Those Who Decide to Become a Christian

Many people decide they want to be Christians but do not want Christ. They say what others expect of them to be able to join the Christian club but they have no desire to be changed into a new creation by them. They do not have the Holy Spirit so all they do is based on their idea of their own interpretation of Scripture and according to the culture not the principles of Christ.

These people are pretenders and think they have a ticket to heaven but in fact if they do not repent for real they will hear these terrible words from God when they meet Him face to face;

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.’"

Those who have based their idea of salvation on words only and works they like to do will be shocked and surprised when they are not allowed into heaven.

Those who operate this way, very proud of how good they think they are and what wonderful deeds they have done or what cultural rules they followed that God never made are much harder to reach with the authentic gospel than others who have never been born again and who never professed Christianity.

The modern church is full of pretenders who are proud of themselves.

James 4:6-7

"Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you."

Matthew 23:1-24 "23 Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples:

2 “The teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat.

3 So you must be careful to do everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach.

4 They tie up heavy, cumbersome loads and put them on other people’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.

5 “Everything they do is done for people to see: They make their phylacteries wide and the tassels on their garments long;

6 they love the place of honor at banquets and the most important seats in the synagogues;

7 they love to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces and to be called ‘Rabbi’ by others.

8 “But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers.

9 And do not call anyone on earth ‘father,’ for you have one Father, and he is in heaven.

10 Nor are you to be called instructors, for you have one Instructor, the Messiah.

11 The greatest among you will be your servant.

12 For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted."