Tuesday, June 8 2010

Who Leaves Christ Out Of Their "Christianity"?

by Wayne Blank
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A stark warning from Jesus Christ to those who claim to be Christian while ignoring what Christ actually taught and commanded:

"^7:21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. ^7:22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? ^7:23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity" (Matthew 7:21-23 KJV).

"I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity"

Humans have had a long history of claiming to be the LORD's people without actually doing what He commanded (see Christ The Creator, The 'God Of The Old Testament' and Why Did Christ Put Moses To Death?; listen also to the Sermon The Divorce and Remarriage of Jesus Christ from our Sermons page). It wasn't just something that applied to the ancient Israelites; His warning, as quoted above, was to those who claim to be Christian - everything that was stated long ago applies even more now.

The Holy Scriptures

"^1:18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness; ^1:19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath showed it unto them. ^1:20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
^1:21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. ^1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, ^1:23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
^1:24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves: ^1:25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie [see Satan's Language], and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
^1:26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections [see Sodomites]: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: ^1:27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompense of their error which was meet.
^1:28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a Reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; ^1:29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, ^1:30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, ^1:31 Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: ^1:32 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them." (Romans 1:18-32 KJV)

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This Day In History, June 8

68: Accession of Galba, 6th Roman emperor, reigned 68-69.

452: Italy was invaded by Attila the Hun.

632: Muhammad, the founder of Islam, died.

793: Vikings raided the Northumbrian coast in England.

1042: Hardicanute, King of England and Denmark, died. He was succeeded in England by Edward the Confessor and in Denmark by Magnus, King of Norway.

1536: The Ten Articles of Religion were published by the English clergy, in support of Henry VIII's Declaration of Supremacy after breaking with the Roman Catholic church.

1663: The Battle of Ameixial, an engagement fought in Portugal during the Portuguese war of liberation from Spain.

1963: Egypt became the first Arab country to use chemical weapons when its aircraft dropped mustard gas bombs on Yemeni civilians in the village of Sadah near the Saudi border.

1967: Day 4 of the "6 Day War." On the Egyptian front, Israeli forces were to eventually destroy or capture over 800 Egyptian tanks - exceeding the level of destruction that the British and Canadians inflicted on Nazi armor at al-Alamein 25 years earlier.

1968: James Earl Ray, wanted for the assassination of Martin Luther King, was arrested in London.

1969: The CBS network pulled "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" because of their refusal to stop their political jokes; the show was replaced by the politically-correct "Hee Haw."

1986: Despite persistent allegations he had been involved in Nazi wartime atrocities, Kurt Waldheim was elected president of Austria.

1972: The date of the infamous Vietnam War photograph of a naked little girl, whose clothes had been burned off by a U.S. napalm bomb that incinerated her village, running down a road with other screaming children. Phan Thi Kim Phuc later moved to Canada and now lives in Toronto.

1996: China carried out a nuclear explosion at the Lop Nor test site in northwestern Xinjiang with a blast that rocked the remote region.

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