Is Your Jesus Plastic

There is a question we must all ask about our faith. Do my works match my words? If they do not, where does that place us? In a world of watered-down Christianity, that says that sin is okay and we are going to do it anyway, does our personal theology match the theology written about in the Bible? If it does not, does it really matter? A lot of churches today say that it does not matter. The say that if we only do as much as we feel that we have to do, we will still be saved. Just give a little effort and everything will be fine. That is a pretty common message.

Titus 1:16 says, "They claim to know God, but by their actions they deny him. They are detestable, disobedient and unfit for doing anything good." Does this truly sound like we will be saved if we only are going through the motions. God knows hypocrisy, and you have to know it is not high on his list of character traits to have. 

Churches preach come as you are, and I fully believe that. But if you are truly saved and born again, don't expect to stay that way. God loves us, and at first expects us to stumble. He knows that we will have to take some spills before we learn to walk as a Christian. But He strives to make us perfect, if we allow Him to do His work.

George McDonald has a great way to look at our walk with God. He says that every father is pleased with the first time their child attempts to walk. I know I was, I actually got it on video. When he was in his infant stage that was amazing to me. But as he got older I expected him to walk. George McDonald says that when your child gets older, "what father would be satisfied with anything but the manly steps of a full grown son/"

Now what I am asking you today is how is your walk with God. To quote a t-shirt, will the preacher have to lie at your funeral. When you stand in front of God, how do you explain to Him that you were going to start living right tomorrow. Give me a break God, at least I tried. God is not satisfied with a little effort. He does not want some of us, He wants all of us.

Matthew 7:21-23 says, “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’ Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’


If you know something is wrong and continue to give in to temptation, where does that leave you? According to the scripture above, even those who do right may be doing so falsely. The verses before this passage in Matthew state that you will know them by the fruits they produce, because a bad tree cannot produce good fruit. So our faith is displayed by our actions. 


James 2:26 says, "As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead." We might as well be dead if we do not try our best. Will we slip, yes. Will we occasionally stumble, probably. Will we continue to live our lives today as we did yesterday? Hopefully not! Jesus paid it all so that we could change it all. 


We are not who we used to be. Ephesians 4:22-24 says, "You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.

God wants us to back up our words. God looks at our lives, and He sees inside our hearts. How do we truly feel? That preacher might be able to lie at your funeral, but you can guarantee that you will not be able to lie to God. Don't talk about it, be about it!!