They profess they know God, but...

Tit 1:15 Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.
Tit 1:16 They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.


They profess they KNOW God- but in works they deny Him.


Just this past week the President of the United States addressed a prayer breakfast- at this prayer breakfast he gave a speech and oh, how he professed to know God. Now I cannot judge this man's eternal life, I can judge no man's eternal life, but I can judge right from wrong, I can judge actions of people and His actions- his works- deny God. This man advocates abortion staunchly. There is NOTHING godly about murdering the unborn, nothing godly about promoting death of the innocent, the helpless. Talking a 'good game' does so very little in the grand scheme of things. There are MANY people we come to find out- TALK about knowing God- but their works end up revealing the truth, they really deny God. When actions deny God all the talk in the world means little.


Isa 29:13 Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men


Draw near with their mouth and their lips honor God, but they've removed their heart far from Him. Does God want lip service? No. God wants heart service.


Eze 33:31 And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness.


They hear, but will not do. Their mouths show MUCH love, but their hearts go after covetousness. Oh how our mouths can profess to love God, but is our heart professing that same love of God? Or do our hearts profess SELF - LOVE above all? What does your heart profess?!


Rom 2:18 And knowest his will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law;
Rom 2:19 And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness,
Rom 2:20 An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law.
Rom 2:21 Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal?
Rom 2:22 Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege?
Rom 2:23 Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God?


Teaching others- do you not teach yourself?
Preaching do not steal- do you steal?
Saying not to commit adultery- do you commit adultery?
Abhorring idols- do you worship them?
Boasting of the law even while you break it- DISHONORING GOD!


Our tongues are wicked members- so very wicked.


Jas 3:5 Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
Jas 3:6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
Jas 3:7 For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:
Jas 3:8 But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.


Tit 1:15 Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.
Tit 1:16 They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.


The tongue professes God; that evil, wicked, poisonous little member boasts, it defiles, it speaks wonderful soothing words all the while the heart is pure evil. By the words spoken there isn't a clue as to the wickedness inside. Not many boast of their evil ways- many go to great lengths to hide their evil. The deception people practice is unbelievable. We live in a world with many great boasters, with many loud people professing their knowledge of God, with a multitude of silver-tongued people speaking of God and yet inside they are heartless, inside they are hollow, inside they are pure lovers of self without any love of God.


Joh 3:19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
Joh 3:20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
Joh 3:21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.


Jas 1:22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.


May God help us not to deceive ourselves!


May our profession of the knowledge of God be filled with the works of God in us.


By Your grace my Savior, by Your grace.


Amen.