Immoral Christians

What did you think of when you saw that phrase "Immoral Christians?" What would you think if you saw a newspaper headline saying "Christians Caught in Immorality?" Probably that once again someone fell to sexual immorality. Adultery or fornication followed by divorce. Perhaps some might even think of some financial wrong doing. Some ministry leader appropriating funds given the ministry for his own gain.

Those are the usual thoughts, but they don't reflect one of the biggest areas of immorality in the church today. One that is deserving of the headline "Millions of Christians Caught in Rampant Immorality." What am I thinking? Read on.

What did Jesus say was the greatest commandment? Its given to us in Matthew 22:37, "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind." No one ever thinks about the last part of that commandment. We think about whether we love God with all our heart, all our life, all our emotion. But what about our minds?

Do you love God with all your mind? With the way you think? With the way you reason? Is your thinking biblical? We are called by Him to be diligent in our thought life, in how we reason. It is shocking how biblically unprepared most people are. Most are not thoroughly trained in how to think and reason as a Christian. Most are well trained in how to think and reason humanistically. Did you know that humanism is a religion? That it is anti-God. That is arises from the pits of hell? Did you know that we have all been taught it most of our lives?

It takes some serious work and study, some disciplining of our minds to overcome this. God is willing to help us in this regard if we are willing to apply ourselves. But there, that's the big catch, are we willing to apply ourselves. How about you? Do you study the Bible with a purpose? Do you seek out His great commands, precepts and principles for life? Or is your study unfocused, without purpose?

Choose this day to train up your mind. Participate in some challenging Bible studies, ones that press you outside your comfort zone. Attend a church where there are other mature growing Christians. Seek out other Christians that have and are training their minds, that are being obedient to God and seeking to live Biblically.

You see, God said we are to love Him with all our mind. If we don't do this, then we are not loving Him. There is no neutral ground. If you're not loving Him then you are loving someone or something else. If He is not your first love, then you are a most immoral Christian and that newspaper article is for you. Choose this day who you will serve and love.