Who is the real believer in the Bible? Who is the real follower of Christ?
They say, " I am a Bible believer," and I accept divorce and remarriage as a choice for us to make." But what does God say?
Mark 10:11-12 "So He told them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her. And if a woman divorces her husband and marries another man, she commits adultery.”
They claim to be a Christian but were never broken over their sinful nature, while even defending the ungodly things they say and do.
They say, "We don't have to confess our sin, we just do better next time."
1 John 1:9 "1 John 1:9 "9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous, so that He will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness."
James 5:16 "16 Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working."
Another passage in our day is being violated continually, that is, the command to honor father and mother. These principles have been reduced to "give them gifts or do things for them when you feel like it but there is no respect for delight in their wisdom. Respect and honor are attitudes that deeply value and protect parents. It is an attitude stance not just something people say.
Ephesians 6:1 4 "1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise), 3 “that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.” 4 Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord."
In our day, a parent who disciplines their children is seen as provoking them, but this is not what God meant by provoking. When children act rebelliously and disrespectfully, they have provoked their parents and defied the word of God.
Provoking a child has to do with taunting them unnecessarily, disregarding their personhood.
Many "Christians" in our day do not love one another as God commanded; they are committed to promoting themselves, boasting about themselves while negating those who do not elevate them as special.
The scripture violated here is the following:
Romans 12:9-11 "9 Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good. 10 Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Outdo yourselves in honoring one another. 11Do not let your zeal subside; keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.…"
1 John 3:13-15 "…13 So do not be surprised, brothers, if the world hates you. 14We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. The one who does not love remains in death. 15 Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that eternal life does not reside in a murderer.…"
The most violated Scripture of all is that concerning love. Most who claim to love are guilty of violating the next Scripture:
1 Corinthians 13:4-8
"4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres."
I see many who gossip, who dishonor those whom they deem to be unworthy of their love, who delight in being superior while pushing others down to accomplish this; they do not protect those they claim to love, and they misinterpret conversations, angry in their hearts, with the intent to dominate and control others.
So many people say they follow Scripture because they don't steal, rape, murder or do the big stuff they could get arrested for, but they do covertly steal a man's reputation through gossip. God said if you hate someone, you have committed murder in your heart, and they use others to promote themselves. And, they punish anyone who brings God's word to bear in any conversation, resenting that they were instructed.
Philippians 2:3 "
Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility consider one another as more important than yourselves;
Merely saying they are Bible believers makes many people liars, because they do not follow most of it most of the time in their attitudes and actions; they mimic the world in rebellion in subtle ways.
May we be those who seek Christ for the truth, setting aside all man-made traditions to learn His ways.
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