Spiritual Twins:
Holiness and Happiness
But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s
sufferings: that when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with
exceeding joy. 1 Peter 4:13
I want to bring you my postulate that most
present-day Christians live sub-Christian lives. As a result, Christianity has
been watered down until the solution is so weak that if it were poison it would
not hurt anyone and if it were medicine it would not cure anyone!
Most Christians are not joyful persons
because they are not holy persons, and they are not holy persons because they
are not filled with the Holy Spirit, and they are not filled with the Holy
Spirit because they are not separated persons.
The Spirit cannot fill whom He cannot
separate, and whom He cannot fill, He cannot make holy, and whom He cannot make
holy, He cannot make happy!
My postulate further insists that the
average modern Christian is not Christlike. The proof of this is apparent in
the disposition that we find among the children of God. They have moral
weaknesses and suffer frequent defeats. They have a dulled understanding and
often live far below the standard of the Scriptures and thus outside the will
of God.
To be honest, let us admit that the
application of the gospel is being pulled down to the standard of the most
carnal, the cheapest saintling hanging on by the teeth anywhere in the kingdom
of God!
Unfortunately, now more than ever this post rings true...there is a spirit of apathy that runs rampant through churches. Most Christians are not real "Christians." They don't care about others, but prefer to look only after their own interests. I have seen many churches turn a blind eye to blatant sin in the congregations...no discipline at all! So-called Christians want this feel good Christianity, instead of practicing real Godly Christianity that involves sharing in Christ's sufferings, being honorable and having integrity in an honorless generation...loving one another, serving, admonishing one another. It makes me sad just thinking about it : ( Paul warns us 2 Timothy 3 that in the last days perilous times will come...
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