Original Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7XbhBKOr3Y
My Personal Struggle with "Christians"
Dear friends, one of the biggest struggles I have in my life
as a Christian is to see a lot of people around me, especially professing
Christians, people who believe they are Christians and who belong to
denominations and who think they are safe and that they are truly Christian on
their way to heaven just because they are good people. And I mean that in their
own eyes they think they are good. And sometimes I'm not able to speak to them
anymore about the truth. Because there is a certain extent of things we can
say, but then you realize that people are not truly open. They can discuss with
you, but most of the time they already made their judgment about you. Because
when you speak to them about truly following Jesus and they see the result of
following Jesus in your life, they see that you are no longer associating with
these denominational churches. You are more on your own and you are following
Jesus daily and taking things too seriously. They know that if they have to
take that step also, they will have to become like that. They know it deep down
that to know Jesus Christ and to follow Him for real, it is completely
different from just going to their churches and to do the normal thing, the
traditional thing that they were brought up in. And this is very hard for
people like me who want to really take the time to explain to them what it
truly means to be a Christian. What it means to be broken over our sins and to
truly repent and change. So at one point you just take a decision to just stop
talking to them.
And there is a basis
for that in the Bible, in the New Testament. Jesus says, do not throw our
pearls before swine. And Jesus also says that we should be careful not to give
the holy bread to dogs. And dear friends, this is something that is hard
because it takes constant communication with Jesus Christ, with God, in order
to be guided in each different situation. And I have been in many different
situations. But I want to speak to you today.
If you are truly a
Christian, if you believe you are a Christian, dear friend, if you don't have a
real experience of Jesus in your life, then dear friend, it is all worthless. I
know that deep down you might think that I am trying to snatch you away from
your true church, but is in your mind the true denomination that you go to?
Dear friend, I have no business in you coming to me and joining me in any kind
of group or fellowship. I am a simple man that has the only calling to point to
Jesus Christ. I have no interest in you leaving your church as if I hate your
church or have some kind of reaction against it. I am only saying one thing.
Your fellowship with Christ is your guarantee of eternal life. But to know
Jesus Christ is more than what you think it is. And to know Jesus Christ, we
need to be connected to him and we need to experience that he is alive. If we
don't have that experience, dear friend, we don't have anything. It doesn't
matter how many things you think you are doing.
The result is in your
lifestyle. If it is always about you and you are living your life, you are in
the world, you are just traveling around, you are doing your thing, you are
just busy with your ambitions and your career, and you have no relationship
whatsoever with Christ. You don't have his Holy Spirit. You don't spend time in
prayer with him. You don't care about looking for him. You don't seek the
truth. Dear friend, don't be deceived.
Because at the end, if
you continue that way, you will not be saved. I don't care how many things you
think you are doing for your church, or how many people you know who go to
church, or how many Bible studies you make. Dear friends, it is not about
activities. It is about truly having the Holy Spirit of Christ in us. And that
is not something that you can mistake.
When you are born
again and when you have the Holy Spirit, you are guided by Jesus. You know it.
Dear friend, when you get born again, trust me, your whole life will change. And
even if you backslide or you get distracted, you will not be happy anymore.
Because you know you have tasted the truth of Christ. Dear friend, you need to
experience Jesus. You need to meet Jesus Christ. So please, take the time to
seek him. Cry out to him. Read the words of Jesus in the Bible. Take the time
to read them slowly. Then close the Bible and pray to him. Talk to him. Call on
him and ask him to reveal himself to you.
Dear friend, God waits
on us to make this step sometimes to go to him. It is not only about just doing
some church activities or praying from time to time. We need to break through
to God and create that true fellowship with him. That is what guarantees for
you eternal life. Your eternal life and eternal security are in Christ, in the
Spirit of Christ, without Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit in us. Dear friends,
we have no way of being saved. We are just outside. We are on the broad way to
destruction. Do not take a chance today. Turn to Jesus today. Seek him. Cry out
to him and ask him to show you that he is real. May God bless you.
评论
发表评论