| Two Faced Christians |
| Written by Dan Capusan | |
| Saturday, 08 August 2009 | |
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Sadly, the Christian life, as seen at church, is not the Christian life that many professing believers live on a daily basis.
Sadly, the Christian life, as seen at church, is not the Christian life that many professing believers live on a daily basis. Average Christians are well behaved when hanging out with other followers of Jesus. They profess a desire and a zeal to better know God and fellowship with fellow believers. They come across as having great insight into God's word and spiritual issues. Outside the church walls, these perfect Christians are drastically different. Telling all sorts of lies or cheating people out of their money or things is a regular occurrence for them. Conning those they do business with or having flings with coworkers is something they approve of. It is a curious matter how these tricky Christians make great efforts to keep their dark actions hidden away. Extreme caution is used to make sure those that hang out at church don't have a clue about these sinful activities. Can Christians really live life in two different ways? The number one reason why Christians can live like this has to do with their capacity to lie. Killers and rapists sometimes get away with their crimes because they live a big lie and show society that they are normal, like the majority. When studying these people it is shocking to uncover that even those close to some criminals were clueless that they were killers or rapists. They were living a life of fantasy and one of reality at the same time being able to deceive everyone in their life that they were good people. The second factor of the double life Christian has to do with the evil human heart. God condemns sinful actions even if we only commit them in the heart. Consider the word of Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount. He points out, You have heard that it was said to the people long ago,'Do not murder,' . . . But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment(Matt. 5:21-22). In other words, I can boast about not killing but if I get angry with my brother I am two face, and guilty of a similar attitude as that of a killer. Anger paralyzes us, as it seems to overpower us to do the regrettable. We snap at our spouse or children without realizing that they are being caused pain. Afterward we are stuck trying to fix a difficult situation. We must come to the understanding that the things played out in our heart and our mind, are the same as the actions themselves, in the sight of God. One's tendency toward murder in our heart makes us double Christians even if on the exterior we seem to be nice. |
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