1 John 2:15-17

"Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For everything in the world-the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does-comes not from the Father but from the world. The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever."

How many times do we catch ourselves loving the world and believe we still love God? Well it just said that if we love the world then we can't love God. In other words, you either hate the world and love God or love the world and hate God. The choice is yours, but make sure you choose wisely because it's your soul your dealing with and if you wrongly choose, then it'll cost you everything. Are Christians going to struggle with loving the world? Absolutely, I know I find myself loving the things of this world and turn them into idols, but then the Holy Spirit calls me out and I repent and turn from my evil. The major issue these days is that people call themselves Christians and yet are in love with the very thing God hates. They crave sinful things, they lust with their eyes, and boast about themselves, and yet they will suffer an eternal death because they loved the creation more than the creator. See it doesn't matter if you know God, what matters is that God knows you. Heres an example, if you walk up to the front gate of the White House and say to the security guard "I know the President, please let me in." You know what he's going to say? He's going to look at you and say "yeah right," but now if you walk up to the gate and the President says he knows you and is expecting you, then you will be able to enter. The Same thing with God, if you say you know God, but God doesn't know you. Then you loved the world and disowned God so then God will have to disown you because God can not be with sin. It says in 2 Timothy 2:12b that "if we disown Him, He will also disown us;" So stand firm in the faith because this world and everything in it will pass away, but if we surrender ourselves to Christ and do His will. Then we will spend our eternity in Heaven with Him.

To God be the Glory!

The Narrow and wide gate

"Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it."
Matthew 7:13-14

As the passage said that narrow is the gate that leads to eternal life, and wide is the gate that leads to destruction. The wide gate will be entered by many. Those who decide to go down the easy path and stay in their comfort zone will go through life living for themselves and in the end destruction will fall on them. The narrow gate will be entered by few. Those who decide to live for Christ and put away earthly things, will have a hard life. If you choose to live for Christ you will be persecuted, the Bible says "In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted."2 Timothy 3:12 That clearly points out that we will be persecuted for Christ if you live for Christ. The thing is, are you walking down the narrow road and entering into the narrow gate. Or are you going down the wide road saying you believe in Jesus and yet you still love earthly things. Jesus said "No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money." Matthew 6:24 We need to put away the things of the world and follow down the narrow path, no matter what we go through.

To God be the Glory!

Seek Christ! not the world

Us Christians need to start seeking after God, because without him we will be lost. The only reason we can even love God is because he first loved us. We must seek God's face because he is the only one who can get us through this life of suffering and pain. We need to love God with all of our hearts, soul, mind and we need to trust him with our lives. Like the Bible says "Trust in the Lord in all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight." Proverbs 3:5-6 We should trust God with everything and acknowledge him in everything, and he promised he will make our paths straight. Come on Christians lets stand up for what's right and stop giving into the world. The world has already lost so why go on the losing side. Lets fight for the side that's already won, because that side has the God of the universe who created all things, loves us and wants us to spend our eternity with him in Heaven forever. So lets get rid of the pleasures that will send our souls to hell. Yes, I said hell, if we enjoy our sin and do it continually then we will spend our eternity in hell, whether you believe your a Christean or not. So are you seeking after God's Face? or are you wasting your life (that God gave you) away in the world?

Think about that, don't play with your soul, Seek God!

To God be the Glory!