Many people have a tendency of becoming proud of their association.
They are proud of the family they were born into, the church they attend
especially if the church has a good reputation from the outsiders, the tribe
they were born into and many other such things. The bible has much to say on
the issue as we shall see.
In 1Sam 4:3-10, we see the Israelites asking themselves why
God had let them to be defeated by the Philistines and they concluded that it
was because the Ark of the Covenant was not with them. They therefore went and brought it. Thy were
overjoyed for the arrival of the ark of the covenant they thought now that they
will defeat the Philistines, but as we read on, we realise that they were
defeated again even when they had the
ark of the covenant and it was taken away.
They were proud of having the ark of the covenant just like
many believers are happy with owning a bible and they keep it very well and think
that it will keep them from their enemies, for our case our enemies are the
devil, the lusts of the flesh, sin and the world. Unless we are prepared obey God,
we will be defeated by our enemies even with the bible in our hands.
We also read in Jer 7:2-15 Gods warning to those who went to
church to worship. Many believers go to church to worship and therefore this is
relevant to us today. He warns telling them not to comfort themselves because
they were attending church services and they should not think that they are
safe by being active in the church projects even though they were living in
sin. God says that He will destroy them and the church if they continued living
in sin.
If we live in sin, attending the church and doing the church
activities does not erase sin or cause us to escape Gods judgement. Let us therefore
not comfort ourselves but repent of all the evil of our doings.
Jesus also warned the Pharisees not to say that we have Abraham
for our father for God is able to raise for himself children from stones. Luke 3:8-9.
God expected from them fruits that show they have repented. He says that the
axe is already at the root of the trees to cut down every tree that does not
the fruits of repentance. It is the same
same today, don’t begin to say within yourself that so and so is my spiritual
father, such and such is our spiritual heritage, our church has done this and
that and many other things like that. What God expects from you is that your life
shows that you have repented. God can raise and has already raised many other churches
and anointed servants of God through the years from other churches when they
became proud of their accomplishments. He left these churches and what is left
there are WHAT WAS ACCOMPLISHED NOT WHAT THEY ARE DOING NOW. He will continue
to do this because man does not learn from the mistakes of others.
What God is interested in is our personal lives and not our
associations. You cannot live in sin and think you are safe simply because your
church has a reputation for holiness or your pastor has a reputation for being
a humble, holy man of God; that is not what God looks at, He is interested in
your personal life, especially the areas where no one but God sees, that is
your attitudes, your thoughts, your motives and your heart. BEWARE
You are blessed to be a blessing
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