164 LIARS
164 LIARS
1Jo 2:4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
1Jo 2:5 But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.
It does not matter whether you actually believe what you are saying or not for you to know the truth because you can know whether you are lying or not by your own actions. If you say that you love and believe God and then deliberately sin; you are a liar.
Rom 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Your payment for a deliberate sin is death and an exclusion from God and His kingdom. Only people who hate God want to spend eternity somewhere else rather than with God.
When you say that you love God then you must love all those who claim to be Christians. [Be careful here, I didn’t say that you have to believe them, give everything to them or treat them like royalty.]
To love a person is to get to know them and, if they are liars, we are to correct them not let them go on deceiving themselves with lies.
We cannot let our brothers and sisters, who we love in the Lord go on suffering with a physical or mental need while we have the means to help them. This means taking the time to help them or get them the help that they need. If they refuse then they have refused your help and you are no longer obligated to help them. They want to suffer and you cannot help them.
This love also extends to the laws of the land. God has told us to obey them and, if we disobey them, we are disobeying God. [Most of them were put in place to protect people and their property. By disobeying them, we are showing everyone that we don’t really care for their safety or their things.]
That is why tailgaters and speeders are not Christians but liars. They don’t care for your safety and don’t care that they are making you nervous. They are also setting a dangerous example for the ignorant and immature and also will be held accountable for their actions. [I pick on drivers because that is an obvious sin and the fastest example of telling a non-Christian that I know. It is done in plain view of the public and done with total disregard for anyone else’s health and safety.]
When you get angry at someone else that is just living their life trying to get by, you do not love them or even like them. This also is another sign of a non-Christian. People who talk derogatorily about our government with out having any knowledge about what is happening or put down their co-workers or neighbours with out a full knowledge of their situation do not love; they are trying to make themselves feel more important at others expense. Again this is disobedience to God who told His people not to do this sin.
To show love you must DO it, not TALK about it. If you love God, do what He says don’t try to convince others to do it when you’re not doing it yourself.
Jam 2:18 Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.
Jam 2:20 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
Jam 2:22 Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?
