EVERYONE ELSE IS BOLDLY COMING OUT OF THE CLOSET; WHY DON’T YOU? BE “OPENLY” CHRISTIAN!
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What is PREVENTING God’s people from being “OPENLY CHRISTIAN?” Has the WORLD made them SO AFRAID to share their FAITH that the BODY of CHRIST has become MOSTLY SILENCED? Some of the MAIN reasons, many Christians say they don’t SHARE their FAITH is because they are AFRAID. “…For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind…” (2 Timothy 1:7 KJV). “…Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid…” (John 14:27 KJV). “…For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father…” (Romans 8:15 KJV).
AFRAID of losing valuable relationships, afraid of being rejected, afraid of being called a “holy roller,” afraid they are not equipped, afraid of an argument, or afraid of being uncomfortable. There are MANY other fears. “..And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell…” (Matthew 10:28 KJV). “…But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him…” (Luke 12:5 KJV). “…It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God…” (Hebrews 10:31 KJV). Yet, NO ONE is AFRAID of displeasing God. “…Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age…” (Matthew 28:19-20 NIV). No one is afraid of being disobedient to his instructions to GO make disciples, or that his word says “…the harvest is plentiful, but the WORKERS are few…”
The WORLD does evil right in front of God’s people, redeemed folk, or Christians and they are NOT afraid of losing YOUR friendships or that you will say anything. They are FREE to be as EVIL as they want, but they have SILENCED God’s people with FEAR of losing THEM. If they are of THE WORLD what fellowship would God’s people HAVE with them anyway? “…What fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? And what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? Or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?” (2 Corinthians 6:14-15 KJV). “…[God, himself,]… can not look on wickedness (EVIL) with favor…” (Habakukk 1:13 NASB). “… [God’s, who is WITHIN his people,]… eyes are too pure to approve evil…”(Habakukk 1:13 NASB).
The WORLD rejects the GOSPEL, God’s WORD and his people BOLDLY and they are not AFRAID of doing it right in front of a Christian’s FACE, because they are NOT going to say or do anything anyway. They are FREE to REJECT God’s TRUTH ALL they want, but they SILENCED God’s people with FEAR so they WON’T even defend it. What does God’s WORD say? “…One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: "Do not be afraid; keep on speaking, do not be silent…” (Acts 18:9 NIV). “…The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said, "Take courage! As you have testified about me in Jerusalem, so you must also testify in Rome…" (Acts 23:11 NIV). “…You will be his witness to all people of what you have seen and heard…” (Acts 22:15 NIV). “…Now get up and stand on your feet. I have appeared to you to appoint you as a servant and as a witness of what you have seen and will see of me…” (Acts 26:16 NIV). “…For I am with you, and no one is going to attack and harm you, because I have many people in this city…" (Acts 18:10 NIV).
The WORLD will talk about a CHRISTIAN who loves God and JESUS CHRIST or chooses to live a righteous lifestyle as being a “holy roller,” while they are OPENLY “evil rollers” talking evil, doing evil, being evil, speaking evil, thinking evil thoughts, or living an evil lifestyle. They are FREE to do EVIL, because they have SILENCED God’s people. Evil people don’t have to WORRY about so-called Christians being holy or righteous in ways that would convict them and lead them to Christ. “…To him (her) therefore that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin…” (James 4:17 KJV). “…And a servant who knows what the master wants, but isn’t prepared and doesn’t carry out those instructions, will be severely punished…” (Luke 12:47 NLT). “…If you were blind, you wouldn’t be guilty,” Jesus replied. “But you remain guilty because you claim you can see…” (Luke 9:41 NLT). “…It would be better if they had never known the way to righteousness than to know it and then reject the command they were given to live a holy life…” (2 Peter 2:21 NLT).
“…If we “SAY” that we have fellowship with him, and WALK IN DARKNESS (compromising the truth), WE LIE, and DO NOT THE TRUTH…” (1 John 1:6 KJV). “…If someone claims, “I know God,” but doesn’t obey God’s commandments, that person IS A LIAR and is not living in the truth…” (1 John 2:4 NLT).
They WORLD will debate any topic with a Christian person and the Christian person may not have ALL the answers, but they will engage with them anyway. However, they FEAR debating about their FAITH and THINK they have to KNOW every answer BEFORE saying anything, so evil people CONTROL what can or can not be debated or argued about. God’s people are not CONTROLLED by the sinful nature anymore: theirs or anyone else’s. “…The sinful nature is always hostile to God (therefore, the old mindset, affected by the sinful nature, is also hostile to God). It never did obey God’s laws, and it never will. That’s why those who are still under the control of their sinful nature (through the old mindset) can never please God. But you are not controlled by your sinful nature. You are controlled by the Spirit if you have the Spirit of God living in you …” (Romans 8:1-14 NLT). “…Therefore, dear brothers and sisters, you have no obligation to do (through the dictates of your old mindset) what your sinful nature urges you to do …For all who are led by the Spirit of God (the indwelling Holy Spirit) are children of God…” (Romans 8:1-14 NLT). “…Who will free me from this life that is dominated by (the old mindset which is affected and polluted by) SIN? …” (Romans 7:14-25 NLT). “… The answer is in Jesus Christ our Lord (the indwelling Holy Spirit too)…” (Romans 7:14-25 NLT). “…If the Son (the word) therefore shall make you free, you SHALL be free indeed (without a doubt!!)…” (John 8:36 KJV).
