by Bishop Felizardo D. Abanto
Titus 1:16—
“They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him…”
One time during the past few months, we visited a backslidden Baptist. He was a farmer. When we arrived at his hut, we found him drinking with a fellow. Laughing, he immediately put the beer away and introduced us to the fellow that I was his pastor. Even though he hadn’t been to church for several years, he still said that the Baptist church is the right church according to the Bible. His friend also said that he had attended many sects and he was not seeing any problem about that, because he said that he still believed in God.
But, actually, whoever you may be, whatever your religion, if your life and what you do is contradictory to the clear command and teaching of God in the Bible, you are a mediocre. And whatever you say is nonsense. You are just wasting your life and your breath. There’s no purpose why we are here if our lives doesn’t any sign of being a Christian. May we Christians realize that we are not just playing church or joking about our faith. We are dead serious about the Lord. We will obey Him and live for Him in truth, whatever it takes, with or without money.
This article was translated from Mga Salita, Mga Gawa, Baptist’s Digest 16, April 27, 2008, p. 2. ©2008 CYPA Paper Ministries.
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