“Worldly” Christian

From the Pastor: Dr. M. J. Seymour, Sr.

Jesus said of the believers: “I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. … They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.” (John 17:14, 16) Apostle John wrote: “For whatsoever is born of(out of) God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.” (I John 5:4)

The term “worldly Christian” is an oxymoron; the two words are diametrically opposed to each other. All too frequently the term is used to describe one who claims to be a believer but whose life is consumed with ungodly living perpetually. This ideology is inconsistent with the Holy Scriptures. “Backslider” is a Biblical word used to identify a believer that has temporarily afflicted himself in the lust of the flesh (sin), but it is not a continuous existence wallowing in sin. A backslider is quickly chastened by the Father and is returned to his proper journey of following Christ. Those remaining in the filth of sin whether happily or unhappily are not blood bought sons of God. They are not bornout of God!

Apostle Paul wrote: “For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. … But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. …For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.”(Rom. 8:5, 9, 13-14) This settles the debate! One is either “of the world” or “of the Christ,” but one cannot be of both.

The term “worldly Christian” is simply an empty vain pretext to give some form of credibility for an ungodly vulgar life style. A Christian will strive to please and obey the Father, but a reprobate will dance sadistically for the Puppeteer through the gutters of hog wallow pillaging for another fix of ecstasy in emotional religionism.

In the depths of His grace!

Bro. Manuel

"One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple."

Ps. 27:4