times that show us the prophetic implications of the events. We will not be deeply entrenched in anything worldly, even if we partake a little, it will not be a enormously important. All we can see is interpreted in terms of Christ and His Word.
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