Thoughts From a Random Mind

            I’m seeing people who once said they were Christians begin to fall away from the faith. Either things have become too hard for them and they blame God or ignorant of what scripture says they really don’t know God at all. They falsely view God’s commandments as nothing more than a list of do’s and don’t. Where once they dug deep for spiritual nuggets, they have regressed back to being spoon fed. They listen to anything and everything without discernment, which can only lead to confusion. We must know what we believe and why we believe it.

            The bible refers to this as the apostasy or a falling away. The exact definition of the word apostasy is “the abandonment or renunciation of a religious or political belief.” It is “embracing an opinion that is contrary to one's previous religious beliefs.” They are then known as an “apostate”. Scripture says that a person who once knew the Lord and turned away is worse off than someone who never knew the Lord in the first place (2 Peter 2:20-22). That person becomes anathema or cursed by God. 

            To guard against being sucked into the vortex of the world you must feed your spirit man religiously each day. A bible verse to meditate on during the day, a devotional reading, a full blown bible study, prayer, reading or listening to reliable, Christ-centered teaching, fellowship in or outside of church with the brethren are all ways to feed your spirit man. Don’t let your guard down. The devil is shrewd and will strike at your weakest point without warning, but he is a defeated foe. He knows it, God knows it and now you know it. Stand firm in your faith. No one can take your faith in God from you, but you can let it dry up and die. Don’t let it! Until next time, walk with the King and be a blessing. rlkeller

If indeed they have escaped the corruption of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, only to be entangled and overcome by it again, their final condition is worse than it was at first. It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than to have known it and turned away from the holy commandment passed on to them. Of them the proverbs are true: “A dog returns to its vomit,” and, “A sow that is washed goes back to her wallowing in the mud.” – 2 Peter 2:20-22