CHRISTIANITY OF HATRED AND ARROGANCE.
CHRIST MOST BELOVED:
SOME ARE BORN INTO CHRISTIANITY, WHILE OTHERS CAME VOLUNTARILY BY REASON OF CONVERSION.
EITHER OR, WE ARE EQUALLY CHILDREN OF JEHOVAH GOD AND ONE FAMILY IN CHRIST JESUS. (JOHN, 1:-12)
BUT THE CONCERN IS; EITHER BORN INTO CHRISTIANITY OR BY REASON OF CONVERT, DOES OUR BEHAVIORS REFLECT OUR FAITH IN CHRIST?
YOU WILL BE SHOCKED AT THE BEHAVIORS OF SOME WHO CLAIMED TO BE ANOINTED OF GOD WHEN VIOLATED.
TO BE FOLLOWERS OF CHRIST, BAPTIZED IN THE HOLY NAME OF THE FATHER, THE SON AND THE HOLY GHOST: THERE MUST BE TOTAL CHANGE FROM WHO WE USED TO BE.
AND BEING ANOINTED OF GOD IS MEANS EXTRA CAREFUL.
BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL JUDGE YOU BY YOUR DEEDS ON A DAILY BASIS.
1 PETER,2:-12 “KEEP YOUR CONDUCT AMONG THE GENTILES HONORABLE, SO THAT WHEN THEY SPEAK AGAINST YOU AS EVILDOERS, THEY MAY SEE YOUR GOOD DEEDS AND GLORIFY GOD ON THE DAY OF VISITATION.”
HOW DO WE PREACH HUMILITY AND TOLERANCE TO UNBELIEVERS WHO ARE MORE TOLORANCE AND HUMBLE THAN WE ARE.
WE MUST BE VERY CAREFUL THAT WE DO NOT LIVE OUR LIVES AS ENEMIES OF THE CROSS OF CHRIST.
PHILIPPIANS, 3:-18 “FOR AS I HAVE OFTEN TOLD YOU BEFORE AND NOW TELL YOU AGAIN EVEN WITH TEARS, MANY LIVE AS ENEMIES OF THE CROSS OF CHRIST.”
IF WE ARE TO BE GENUINELY OF CHRIST, WE MUST EMULATE HIS HUMILITY AND MEEKNESS.
PHILIPPIANS, 1:-27 “ABOVE ALL, YOU MUST LIVE AS CITIZENS OF HEAVEN, CONDUCTING YOURSELVES IN A MANNER WORTHY OF GOOD NEWS ABOUT CHRIST.”
IF CHRIST DOES NOT REFLECT ON OUR DAY TO DAY ACTIVITIES, THEN WE ARE FAR FROM BEING HIS.
ANOTHER FORM OF HATRED AMONG CHRIST FOLLOWERS IS, DENOMINATIOAL MENTALITY.
ONCE REALIZED THAT SOMEONE IS NOT OF YOUR DENOMINATION AUTOMATICALLY HE’S A TRASH.
CAN ALL FOLLOWERS OF CHRIST BE IN ONE DENOMINATION? NOT IN THIS WORLD.
CAN THIS TYPE OF CHRISTIANITY OF HATRED TAKES SOMEONE TO HEAVEN? I DOUBT IT.
PHILIPPIANS, 2:-3-5 “DO NOTHING OUT OF SELFISH AMBITION OR VAIN CONCEIT. RATHER, IN HUMILITY VALUE OTHERS ABOVE YOURSELVES.”
IN CONCLUSION: WE ARE TO MATCH OUR BEHAVIORS WITH OUR TEACHINGS AND PREACHING BEFORE OUR FAITH IN CHRIST CAN MEANINGFUL.