6 things Christians Should Not Be Doing

 

Christians are not perfect. While we get a lot of things right, there are still quite a few things we get wrong. 

Here are few things you should take note of...

1. Attending Church on Sunday but ignoring God’s voice the rest of the week.

Ouch! This one stings a little. Many of us get in the habit of making God just another addition to our weekly check-list, but the reality is that our entire lives should revolve around him. God deserves #1 priority in each of our lives, and to treat him any differently would go against the foundations of the Christian faith. Evaluate the way you are spending your time, money, and energy. If you want to see a change in your life then you need to begin giving God the place of honour he deserves. Stop treating God like the last kid picked in a team sport.

2. Praying for God’s provision when we have yet to use what he has already provided.

Way too many of us tend to treat God like a personal genie. Prayer was given to us as an open line of communication between us and God, but the harsh reality is that way too many try to use it like a drive-thru at a fast-food restaurant. You don’t get to pick and choose the way God provides, but you do get the opportunity to trust his plan and have faith in his promises. I can’t begin to explain how many times I’ve ignored God’s provision because it wasn’t wrapped the way I intended it to be. Every time we purposely ignore God’s provision, we are indirectly telling him, “I don’t trust your plan.”

3. Telling people that “God will never give you anything you can’t handle.”

Why should we stop saying this? Because it’s a lie… We’ve completely twisted 1 Corinthians 10:13, as this verse is pointing towards temptation, and even then it states God will be there if things get too tough. The reality is that God just might give us things we can’t handle so that we will gaze towards him for extra help. Mind-blowing right? Realise that not everything is going to go the way you plan, think, or hope. Sometimes stuff is going to hit the fan, and in order for you to get through it, you are going to NEED to rely on God’s comfort, peace, and understanding. We weren’t meant to do life alone.

4. LET ALL BITTERNESS, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:

Biblically, every believer is to put away every from of malice. How can you call yourself a Christian and find it easier to hold grudges against people?

Grudge is a deep-seated and/or long-term animosity or ill-feeling about something or someone. It may be because of a past bad deed or mistreatment.

Definitely, people will offend us. They will do specific things that will incite us against them. But a good believer will not keep malice with them. We are to love them for who they are.

Candidly, if you are referred to as a Christian. And you love to hold grudges against people, my dear, you are not a true Christian. Because a true Christian is to put away malice

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5. Using Your Tongue Wrongly
James 1:26
If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.

You may be the type who attends Church from Sunday to the next Sunday. But whenever you come back home, you use your tongue wrongly. The Bible says your religion (Christianity) is false.

Hence, a good believer should be able to bring his tongue under subjects. You should be able to keep your mouth shut at times. And you should know when to talk.

People will doubt your testimony of salvation if you speak foul words. Believers should steer clear of corrupt communication such as abusive language, curses are coarse jesting.

Also, if you are able to control your tongue, you are a perfect man (James 3:2). Don’t allow your tongue to control you as a believer.

Indeed, as a good Christian, there are some things you should never say. There are words that should never come out of your mouth.

Weigh your words. Don’t just talk. Represent Christ well on earth by bringing your tongue to subjection.

6. Stop Criticizing Each Other in the "Public Square"

“If your brother or sister sins, go and point out their fault, just between the two of you. If they listen to you, you have won them over.” --Matthew 18:15

The reality of life is there will be times when you disagree with another person.

They could be a believer or an unbeliever. There will be disagreements that happen in the church and even outside the church. Can we please stop airing all our dirty laundry for people to see? Jesus has given us the proper way to manage our disagreements in Matthew 18.

You should always seek to handle conflict privately first and not publicly. Here is one reason why. Because you represent Christ.

If the world sees that we can’t get along with each other, why would they want anything to do with our us? We must recognize sometimes there are more important things than winning the argument or simply being right. If winning means I don’t represent Christ well to the world, then it is far better to lose, because nothing should impede our ability to share Jesus with the world.

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