A lukewarm christian's guide to not dying!

The world shouldn't be a source of satisfaction.

Hello again!! .......

What is it that the world offers that God does not? The world's standards are not the same as God's standards, we cannot pretend to love God and live according to the world. "No one can serve two masters; for a slave will either hate the one and love the other, or be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth."
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭6:24‬ ‭NRSV-CI‬‬. We all should know that the Bible states nothing but truth, you cannot claim to serve God and focus most of your resources in living according to this world yet we must live according to Jesus Christ. You will grow to hate God if you continue to find satisfaction and fulfillment in the world. So let us not live to impress people, let us live to impress God, let us try to live up to His perfection.

You will never be satisfied by the world no matter how much you have, true happiness and fulfillment only comes from God. Living for this world will only keep you away from God, we have to read the Bible and learn what is right and what isn't, we must be able to discern false teachers from real teachers and we have to be prepared for we do not know the day or the time the Lord will come back. You will never truly love God as much as you say until you start living according to His will.

"See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the universe, and not according to Christ."
‭‭Colossians‬ ‭2:8‬ ‭NRSV-CI‬‬. We have free will and we have misused it and disappointed Him in all our actions. What we forget is God has free will as well, God has the power to do anything to anyone at anytime but not once has He misused it. He can do anything he desires without any limits but we who have limitations, have failed to do even the little we are able to do. God can do anything He wants whether it's good or bad but he doesn't because He is holy, only He is good as it says in‭‭ Matthew‬ ‭19:17 "And he said to him, "Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good. If you wish to enter into life, keep the commandments." We have to try our best to copy His nature. We are humans, we will still fall into sin but the difference is we should hate sin and not indulge in it, we should ask for forgiveness sincerely ( you can't 'repent' and commit the same sin the next day, that's foolish), we should get rid of temptation perhaps getting rid of specific parts of our lives that lead us into sin and love wholeheartedly. Jesus clearly states that we are not good we will never be good for only God is good, keep the commandments and you will be granted eternal life but let us not get too prideful in our actions, we are not above anyone else. We are all sinners and we have all fallen short of God's grace, all we can do is have faith in Jesus Christ's sacrifice for us and live according to His will.

We are not good so we have no right or reason to judge anybody, as Jesus said when he was protecting a woman who had been caught in adultery from the crowds, "When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, "Let anyone among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her."
‭‭John‬ ‭8:7‬. If you are perfect then go ahead, judge people because there'll be nothing for you to be judged by..... people make mistakes and so do you and just incase you don't know, you're not perfect and you're not close. Don't judge someone because you think what they're doing is wrong or even because they aren't doing what you would do, if what they're doing is truly wrong according to God's word then we are obligated to educate them and lead them to a straight path. If God can give us multiple second chances when we have not been deserving or worthy then who are we to judge others as though we are any better, this is why we should not be prideful in our actions. Jesus did not look at this woman with disgust or hatred. He told her to sin no more and left her on her way. If he who is perfect did not judge who are you compared to Him. Matthew7:1 - Do not judge, so that you may not be judged.

No one knows of God's plans apart from His Spirit which he has sent to us such that we may know the things given to us by God. Jesus Christ left the world with God's Holy Spirit that it may fill us in all we do according to God's will.  God is so generous that He left His Holy Spirit with us that He may always be with us in all that we do. But let us not forget that this is God's Holy Spirit, keyword Holy, God will forgive a lot of short comings from humans but God will not accept blasphemy against His Spirit. God is not mocked. God will not allow His Holy Spirit to be slandered by humans for this is the unforgivable sin. Blasphemy against His Holy Spirit is an unforgivable and we must guard our hearts in all we do.