Make Your Calling and Election Sure

Religion

Believe it or not, we are living in the last days. Take a look around. Evil is lurking on every hand and the world is not getting any better. Surely God is grieved as He looks down upon this depraved generation. This cannot go on forever. Soon God will do something about the condition of today's world.

As Christians, we must prepare ourselves for the destruction that's up ahead. We must set ourselves apart. Do not be ashamed of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Stand up and be different from those around you. If you act like the world, you will be judged with the world and, thus, destroyed with the world. God wants His people to be like Him. How is He, you might ask. God is a spirit, and all who worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth. Away with this phoney business. Away with pretense and hypocrisy. Any who call on the name of the Lord must put away all ungodliness and take on God's righteousness.
There is no two ways about it. There is no middle ground.
Either you are a sinner, or you are a saint. Sinner, saved by grace? No such thing. You cannot be a sinner and be saved at the same time. This is a great contradiction.
A sinner sins. He can't help himself. Once God saves you, you no longer sin. You must learn the holy ways of God and perform them.

Don't make claims that are not true. If you are not living a life pleasing to God--pure and holy, you are not saved. If you are not saved, you are not a true Christian.
Be honest with yourself. Has Jesus called you to be one of His followers? Then quit acting like the world and act like Him.