184th Post Jesus Said on Religious Practices - New Topic Comment

Religious practices was where the Jews had gotten off track, when they received God's Word from Moses on Mount Sinai. It was over religious practices that Jesus and the Pharisees quarreled during Jesus earthly ministry. The Jews started to worship God according to their own understanding instead of God's. This is what Proverbs 3: 5-6, teaches against. Unfortunately we can also fall into this trap today. God desires a personal relationship with all of His children. We are called to be salt and light in an unbelieving world. To be effective, we have to go out in the world. Many Christians choose to spend as much time at Church during the week as they can; and they only deal with other Christians. This is a very easy trap to fall into, because it is easy, and we feel good about ourselves. This group I call salt in the shaker, it is very easy to keep your Christian values, only dealing with other Christians. Christians will not purposely push your buttons or make you uncomfortable. However, Jesus calls us to be in the world, but not of the world. You can not be effective as salt if you stay in the shaker. It is this whole idea of comfort that keeps us from being effective. Another pitfall is Church itself. The Christian life is a 24 hour 7 day a week commitment. Unfortunately, many Christians are Christians only while they are in Church. Jesus requires us to be His 24 hours 7 days a week. This means we act as Christians at work, at home, and everywhere else. If you were convicted of being a Christian, would they be able to find enough evidence to convict you?? Only you can answer this question, and do something to change it if your answer is no.