“No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other.”
God is not something you add to your life – He must become the entire essence of who you are.
He is not a Sunday morning tradition but a life changing, “about face”, which alters every motive, every dream, and every goal.
When God demands holiness, it is not just for Christmas and Easter. It is a fulltime calling. Holiness means set apart…you are consecrated and sanctified for communion with an entirely Holy God…. This must define your conduct and excludes you from unholy things.
You would never use your drinking glass to dip water from the toilet because that glass is set aside for a special purpose…You and I are the same. We are not to be quenching thirst on Sunday - and dipping in toilets during the week.
We have a King – we are created to serve and fellowship with Him, and our life should reflect His holiness.
Too many of us attempt to compartmentalize our lives and serve God on Sunday and ourselves the rest of the week. This is the “TV Dinner” approach to living where everything is divided into separate sections – but God calls us to be more like “Chicken Pot Pies”. Our lives must be the same regardless of when or where you dip into them. We can’t have moral partitions…We are to be consistently righteous.
If you hear me teaching Sunday School or negotiating a business deal you should hear the same honesty and integrity. If I am talking to someone at church or my wife at home, there should be the same gentle heart and unselfish love.
When you accept Christ, He doesn’t fix your heart - He performs a transplant. You cannot keep both hearts and expect to survive. So, make your choice. Serve God or serve the world…but be “all in” one way or the other.
If you are lukewarm clinging to your old sick, failing heart – The new holy heart will not be effective. Embrace the healthy transplanted heart and reject the failing anemic one and don’t allow its disease to infect your new life.
“There must be a divorce between you and sin, or there can be no marriage between you and Christ.” – Charles Spurgeon
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