How many times have you seen someone who supports different charities, goes to church once or twice a week and throws bible verses at you every chance they get? All of these things are important parts of being a christian and we all should do what we can. But what about when a church member is not living up to what he is preaching?
Sometimes it's easy to get caught up in our everyday lives put our spiritual lives on the back burner. There are so many temptations in the world that we live in that we must be ever vigilant against disobedience to God. The bible says that "there is great pleasure in sin but it only lasts for a season". Is a little pleasure really worth losing our testimony--especially toward unbelievers?
It's true that the bible says that "all have sinned and come short of the glory of God". But is that an excuse to sin? Not according to the apostle Paul who said "shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? God forbid". James said to "be a doer of the word, and not a hearer only, deceiving your own selves".
My friends I am not a legalist. It's not about what you eat or what kind of cloths that you wear or any of the other type of things that men try to bind you with. It's about living the kind of lifestyle befitting a child of God. Above all things, we should try to live our lives in a way that is pleasing to God.
A christian life is not easy and it was never intended to be. However, the reward that awaits us in the end more than makes up for passing up a few worldly pleasures. My dear friends, lets strive to walk the walk that will be pleasing to our beloved savior, and when we slip we can get up, repent and be all the stronger for it. This is what we call growing in grace.
God Bless You All,
amen Brother Dave
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