They WORLD is comfortable doing EVIL now. NO ONE is BOLD enough to stand against them. Instead of STANDING out as EXAMPLES, God’s people have CONFORMED to the WORLD and have become MORE comfortable being SILENT than “OPENLY” STANDING for their righteousness or holiness. God’s people can’t be comfortable FRIENDS with the WORLD and comfortable FRIENDS with God, the Holy Spirit, they have to CHOOSE one over the other. “..Do not conform to the pattern of this world…” (Romans 12:2 NIV). “…Now honor the LORD, the God of your ancestors, and do his will. Separate yourselves from the peoples around you and from your foreign wives…" (Ezra 10:11 NIV). “…As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance…” (1 Peter 1:14 NIV). “…Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them…” (1 John 2:15 NIV). “../You adulterous people, don't you know that friendship with the world means enmity against God? Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God…” (James 4:4 NIV).
Ask yourself WHY you don’t STAND UP and OPENLY be a CHRISTIAN. If the WORLD is going to HELL, is God’s OWN people contributing to it by being SILENT in their SPEECH and CONDUCT. Do they just ACT Christian on SUNDAY? Do they just TALK Christian among other Christians? Both John and Jesus preached REPENTANCE all the time. “…And [John]…saying, REPENT YE: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand…” (Matthew 3:2 KJV). “….From that time JESUS began to preach, and to say, REPENT: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand…” (Matthew 4:17 KJV). “…It is written, and thus it behooved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: AND THAT “REPENTANCE” AND REMISSION OF SINS “SHOULD” BE PREACHED in his name AMONG ALL NATIONS, beginning at Jerusalem…” (Luke 24:46-47 KJV).
Jesus was identified by what he SAID and DID. “…The Spirit of the Lord is upon me (Jesus), because he hath anointed me to PREACH the gospel to the poor; he hath SENT ME to HEAL the brokenhearted, to PREACH DELIVERANCE to the captives, and RECOVERING of SIGHT to the blind, to SET at LIBERTY them that are bruised, To PREACH the acceptable year of the Lord. …” (John 4:16-21 KJV). “…God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and WITH POWER: who went about DOING GOOD, and HEALING ALL that were oppressed of the devil; for GOD WAS WITH HIM. And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem…” (Acts 10:38-39 KJV).
Do Christians feel MORE comfortable “fitting” in with the WORLD than DISPLEASING God, who told them to “GO” make disciples or that “WINNING” souls is WISE? “…For we are the temple of the living God; just as God said, “I will dwell in them and walk among them; And I will be their God, and they shall be My people. “Therefore, come out from their midst and be separate,” says the Lord. “ And do not touch what is unclean…” (2 Corinthians 6:13-17 NASB). “…God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation (salt and light). …” (2 Corinthians 5:18 NIV).
Outside of the CHURCH does your SPEECH and LIFESTYLE become WITNESSES for God’s GLORY? "… You are the salt of the earth…” (Matthew 5:13 NASB). "… if the salt has become tasteless…” (Matthew 5:13 NASB). "…It is no longer good for anything…” (Matthew 5:13 NASB).
“… (because of the indwelling holy spirit, God’s people are also) the light of the world..." (John 9:5, 8:12 KJV). “... [god’s people are].... a light to reveal God to the nations...” (Luke 2:32 NLT). “... A Light of revelation...” (LUKE 2:32 NASB). “…He said to them, “Do you bring in a lamp to put it under a bowl or a bed? Instead, don’t you put it on its stand?…” (Mark 4:21-15 NIV). “…The Light (is given to God’s people and has the power to)… [enlighten] every man (woman)…” (John 1:19 NASB).“…. [God’s people]… now have this light shining in [their]… hearts, but [they them]selves are like fragile clay jars containing this great treasure. This makes it clear that [their]… great power is from God, not from [them]selves…” (2 Corinthians 4:5-7 NLT).
Christians JUDGE and CONDEMN other people for BOLDLY coming out and living the LIFESTYLES they choose to live. "…Do not judge, or you too will be judged…” (Matthew 7:1 NIV). "…Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven…” (Luke 6:37 NIV). “…Why do you look at the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye?..” Luke 6:41 NASB). “…When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, "Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her…" (John 8:7 NIV). “…You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on someone else, for at whatever point you judge another, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things…” (Romans 2:1 NIV).
