12/11/2022
What’s more dangerous than unbelievers?
Majority knows the difference between a believer and unbeliever? On a Christian perspective, unbelievers are those who do not accept or believe Christ as their Savior and at the same time, live in the bo***ge of sin. If you’re a Christian, choosing a company or friends may seem as easy as choosing A vs B, believers or unbelievers. But do you know that it’s not always as easy as that? Usually there is a gray area to this, and this is the scariest part of it. There are people who have the form of godliness, yet are not fully Christians.
They are people who you can see very active in church, singing, leading, teaching, and sharing the Word of God. These things are what we Christians should be doing, but these kind of people are like coins with two sides. One side will teach about obedience, kindness, and other characters of Christ yet on the other side of the coin when not in the church or pulpit anymore, would live a life in contrary to what they are saying.
The reason I say they are more dangerous than unbelievers is because they bear the name of Christianity yet live the life of an unbeliever. A witness that contradicts the principles he/she preach. They are a stumbling block to their brethren. They deny the power of the Word of God with their lives making the genuine and true power of the Gospel lose its effectivity to the hearers who are seaking the truth yet see it being contradicted with the lives of the one delivering the message. No wonder why many people are going out and leaving their churches. Sometimes it’s not about the message but because of the one delivering the message. Maybe that’s one reason why Matthew 5:23,24 was written, God wants us to make sacrifices for Him but before we do so, we must correct the things we have done to other people first. Only then can we be assured that our sacrifices and offerings will be accepted and rewarded.
Personally, I feel ashamed with my shortcomings, I pray that I am not delivering the wrong message.
Let’s pray that may we all have a deep searching of heart and be able to overcome our weaknesses and shortcomings. May we not only have the form of godliness but instead day by day have a Christian progress that lead other people to see and believe that Christ is real and is making a move in our lives by showing the evidences of change that blesses other people with our words and actions.