The devil likes to fill a church up with those who have crept in unawares, unaware to themselves and others that they are not really saved. In the end, this will make them two-fold more the child of hell, as it leads to a disastrous result to themselves and the church.
In the interest of getting numbers and boasting of success, carnal ministries have forsaken the route of genuine repentance and heart belief, unto accepting people as they are with an induced profession of faith. While this appeals to the natural man, it does nothing to convert people to the real kingdom of God.
Consequently, churches are having to revamp their positions from teaching sound doctrine, which unsaved members cannot endure, unto offering all kinds of activities that satisfy the flesh, with a dash of religion to sear the conscience.
God’s will for mankind is that they be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth. He has designed the new birth to bring forth a spiritual nature that is of God, loves God, and finds its satisfaction in doing the will of God. Just as sin and error grieves the Holy Spirit, it also vexes the soul of a righteous person. The soul of a Christian is made lean and weary, apart from walking in the fellowship of God’s will and way. A Christian is not at home in the midst of religious error, nor do they find inner peace apart from obedience to God’s Word.
God’s children grow weak where the truth is being diluted with compromise. They only feel full and strong through being fed the meat of God’s Word. God’s Spirit bears witness within of the vanity of a religious worship that is not in spirit and in truth. They are aware that the only way to reap of the Spirit is to sow to the Spirit. They hearken to the fact that it’s not what man approves of, but what is approved of by God, that shall be accounted as faith.
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