Yet they REMAIN CLOSETED and SILENT about their OWN proclaimed lifestyles. “…To him (her) therefore that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin…” (James 4:17 KJV). “…And a servant who knows what the master wants, but isn’t prepared and doesn’t carry out those instructions, will be severely punished…” (Luke 12:47 NLT).
Christians THINK changing HUMANS laws will CHANGE people’s EVIL choices, when THEY themselves are DOING some of the same things. “…God, who …gave us the ministry of reconciliation …” (2 Corinthians 5:18 NIV). “… [He sent the ] …one … who can reconcile God and humanity—the man Christ Jesus…” (1 Timothy 2:5 NLT).“…There is SALVATION IN NO ONE ELSE…” (Acts 4:12a NLT). “… my righteous servant (Jesus) ... [made]... it possible for many to be counted righteous, for he will bear all their sins…” (Isaiah 53:11 NLT).
“..How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?...” (Romans 10:14 NIV).
A Christian’s WITNESS is MUCH GREATER than a HUMAN LAW, because they are NEON LIGHTS for the SPIRITUAL LAW of GOD that can TRULY bring CHANGE and TRANSFORMATION TO people’s lives by DRAWING them to the TRUTH. The WORLD does as it PLEASES, but God’s people, who possess the POWERFUL, indwelling Holy Spirit, STAY silent, out of their many fears, and WATCH! “... [god’s people are].... a light to reveal God to the nations...” (Luke 2:32 NLT). “... A Light of revelation...” (LUKE 2:32 NASB). “…He said to them, “Do you bring in a lamp to put it under a bowl or a bed? Instead, don’t you put it on its stand?…” (Mark 4:21-15 NIV). “…The Light (is given to God’s people and has the power to)… [enlighten] every man (woman)…” (John 1:19 NASB).
“..If I (Jesus, the WORD) be lifted up from the earth, WILL DRAW all men unto me…” (John 12:32 KJV). “… [The WORD)… is the power of God at work, (MIRACULOUSLY) saving everyone who believes (or everyone who depends upon his powerful Word to save them)…” (Romans 1:16 NLT).
“…[salvation]… IS THE GIFT OF GOD (the Holy Spirit)…” (Ephesians 2:8-9 ASV). “…[YOU ARE] ... Saved by grace through faith… NOT OF YOURSELVES ... not of works (OF THE flesh), that no man should glory…” (Ephesians 2:8-9 ASV).
The WORLD is BOLD about EVIL, which WITNESSES how much RESPECT or HONOR they have for Christian people or Christianity. This WORLD’s TREATMENTS, PERCEPTIONS, or ATTITUDES exist, because God’s proclaimed people have allowed themselves to be MUTED and SILENCED or have TOLD to go SIT in a CORNER while EVIL does it THING!!
God’s people have been GIVEN the ULTIMATE FREEDOM in Christ Jesus and yet the WORLD has BULLIED them out of their God-given WITNESS through speech, example, and conduct!
If CHRISTIANITY is to EVER shape or influence culture AGAIN, God’s people have to become OPENLY CHRISTIAN and become WITNESSES of a FAITH that is TRUSTWORTHY, LOVING, and full of SAVING grace and mercy!
If God’s OWN people don’t STAND BOLDLY in their OWN faith and BELIEFS by what they SAY and DO why would anyone else be INTERESTED in God, the Holy Spirit, who followers won’t EVEN LIVE “openly” righteous and holy for HIM?
God’s people CAN’T make the WORLD accept God, the Holy Spirit, or JESUS, but they CAN willfully and voluntarily CHOOSE to become HIS WITNESSES through their BOLD and OPENLY righteous conduct, attitudes, and words as REPRESENTATIVES and AMBASSADORS, upon earth, of God’s LOVE, his JUSTICE, and his SALVATION in Christ!
This is a CALL to God’s REAL people, who have BEEN SILENCED and MUTED while WATCHING and ALLOWING “FAKE” Christians to turn their FAITH system into a POLITICAL, MARKETED, and CARNAL version of ITSELF!
God’s PEOPLE need to WAKE UP and stop being the SLEEPING GIANT. It is TIME to evangelize the WORLD, again. IF GOD IS FOR “HIS “REAL” PEOPLE” THEN IT DOESN’T MATTER WHO IS AGAINST THEM!!! WAKE UP “BODY OF CHRIST” and be NOT overcome with evil, but overcome evil with God’s HOLY GOOD!
If God’s people want to SEE or WITNESS a REVIVAL of true CHRISTIANITY if “WILL,” first and foremost START with THEM!!
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