There is Another Shaking Coming.!

So, you wanted to be a 'Christian' did ya?  I suppose many of you were approached by someone some time back and told something like 'if you pray this prayer you'll be saved'.  Some were compelled by a powerful message in a church building, others adopted their own version of 'Christianity' based on a collection of sound bites that they picked up along the way.

I have met so many different types of those who claim "Christ", so many who have mastered the look, you know what I mean?  The Bible tells us in the last days many will be deceived and many will make the claim, but few will survive the journey (mike's paraphrased version).  I think I've seen enough to conclude we must be in the last days.

It just seems so hard to find good people, let alone real members of the family of God. I mean don't get me wrong, I'm blessed to be surrounded by a relatively small group of awesome believers whom I know have been put to the test and passed.  But its those other ones that I'm really getting sick and tired of running into, pretending to be something but all they have is a good acting skill-set.  I'm getting to the point where I'm going to start calling them out, so get ready...  more to follow...

You know, the ones who play like they got the goods, but their lives and behavior, their character and motives, they draw people away from Jesus, not to Him. They emphasize the gift and not the Giver.  They flatter you with their lips, then destroy your life once they've finished sucking your resources and life right out of you.  With them, there is no long lasting fruit; they emphasize the short term and ignore eternity. They put on airs like they are really important within the church, some of them even have ministry credentials, but they really are wolves in sheep's clothing.  The Bible is serious when it gives that statement.

In a day and age where everybody is running around telling church people 'not to judge', I say its time to judge; at least to the extent that we start calling out those who are outside the Body of Christ, even though they are pretending to be IN it..! They have no portion in us, nor do they have permission to tell us anything about this wonderful Kingdom that we are actually in.  Sad that we've been deceived by them for as long as we have.  They preyed on our compassion and devastated the resources, time and energy that we had that could have gone a long way toward winning souls and dishing out charity to those that really needed it.

This is the main reason the next wave of shaking is coming soon.  The Lord is jealous for His people, and he is about to start revealing these folks (again) to the church.  Just because someone has a smile on their face and is talking nice to you doesn't mean they belong to our beloved and holy Jesus - do we make mistakes from time to time?  Yea!  Do real 'Christians' repent when they mess up?  Oh yea!  Its the hallmark of the fruit of the Spirit, humility and genuineness, sincerity and pure motives, peace within without the need for medicating, love that is real - sacrificial and unselfish.  Imagine a people that walk that way with each other and you'll see the real church.

If you aren't walking this way with those who are your brothers and sisters in the Lord, then you can repent, while there is time to; or perhaps you really aren't in this Kingdom.  I would say repent for real, for the first time and meet this Lord Jesus Christ that I'm referring to.  You'll know that you're actually a member when you notice that you start obeying His Word; not necessarily just because you "feel good about it". They who actually obey His commandments alone have the right to claim that He is Lord of their lives.  Those that don't, well... don't..!