ALL TALK NO WALK DOES NOT WORK

Hebrews 13:15-16

"Through Him then, let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that give thanks to His name. 16 And do not neglect doing good and sharing; for with such sacrifices God is pleased."

It is all over the Scriptures. That is right - obedience to the Lord is the evidence of a transformed life. How did we as a Church ever get to a place that so many deny this clear teaching from God's Word? In our zeal to see people saved we end up watering down the Gospel to make it more pleasing - shame on us for disparaging God's Word in that manner.

It is so easy to say with your lips you love the Lord but actions must follow what you say with your mouth. Try telling your Spouse that you love them and then let your actions be rude, inconsiderate, abusive, neglect etc... and then ask them if they really think you love them. Are you out of your mind? NO WAY WILL THEY THINK YOU REALLY LOVE THEM. Then why do you think it would be any different with our Lord Jesus Christ?

Please listen - I am not teaching perfectionism which if you believe that false doctrine it is a sad day for you. Perfectionism just relabels sin as mistakes - which then I guess you dont have to repent of - THAT IS FALSE TEACHING. The Believer still sins after he or she is saved but that sin becomes less and less as the obedience to the Lord becomes greater and greater. It is called progressive sanctification - simply put - becoming more like Jesus every day.

So here is the way God grows us - We repent of our sins - putting our trust in HIS Work not our own for our salvation, We study HIS Word - the HOLY SPIRIT (who lives in every true Christian) takes that WORD applies it to our lives and brings fruit out of our lives (Gal. 5).

If fruit of the Spirit is absent in your life then you MUST examine yourself and see if you are in the faith. My prayer for each of you is that you are not self deceived and on a broad road that only takes you to hell.