Toe stepping time... Being a christian is not going to church services, it is not "praying", reading the Word on a regular basis or even saying "the prayer". It is the invitation to have God actually come into your life and you partaking His life and Him partaking yours. There will be change and probably a lot of it. The longer you claim to be a christian (a little Christ, or Christ like one) the more smooth your "edges" and actions and reactions should become. To put it more simple for you all to understand... if you claim to be a believer and are acting like a bitch and either have not changed out of that mindset or have not pleaded with God to change you or or at a minimum asked Him to show you when you are, so you can apologize to those you were a "B" to, or at least gone to someone close that you can trust, like a spouse and say "Okay I recognize my short comings and need help. When I get that way, say the word 'lavender' ." (and may I add. when they say 'lavender' don't take it out on them), I don't believe that you can be a true believer (because you are not changing or morphing into the image of Jesus). You are are still sitting in your poopy pants, sucking on your thumb and looking ridiculous.
Here is a good (really its bad) one, ever been around someone that gets mad or bitchy for not having things their own way and then in a matter of minutes start talking about Jesus? Later they complain about how hard you are and wonder why you haven't gotten saved and/or become like them? You are not required to be perfect in the flesh but transitioning toward perfection and accepting correction is. We all have our faults, you may be lazy, obnoxious, bossy, irritable, a perfectionist and expecting everyone else to be just like you, you may demanding and expecting everyone to behave up to your standards and there is more... ( you may be manifesting every sin of the flesh but a true believer will be changing and accepting change.) Are you in the process or still in your diaper not wanting change? I heard recently that our elected office holders are like diapers... if we don't change them frequently, they tend to stink. If you aren't changed regularly your witness (or representation of God) will stink too.
IMPORTANT ADDENDUM
If you think that I am pointing this at you, you are right! Although this is not "at" any one individual, it is toward everyone! I have heard a recent stat that showed that 80% of the youth in the "church" never come back and/or some find other religions that "meet their needs". I believe that there are two things going on...
First, there is the hypocrisy that you and I portray for them (as shown above), without the proper repentance toward God and man (people really can look past our faults if we can be real enough to admit them), because we have not truly met the Master (with the meeting comes change. See also the prior post on meeting angels). Secondly, we give them the history and info about God, but not the reality of relationship or lead them to have their own meeting with Him. DO NOT BE THE STUMBLING BLOCK THAT KEEPS OTHERS OUT OF THE KINGDOM. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE IN THIS LIFETIME. (No, I did not accidentally hit the cap lock....) I AM SHOUTING!!!
Here is a good (really its bad) one, ever been around someone that gets mad or bitchy for not having things their own way and then in a matter of minutes start talking about Jesus? Later they complain about how hard you are and wonder why you haven't gotten saved and/or become like them? You are not required to be perfect in the flesh but transitioning toward perfection and accepting correction is. We all have our faults, you may be lazy, obnoxious, bossy, irritable, a perfectionist and expecting everyone else to be just like you, you may demanding and expecting everyone to behave up to your standards and there is more... ( you may be manifesting every sin of the flesh but a true believer will be changing and accepting change.) Are you in the process or still in your diaper not wanting change? I heard recently that our elected office holders are like diapers... if we don't change them frequently, they tend to stink. If you aren't changed regularly your witness (or representation of God) will stink too.
IMPORTANT ADDENDUM
If you think that I am pointing this at you, you are right! Although this is not "at" any one individual, it is toward everyone! I have heard a recent stat that showed that 80% of the youth in the "church" never come back and/or some find other religions that "meet their needs". I believe that there are two things going on...
First, there is the hypocrisy that you and I portray for them (as shown above), without the proper repentance toward God and man (people really can look past our faults if we can be real enough to admit them), because we have not truly met the Master (with the meeting comes change. See also the prior post on meeting angels). Secondly, we give them the history and info about God, but not the reality of relationship or lead them to have their own meeting with Him. DO NOT BE THE STUMBLING BLOCK THAT KEEPS OTHERS OUT OF THE KINGDOM. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE IN THIS LIFETIME. (No, I did not accidentally hit the cap lock....) I AM SHOUTING!!!
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