Reference: Matthew 5:10-12
As you begin to read this article I wantto ask you a very important question. Can you say that you are persecuted asthe above statement says, for your stand for Christ? Are you hated by thisworld or are you one that has no idea of what persecution is for the cause ofChrist? Do people cast out your name as being evil or is your name among thegreats of this world? Are you one that believes that a Christian is a personthat everybody loves and that they are among those that are considered to be anoutstanding citizen of the community? Is this what your church teaches that atrue christian is? Have you ever wondered why Christ said what he did in theabove statement about being blessed if you are hated and despised for his sake?You have no doubt been taught by your church that a christian is a person thatgoes around kissing the babies and trying your best to let everybody know thatyou are a good little christian that wouldn't harm a fly. If this is yourconcept of what a true christian is, then please allow me to open your eyes andyour mind long enough to let you see that Satan is rocking you to sleep in hiscradle of deceit that will sear your conscience causing you to split hell rightdown the middle. Will you please take a good long and hard look at the average churchof your community and tell yourself if you can that they are in all respectsjust like the Lord Jesus Christ. Do you honestly think that the average churchmember is a solid as a rock type of christian that can take the storms of lifelike the Bible says they can if they are truly born again of the Spirit ofAlmighty God? Does the so-called confessing christian of today measure up tothe standard that the Bible reveals that they will be? Do you want to know howto detect the false from the true? What is your reaction when someone differswith your way of thinking about christianity? Do yo get so mad that you couldpunch them in the mouth? What is your reaction when you are told that you arein error? Does this make you mad or do you have the truth that all Satan'sdemons couldn't pull you away from? Have you ever been called a devil for yourstand for Christ? Has your name been cast out as evil? I doubt very much thatyou have the slightest idea as to what I am talking about because you probablythought that a true christian is someone that is real sweet and would nevercause trouble as far as the spiritual realm is concerned. Have you wondered whythe early apostles were killed for their stand for Christ? Do you honestlythink that the apostles of the Lord were killed for their stand for Christ ascompared to today's confessing christians? Turn on your radio and listen to thepreachers that are claiming to be the ambassadors of Christ. Do you think theyare preaching the same truth that caused the apostles to be killed for? Whereare the ones that are being hated and despised for their stand for Christ? Theaverage person today thinks that a christian is a person that just confessionto be one. Don't you have enough good common sense to know that todayconfessing christians are in no way, shape, or fashion as being close to what atrue christian actually is? Can you show me one church group that does notteach a sin-you-must doctrine within it? Can you show me one church that takesthe word just like it is written? Can you show me one church that teachesexactly what the Bible teaches on the sin question? The Bible says that he whocommits sin is of the devil. Why then do all churches today teach thatchristians still sin? Why does the word of Almighty God say that a person thatis born again does not commit sin and that he cannot sin because his seedremaineth in him, as so stated in IJohn 3:9, but we findthe church teaching directly opposite to this? Who is right, the word of God oryour church? The average so-called preacher today says that the christian stillsins but the Bible says different. Have you ever wondered about this fact orare you too busy in your do-as-you-please way of life thinking you are on yourmerry way to heaven when all the time you are on your merry way to a devil'shell where all the false prophets will be? Are you too busy to check yourchurch doctrine with the Bible or do you think you can get away with your sins?Did you know that Jesus Christ, who is the Son of God, had to be obedient toAlmighty God and obey his every word? What makes you think that you can partakeof the pleasures of sin when Christ himself had to abstain from it? Are youaware of the fact that if you think you can commit sin and yet confess religionthat this is actually thinking you are better than the Lord Jesus Christ?Christ was tempted in all points like as we are but yet he was without sin. Ifhe failed to yield to sin why do you think you can yield to it and still remainas a child of God? Are you aware of the fact that any church that teaches youcan yet sin and repent of it afterward that this is the same as doing what theCatholic Church did when they sold indulgences? Did you know that the CatholicChurch at one time allowed its converts to indulge in sin as long as the peoplepaid the church so much for them? Don't you know that today's churches teachthat true born again christians yet commit sin in their lives but yet the wordof God says directly opposite to this? Since the word of God teaches differentlycan't you see that today's churches are exactly the same as the early Catholicchurch was? Are you suffering persection for your stand for what the Bibleteaches or are you one floating down the broad way that leads to destruction?If you yet commit sin in your life then it's a proven fact that you are not orhave not been born again by the water and the Spirit of Almighty God. Don't yourealize that the power of God is more powerful than what today churches aremanifesting it to be? Are you part of a church that has a form of godliness butdenying the power thereof? Can't you understand that if Christ is your lifethen it is the same Christ that lived a perfect and sinless life as he did intimes past while he was on this earth? A TRUE BORN AGAIN CHILD OF GOD IS APERSON THAT CHRIST IS MANIFESTED IN AND THROUGH THEIR MORTAL FLESH. WithoutChrist we are told that we can do nothing. If you are yet prone to sin's powerthen you are not a born again child of God because whosoever is born of God doesnot commit sin and they cannot sin simply because Christ is the one that isliving their lives for them. Don't you think that it's about time you woke upout of your sleep and allow Christ to anoint your eyes with the eye salve ofhis truth? "My peopleare destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, Iwill also reject thee," (Hosea 4:6)