Posts Tagged ‘The Fruit of the Spirit’
Watchman: A Daily Devotional The Religious Leaders of Jesus’ Day Had One Motivating Force: ‘What Will Men Think of Me?’ Their Religion Was About Pride in Being the Spiritual Elite,Much Like the Pastors of Today—Empty Suits
Pride will kill you. Forever. The sin that is most likely to prevent you from calling out to God for salvation is pride. Those who have a reasonable belief that they are healthy will not seek treatment. As seriously dangerous as pride is, it’s equally hard to spot. When it comes to diagnosing our hearts, those of us who have the disease of pride have a challenging time identifying our sickness. Pride infects our eyesight, causing us to view ourselves through a lens that colors and distorts reality. Pride will paint even our ugliness in sin as beautiful and commendable. We can’t conclude that we don’t struggle with pride because we don’t see pride in our hearts. The comfortable moments when I pat myself on the back for how well I am doing are the moments that should alarm me…
Watchman: Daily Devotional,Ungodly People Are Full of Evil and Sexual Immorality That Comes From Within Their Wicked Hearts. These Evil People Have No Desire to Live for God but Love Their Sin and Ungodliness (2 Thessalonians 2:10)
An ungodly person is simply a person who lives an evil, wicked and sinful lifestyle. These types of people take pleasure in unrighteousness and not holiness. And the reason why ungodly people love their sin is that they live according to their fleshly lusts and not after the Spirit. This is why there is rampant sexual immorality and wickedness in this current generation we live in as Paul predicted in 2 Timothy 3:1-7. Ungodly people take pleasure in their ungodly acts and go after strange flesh (Jude 1:7) because they hate righteousness but are led by their evil desires to do the bad things they do shamelessly. What Is Ungodly Living? Ungodly living simply means living a life of sin and not of righteousness. This wicked lifestyle is characterized by evil and sin. Sadly, many so-called Christians are living ungodly…