Even a man of faith can lead us astray or off our mission in terms of this series that would be reaching people on our cell phones for Jesus. Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cumin, and have neglected the weightier provisions of the Law: justice and mercy and faithfulness; but these are the things you should have done without neglecting the others. Matthew 23:23. Even the religious leaders of the day who were the holiest of the holies were not doing the right thing and leading people astray. They killed Jesus and tried to lead people away from Him and His mission just because they didn't believe and they were the Christians of that time.
Anyone can deceive us even fellow Christians. So, be on Guard even a fellow Christian can lead you astray. Be on the alert, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. 1 Corinthians 16:12. It is so sad to see so many Christians who call themselves, lead people astray and off the mission of reaching people, and in terms, we do not reach people on our cell phones, we would rather see that cat video.
I talked yesterday about keeping bad company but there is such a thing that as a bad Christian. A bad Christian hears the word but does not apply it to their lives, knows what a Christian is supposed to do, and does the opposite, or know the commandments of Jesus but does not keep them. I may have said this about something else but I feel in my whole body that the greatest threat to us as Christian is fellow Christians. So watch who you keep in your inner circle because they can come in and destroy you and the lives around you. Christian can send you a cute video of cats or dogs and mean well but what is their ultimate motive, is it to just send the video because they know you like animals, or is it to take you off your mission and not get you to reach people for this series to use our cell phones. I have friends and know their hearts and where they come from. I had to learn the hard way who to keep as friends, I do not let people in for that reason very well.
But evil people and impostors will proceed from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived. 2 Timothy 3:13. Even in Jesus' day, there were many impostors who tried to lead Christian astray. As I have said there is so much on our cell phones that can lead us away from Christ not like the people of Jesus' day, but both have the same number of impostors leading us astray right? No, there is more today than in Jesus' day, it is everywhere and it is constantly in our faces. The last time I looked it says in a poll that 68% of people call themselves Christians. Then why is our country the way it is? In terms of this series, why do so many who call themselves Christian lead us to non-Christian things because they are not true Christians. we are trying to reach people and they are trying to show us things that will not help us accomplish the mission of reaching people and that is just on our cell phones there is much that we can get distracted but to lead us away from our mission.
I leave it there for today and want one thing is for what I talked about today to sink in and take it to heart.
All Bible verses taken from the NASB
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