JESUS WAS WARNING ME ABOUT BEING A LUKEWARM REV. 3:14 CHRISTIAN - (I WAS BEING CARELESS WITH SIN)
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The Holy Spirit recorded for us the words of Jesus in Matthew 6:19-21 for us to "lay up for ourselves treasures in heaven." The GREATEST treasure we can lay ...

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The Holy Spirit recorded for us the words of Jesus in Matthew 6:19-21 for us to “lay up for ourselves treasures in heaven.” The GREATEST treasure we can lay up for ourselves in heaven is OBEDIENCE. Our obedience to God’s Word (Holy Bible) - especially the New Covenant Word [correctly interpreted; wisely applied] - and obedience to the Holy Spirit.

Satan works non-stop in blanketing Christians around the world in believing this is NOT so. He gets them thinking that once a believer gets to heaven, “everything will just be fine.” He does not want Christians understanding NOR believing that there will be different degrees of rewards in the next life that will be determined by what Christians did in THIS life after they become born again. We must always ask and trust the Holy Spirit to help us realize that God does NOT bless disobedience. He can and does FORGIVE our disobedience when we sin and ask forgiveness for it … but that doesn’t presume nor assume that we can just keep sinning indefinitely, asking His forgiveness, sin again, ask for His forgiveness again … rinse and repeat in other words and continually making excuses for it.

We need to remember: Sincere Christians are the ONLY ones on this planet who have been given the power of God via the Holy Spirit to stay FREE from the sins that so easily ensnare us: (See: Hebrews 12:1). Sincere Christians do NOT continuously rationalize their on-going sins. (Those that do God places in the “Luke warm” camp). Sincere Christians realize it is MOST PLEASING to God when we get serious with Him and get serious about stop sinning, and it is those who will be placed in the “10 fold return camp Jesus spoke about in the parable of the talents”.

God truly wants to reward those who make it to heaven with MAXIMIZED rewards. That’s the God we serve. But those rewards will NOT be maximized if we remain “Luke warm” believers. Again - Luke warm believers are called “Luke warm” by God because they are half-hearted about OBEDIENCE to Him. Their belief system is until changed: “Sin is optional as long as nobody knows about it or catches me at it or I won’t end up in prison for it, etc.,” is their attitude if they’ll be honest with themselves AND God. Luke warm Christians are quick to embrace 1 John 1:9, but tend to be far removed from Romans 8:12-14: “Therefore brethren, we are debtors - not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. For if you live according to the flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, [SINFUL deeds of the body; insert mine] you will live. FOR AS MANY AS ARE LED BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD, THESE ARE SONS OF GOD.”

Giving some the benefit of the doubt … God may have mercy on some and allow them to get to heaven (as He did the thief on the cross), but that does NOT assume they are free from all the CONSEQUENCES of their sin prior to being in heaven. Being forgiven of our sins is one matter – receiving a loss of eternal rewards (See: 1 Cor. 3) because of the possible consequences of our sin is quite another.

And in THIS life … if we want maximized favor from God to fulfill ALL God intends for us to accomplish for Him and His Kingdom work … it is BEST obtained by walking in OBEDIENCE to Him. And not half-hearted obedience. FULL obedience.

Original testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shh_cANSUBc