We’re biblically allowed to judge the actions of others. We are to inspect the spiritual fruitfulness of one’s actions, deeds and words. Trump isn’t perfect – nor are the rest of us – and he’s doing his best for the nation and the world. I like his policies, and will continue to support any leader whose policies best represent my values as a Christian. The DNC offers no such option, so we gotta deal with Trump for another 2½ years, and I’m okay with that. He’s the PRESIDENT of the United States, not the PASTOR of the United States, and once a person acknowledges that fact it’s easier to deal with his social faux pas moments and the fact that he’s not a mature Christian.
Always remember the essence of Christian holiness is simplicity and purity: one design, one desire: entire devotion to God. – John Wesley pastorwardclinton.com
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?
Matthew 13:36-40 Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field. He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man; The field is the world; the good […]
Calvinists like to say that if you have free will, especially if that is to the degree that you can reject salvation, then God is not sovereign. Scripture tells a very different story. We frequently see that God has, in His Sovereign capacity as Lord, created beings who are more than capable of disobedience. This is an ability we frequently display, to our OWN destruction. God is absolutely sovereign. Calvinists have no monopoly on knowing that fact.
It is just that His sovereignty does not preclude our responsibility. Rather, because that is how He has decided things are, it is an expression of it.
“If anyone says, ‘I love God,’ and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.” — 1 John 4:20
Only God chooses his Elect, this man has been chosen and anointed, True Christians need to recognize this. There is no compromise to the word of God. Try to compromise and you will be left wanting.
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