Saturday, December 29, 2012

Slop or Salvation? Which will it be

Why do a lot of people claiming the title of "Christian" constantly try to see just how close to the line they can walk, what all they can still "get away with", and still "make it to Heaven"? Is there really that much audacity in the church?!

This is the same thing as a newlywed pushing his or her limits with their new husband/wife, by trying to see just how much contact they can still keep with their old boyfriend/girlfriend! "So, is it alright if I still go out on a casual date with them honey? What about an occasional kiss, would you be OK with that? Uh, honey, is it alright if I spend the night with him/her every once in awhile? I swear, I'll sleep on the couch!......" What do you think the new husband/wife would think about that?!

Do people realize how offensive and hurtful it is to GOD, for them to continually look back to what he supposedly saved them out of, and they want to hang around the pig pen fence, lean as far over it as they can and even breathe in deeply the stench? SOME even have the unmitigated gaul to think he's OK with them WILLFULLY jumping back over the fence and wallowing around in the slop he pulled them out of....but yet they still expect him to accept them right along with those who cling to him and want nothing to do with sin and rebellion- those who love him too much to WILLFULLY hurt him, although they do occasionally fall victim to temptation. 

The true children of God will occasionally wander over too close, and maybe get their feet muddy- but they will be repulsed by it, because GOD is repulsed by it- he cleanses and restores them, and they welcome it!  But there are some who love sinfulness so much, they continually run back to it, they want God to approve of it, they try to justify it by twisting his word- this is the sign of a heart that has NOT been changed, a spirit that is still dead in sin.  Are YOU repulsed by sin?  Do you hate the things you used to love?  Or are you trying to hold on to God with one hand and reach back to the pig pen with the other?