Pretending and Being are Two Very Different Things

We know when our children become born again they will have a completely different attitude toward their parents.

All rudeness and false judgment will fall away and humility will replace arrogance. There will be authentic humility and confession of their sin as they begin to obey the Scriptures in "honoring their parents."

 
It is not an honor to bring a birthday gift but to revile and attempt to manipulate the parents all the rest of the year. The birthday gift is offensive because of the continual disrespect throughout the year.

 
Matthew 15:7-9 "…7 You hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you: 8 These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. 9 They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’ ”

Many of us know what God feels like when His children claim they love Him but violate His principles to follow the ways of the world.

 
Isaiah 29:13
"Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men.

Hosea 6:6 "For I desire loyalty rather than sacrifice,
And the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings."

Psalm 51:16-17
"For You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; You take no pleasure in burnt offerings. / The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise."

Many people who claim to be Christians violate the scriptures and become angry when they are exposed. Instead of praying and repenting they are fighting and justifying. The sad thing is the resistance to self-reflecting and praying to make sure they are not sinning in their responses.

 
A humble person when confronted goes to prayer and either corrects the problem in themselves or God will show them they were not guilty of the accusation. Either way, they are humble in seeking God, they do not fight to defend themselves, they pray to discover the truth.

 
The two greatest commandments if obeyed will result in love toward God first and then one another.

 
Mark 12:33
"and to love Him with all your heart and with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself. This is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”