Why Are You Dating/Hanging With Him? Her?

I dedicate this short post to all the single Christians out there like me that sometimes find it very challenging to walk according to the Word in this area and also as a reminder that great blessings and a much deeper relationship with God comes from obedience ;-) What do you think?

2 Corinthians 6:14-18

Don’t team up with those who are unbelievers, Don't become partners with those who reject God, Stop forming inappropriate relationships with unbelievers. How can righteousness be a partner with wickedness? How can you make a partnership out of right and wrong? That's not partnership; that's war. Is light best friends with dark? How can light live with darkness? What harmony can there be between Christ and the devil? Does Christ go strolling with the Devil? How can a believer be a partner with an unbeliever? Do trust and mistrust hold hands? And what union can there be between God’s temple and idols? Who would think of setting up pagan idols in God's holy Temple? But that is exactly what we are, each of us a temple in whom God lives. For we are the temple of the living God. God himself put it this way:

“I will live in them
and walk among them.
I will be their God,
and they will be my people.
Therefore, come out from among unbelievers, leave the corruption and compromise;
leave it for good,"
and separate yourselves from them, says the LORD.
Don’t touch their filthy things, "Don't link up with those who will pollute you.
I want you all for myself,
and I will welcome you.
And I will be your Father,
and you will be my sons and daughters,
says the LORD Almighty.” (New Living Translation, The Message & GOD’S WORD Translation)

I know that it’s a popular teaching that “Everyone is a child of God” but If A person hasn’t accepted Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and Savior then they are by default a child of the Devil (1 John 3).
Peace,

WHAT? Is That The Real Question?

Titus 2:14 (The Message)

11-14God's readiness to give and forgive is now public. Salvation's available for everyone! We're being shown how to turn our backs on a godless, indulgent life, and how to take on a God-filled, God-honoring life. This new life is starting right now, and is whetting our appetites for the glorious day when our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, appears. He offered himself as a sacrifice to free us from a dark, rebellious life into this good, pure life, making us a people he can be proud of, energetic in goodness.

Once I am saved, can I become unsaved? Can a Christian lose his or her salvation? I hear these questions a lot and it usually have to do with “lifestyle” and not Bible doctrine on this topic. What is really a concern is that there are people who want to know how they can be saved and still live as though they are not. That is a very dangerous proposition.

Titus 2:11–14 states, "For the grace of God has been revealed, bringing salvation to all people. And we are instructed to turn from godless living and sinful pleasures. We should live in this evil world with wisdom, righteousness, and devotion to God. . . . He gave his life to free us from every kind of sin, to cleanse us, and to make us his very own people, totally committed to doing good deeds." NLT

Is that a description of your life today as a follower of Jesus? Are you totally committed to doing what is right? If you really have been saved, then there will be results in your life. Jesus said, "Just as you can identify a tree by its fruit, so you can identify people by their actions" (Matthew 7:20). People should be able to see spiritual fruit, changes in your life that will indicate to them that you are a true follower of Jesus Christ.

Writing to the church of Laodicea, Jesus said, "I know all the things you do, that you are neither hot nor cold. I wish that you were one or the other! But since you are like lukewarm water, neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth!" (Revelation 3:15–16).

So, instead of trying to live in two worlds, it is far better to live as close to God as you possibly can, you in? Let’s Go!