Religion

Christians That Are Seen As Two Faced

by Lincoln in 19.08.2009 21:51

It is unfortunate that many Christians are not the same people at home as they are at church.

Average Christians are well behaved when hanging out with other followers of Jesus. They profess a desire and a zeal to better know God and fellowship with fellow believers. They come across as having great insight into God's word and spiritual issues.

Outside the church walls, these perfect Christians are drastically different. Telling all sorts of lies or cheating people out of their money or things is a regular occurrence for them. Conning those they do business with or having flings with coworkers is something they approve of. It is a curious matter how these tricky Christians make great efforts to keep their dark actions hidden away. Extreme caution is used to make sure those that hang out at church don't have a clue about these sinful activities.

Many Christians are able to live two faced lives because of their ability to deceive. Notorious serial killers were not captured for decades because they were able to deceive. Even the spouses of such killers were unable to see the monster lurking under the surface as they prowled at night killing woman after woman.

The people that committed such horrible actions were able to play out their dirty thoughts in the real world because of how well they fabricated stories and fables about where they were and what they did when in fact they were out killing.

Another factor of two faced living has to do with the evil human heart. Sinful actions of the heart, even if not yet committed, are condemned by God.

In the sermon on the Mount Jesus illustrated this point by saying: You have heard that it was said to the people long ago,'Do not murder,' . . . But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment(Matt. 5:21-22).

In other words, I can boast about not killing but if I get angry with my brother I am two face, and guilty of a similar attitude as that of a killer.

When we get angry we lose control and it often gets us to do things we later regret. Many times, when we get angry with those close to us, we are momentarily numb to the fact that they will be brutalized through our anger. And then we fight such an uphill battle trying to put broken pieces back together.

In conclusion, it is important to realize that what we do in our hiding place is seen by God and the things of the heart are to Him as the committed action.

One's tendency toward murder in our heart makes us double Christians even if on the exterior we seem to be nice.

Daniel Capusan is the author of The Chrisitan Behind Closed Door http://www.christianbehindcloseddoor.com to purchase now.

Rating: