Some Things Are Evident

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness. - Matthew 23:27

    Last week, during a consultation with a physician that I had not met before, I made the statement, “I am not in your hands, I am in his hands.” he came back with the remark, “Yes, you are in his or her hands.” his remark made it evident to me that he did not give any credibility to the Scriptures and that he did not believe in the true and living God. This was an outstanding, brazen denial of the truth, which revealed his unbelief. But this is not always the case. There are some, according to the Scriptures, that know and say the right things, yet their lives prove otherwise. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness (Mt 23:27).

    No matter what men profess to believe, if there is no heart love for Christ, his Gospel and his church, there is no life. And, believe it or not, eventually this will be revealed in men’s lives, in God’s time. Most of the time, if not every time, it will have something to do with attitude and the lack of the Spirit of love. Read 1 Corinthians 13. There is yet another evidence of unbelief among those who falsely profess to know Christ, and that is being comfortable in their profession while not committed to Christ and his church. Inconsistency, negligence, unfaithfulness, and lack of interest in the privilege of the public worship of God and the care and welfare of the church is an undeniable evidence of a lack of love and passion for Christ. Hence, there is no life. Although every believer feels that he, or she, comes up short, and we do, nevertheless the desire of a child of God in this world is a life of love for Christ and commitment to Him. Read Luke 14:26, 27 & 33.