Beware Of The Crowd--The Many!

[ScottA]

I don’t know where y’all get the idea that living for Christ is hard. Are you talking about persecution of what? Do you find it hard to walk with Christ. I’m being serious,

I truly don’t understand why you guys act like walking with Christ is such a laborious task.

No, you're right, it's like falling of a log!

What is hard is the finding and entering in. The "many" that Jesus said never do have a tough time giving up what they apparently value more about this world and what they have gotten comfortable with.

The big one, is the flesh. Heaven forbid one would have to give up this ragged and unholy tent that God only gave us to cover our nakedness. Which is a twist for "many" because we are like Adam and Eve thinking that's bad. But it's just a matter of seeing ourselves as we are in our fallen state. Remember, they didn't see things that way until after the fall. All of which means that those who hold onto these temporal "skins" that God has provided us--is because they are "hiding" (like Adam and Eve).

 

[IndianaRob]

We have to ask ourselves how many times we are willing to put family before worshiping God. If your young nephew's football final is on Sunday, can you skip church again? And if your brother's flight leaves for overseas on Sunday. do you skip church again?

It comes down to why we go to church.

Why do you go to church? Are you trying stay in favor with God through obedience?

From what we’ve discussed so far it seems that you go out of obligation, to please God.

 

[ScottA]

We have to ask ourselves how many times we are willing to put family before worshiping God. If your young nephew's football final is on Sunday, can you skip church again? And if your brother's flight leaves for overseas on Sunday. do you skip church again?

It comes down to why we go to church.

“Surely, as the Lord lives, you have been upright, and your going out and your coming in with me in the army is good in my sight. For to this day I have not found evil in you since the day of your coming to me." Samuel 29:6