Have it your way

This article is written in the spirit of love. It is not meant to be argumentative or arrogant. Its purpose is to raise the question to those that think they are in the faith to examine their hearts and know they are truly in the faith. We all must search our hearts and know that we truly are saved by the blood of Christ. If the blood of Christ covers our sins the results of that faith will be a new life that produces good fruit and shows witness to a new life in Jesus Christ that strives to be pleasing to the Lord.

Have you ever had a reoccurring argument where you just don’t see an end? Have you ever got to the point where you became so completely disgusted with the argument that you just gave up and said, “Have it your way”? At this time of the battle you may also be saying since you won’t listen you will have to face the consequences for not accepting what I am telling you. This is often how a Christian feels when warnings of the Rapture and coming events are told to the lost and they refuse to listen. How about warnings to Christians by name only who refuse to walk in the light of the Holy Spirit and ways of God? They make jokes about Christian’s bad behavior and their sin. This is serious business and God does not take sin lightly. There is not a flicker of the light of the Holy Spirit in these by name only Christians who refuse to walk in the ways of the Lord. These so called Christians have bought into the lie of satan that says bad behavior of willful repeated sin of following satan and loving sin is ok because you are covered by the blood and grace of God. This is a total perversion of the grace of God and this is a man made doctrine of the enemy. Don’t they know they are preaching an ungodly doctrine that gives a license to willfully pursue sin and not pursue God? These have no desire to draw closer to the Lord and have a daily relationship with the King of Kings and Lord of Lords Jesus Christ. They look upon sin with excitement and desire and can’t wait to indulge in its pleasures. They are totally blind to the fact that sin displeases God greatly. These so called Christians never want be too close to God and think riding the fence is acceptable to God. Many of these so called false Christians want to distance themselves from true Christians they think are too radically religious. They would be completely ashamed if some of their lost friends associated them to these radical Christians. They like the murky waters where false Christians and the lost are found lost in sin. They refuse to believe that God will spew them out of his mouth for a lukewarm walk filled with living in sin and bad behavior. There is indisputable scripture from the word of God that says bad behavior and sin must end upon conversion and truthful following of Christ from that point forward. Yes us true Christians fail God and sin daily, but we learn from the convicting power of the Holy Spirit daily to walk in the light and let the righteousness of Christ lead us to a better life in Jesus Christ. We either totally submit to follow Christ or we don’t. With the help and power of the Holy Spirit we continue in that walk that is backed by scripture after scripture of living a life hating bad behavior which is sin. The Bible talks about sin and refusal to serve God.

1Jn 3:5  And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.

1Jn 3:6  Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.

1Jn 3:7  Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.

1Jn 3:8  He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

1Jn 3:9  Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.

It is one thing for a true believer to get weary in the fight against Christians by name only, but even more importantly is when God says, “Have it your way”.  There is a danger of hardness of the heart by the unbeliever to reject truly living for Jesus.  Can oil and water mix? God wants us to come out of the world of darkness and follow him and be obedient to him. Those that dabble in the world with the false security that they are in Christ will have a hardened heart and are headed for hell. The Lord knows his own and will know them on judgment day. God hardened the heart of Pharaoh even though he had seen miracle after miracle from God.

Exo 4:21  And the LORD said unto Moses, When thou goest to return into Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go.

When there is a refusal to follow God and reject what his word of God the Holy Bible says he may harden the heart of the unbeliever and deny his Holy Spirit to draw them unto him. I cannot even imagine this kind of separation from God at this state. The blinders are on and the unbeliever does not see anything the believer sees the same way. They will totally disagree with everything a believer holds sacred and right in the eyes of God. Many of these are false Christians that are unbelievers that are blinded by the lie of satan that tells them they are ready to meet God.

Gen 6:3  And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he alsois flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.

The unbeliever will say what is wrong is right and what is right wrong. They desire the flesh and all its wickedness and hate with an unholy passion all that is good. They are completely given over to the flesh and want nothing to do with God, but many still say they are Christians and their bad behavior is ok.

Gal 5:16  This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

This is the worse state imaginable to be in and the fires of hell are awaiting them. Only God can soften the heart and allow his sweet Holy Spirit to draw these lost false Christians to him.

Jesus Christ in his own words said the following in the Holy Bible in the book of John.

Joh 14:23  Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.

Joh 14:24  He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me.

Joh 14:25  These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you.

Joh 14:26  But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

Joh 14:27  Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

There are many professing Christians that love sin and are caught up in the strongholds of

sin.  Their bad behavior of loving and living in sin will lead them to eternal darkness.

Millions of truly born again Christians whose sins have been washed away by the blood of Jesus Christ will be missing in the near future in the coming Rapture. Their life will show good fruit and a call from God for holy living. I think that many of those true Christians have pleaded to these false Christians and to the world over and over again to repent and be saved from their sin and truly follow Jesus. They have pleaded numerous times to these false Christians this is not a game and God will punish those that love sin and relish in the pleasures of unrepented, willful sin that engulfs their life that will lead to the fires of hell.

Many false Christians have a pride that rises up in them that says grace covers whatever bad behavior they do and no matter what they do they are covered. Grace is not like an insurance policy it is a covenant between you and God to follow him and not satan. God’s grace is sufficient to those true Christians that truly choose to follow Jesus Christ.

Pro 16:18  Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.

Be careful of those that preach another gospel of acceptance of sin and bad behavior.

When the convicting power of the Holy Spirit moves upon a person with conviction of their sins the Holy Spirit will convict and guide. As true believers of Jesus Christ we are to be Godly examples of living a believer’s life mirroring Jesus. We are not perfect, but we strive for perfection with the help of the Holy Spirit. When we truly finds Jesus and have the Spirit of the living God in our hearts then certain practices and activities that are displeasing to God will stop. We then are more concerned about living for Christ than for the world and self. If these activities and behavior that are unpleasing to God doesn’t stop then we all must search our heart to know if we are really in Christ. It is unrepented sin that separates professing Christians from God. When sin is not dealt with a lukewarm Christian will be the result. You cannot go from cold to lukewarm unless the professing Christian at one time knew of God. They have gone completely stale with rejecting God’s word about sin and not living truly for him. They have a form of Godliness, but deny the power of the Holy Spirit. Scripture talks about this in the last days that many would be lukewarm and would be rejected by God.  

Revelation 3:16  So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.

Revelation 3:17  Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:

This false Christian will see the error of their way after the rapture, but it will be too late. Those left behind will be forced to worship the antichrist and take his mark or face death by beheading. The only hope they will have is to truly accept Jesus as their Lord and Savior and never take the mark of the antichrist even if it means death.

Repent and ask forgiveness of your sins, serve God with all your heart and soul, stay holy before God and with the help and power of the Holy Spirit live a true Christian life away from the bondage of sin, and find a church to worship God in Spirit and truth before it is too late.

Romans 12:1  I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

Romans 12:2  And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

Romans 12:3  For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.

By Roger Pritchett