He who becomes a friend to the world’s ways becomes an enemy to Christ’s ways and people.  When you begin to love them, you begin to dislike Christ’s religion.  When you begin to worship money you cease to worship God.  When you begin to love the house of pleasure you begin to dislike the house of prayer. When you begin to love bad books you begin to lose a taste for the Bible.  When you seek irreligious associates you draw off steadily from intercourse with the people of God.  When the greedy lust of the world has eaten out a Christian conscience, when it has deadened the spiritual sense, when it has dry-rotted the whole heart, when it has banished The Christ and possessed the soul’s affections then the man is ready to completely to desert the Lord’s camp.  Actually he has deserted!

What is any person worth to the Church, or to God, when his heart is the property of Satan?  He may linger within the camp or even wear the uniform of a church member.  But when the bugle calls to action he is not in the ranks.  When a march of reform is ordered or a strife for God’s law is waged, he is calling for compromise or flat-out “missing.”  Therefore, when the final role call is announced, he won’t be there.

Matthew 7:21-23  Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

Still, Jesus calls “Come unto Me,” therefore why would you resist Him?

–Pastor Ward Clinton