Harder and harder tests - (Two main dangers for a Christian - part 5)
There are especially two dangers along the road, that Jesus warned us of. Here we continue to look at danger one – jumping off when trouble and persecution arises.
We ended last time with this:
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But not everyone wants to “Give All the Heart” and follow Jesus, no matter the cost.
And the person that is not willing to “Give All the Heart” and follow Jesus, no matter the cost, will jump out when the gate becomes too narrow.
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So continuing…
Harder and harder tests
Another way of describing it is this:
For all of us, there will come challenges where we have to choose either to obey Jesus or disobey.
These challenges will get harder and harder, until 100% has to be given, or the person jumps out.
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So let’s look at practical example of this:
Let say someone really wants to get married and meets a non-Christian boy.
This should not really be a hard choice, but for a person with only 60% commitment, maybe that will make her to jump out.
So now she has to either increase her commitment to, let say 70%, or jump out.
(And unfortunately I have seen people jumping out at this choice.)
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So to stay a Christian, now she has to increase the commitment.
Hopefully she doesn't do like the person I knew, but she increases it.
Then God will continue to show her His love, making it easy for her to give 100%.
(Which ideally should have been given to start with, but God is so good, helping people that actually have not done it.)
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Life goes on. Having passed this test, God gives her a good Christian husband.
After some years, God tells her husband that they have to do something so they will lose their friends.
To lose her friends is a harder challenge. Now 70% commitment won't do.
Again she has the choice to either increase the commitment, or jump out.
And so it continues until reaching 100%.
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In all this God is fair and I think it is clear that for children dying young, people with some mental problems and people that have low IQ, God sees the heart and can make specials.
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Now the right and also smartest way of doing it, is of course to give 100% to start with, and if you did not do it to start with, to do it now.
Stay tuned for point 29 - 118
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