THE CALLED & ANOINTED: THE SOUL THAT REFUSED TO CONFRONT HIS SHORT-COMINGS OR THAT HAS GIVEN UP THE HOPE OF REPENTANCE AND HAS SUCCUMB TO THE WILL OF THE FLESH HAS FORSAKEN THE GRACE TO ETERNITY WITH CHRIST. THE SOCIETAL ACCEPTANCE OF UNGODLINESS DOES NOT CHANGE WHAT GOD REQUIRED OF US AS HIS CHOSEN GENERATION. (1 PETER, 2:-9) WHY DO WE CLAIM TO BE CHRISTIANS IF WE ARE NOT YET READY TO OBEY AND FOLLOW HIS LEAD? THERE IS A PRICE OF BEING A DISCIPLE OF CHRIST. LUKE, 9;-23 “AND HE SAID TO THEM ALL, “IF ANY MAN WILL COME AFTER ME, LET HIM DENY HIMSELF, AND TAKE UP HIS CROSS DAILY, AND FOLLOW ME.” WE MUST ABSTAIN FROM SIN AND WALK RIGHTEOUSLY WITH CHRIST. (1 THESSALONIANS, 5:-22) WE MUST DO EVERYTHING WITHIN OUR REACH TO RESIST SATAN AND WALK RIGHTEOUSLY WITH OUR LORD AND SAVIOR. PROVERBS, 2:-20 “SO YOU WILL WALK IN THE WAY OF THE GOOD AND KEEP TO THE PATH OF THE RIGHTEOUS.” THERE IS A HUGE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BEING OF CHRIST AND ACT RIGHTEOUSLY, AND BEING OF THE WORLD AND TOTALLY COMMITTED TO THE WAYS OF THE WORLD. IN CONCLUSION: FOR ALL THAT IS IN THE WORLD THE DESIRE OF THE FLESH AND THE DESIRE OF THE EYES, AND THE PRIDE OF LIFE IS NOT FROM THE FATHER, BUT IS FROM THE WORLD. AND THE WORLD IS PASSING AWAY ALONG WITH ITS DESIRES, BUT WHOEVER DOES THE WILL OF GOD ABIDE FOREVER. (1 JOHN, 2:-16-17).
