Rom 16:17 Now
I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary
to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.
Rom 16:18 For
they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by
good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.
When someone serves
their own belly, they are serving their own needs first and foremost. They might say they are serving the Lord, but
they aren't. They speak wonderfully and in their wonderful speeches they are DECEIVING
the hearts of those who would be Christ's.
Truly, are we not God's if all we do is care for ourselves before
others. We say we need to take care of
ourselves first so we can care for others, but there is a difference between
caring for ourselves and pampering ourselves. There is a big difference in
trusting God to care for our needs while we live for Him, and trusting in
ourselves. Some argue that God expects
us to care for ourselves and gives us the means to do so, and I can't say that
isn't true. I can say if we are caring MORE for ourselves than Him and for
others, we are not listening to God at all.
Php 3:18 (For
many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that
they are the enemies of the cross of Christ
Php 3:19 Whose
end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their
shame, who mind earthly things.)
Php 2:21 For
all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ's.
2Ti 3:4
Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
2Ti 3:5 Having
a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
Jud 1:4 For
there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to
this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into
lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.
More on this
tomorrow by the grace and will of our LORD and SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST NOW AND
FOREVER!!!!!!!
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