Fake Christians?

I’m a teacher. I teach in one of the best private secondary schools in Kuala Lumpur. And I must say, I take pride in that fact (hehe…I’m human). During my first sharing for Christian Fellowship with my students yesterday, we had a discussion about ‘fake Christians’. I found all sorts of things on this topic as I was surfing the net. There is even a group on facebook called ‘Fake Christian Alert’! We all agree that Christians are not perfect. The truth of the matter is…..actions speak louder than words. That is why its only through Christ that we will not be fake Christians. Why do I say this?, you may ask. Because we are all a work in progress. We have and will sin…its in our nature….we are born of sin. BUT it is ONLY through Christ (and not our doing) that we are free. No amount of serving God will make you more perfect.  You serve God in response to your love for Christ and what He did on the cross for you.

Lets go back to the beginning for a while. When Adam and Eve sinned, there was a separation between man and God. God gave the law to Moses to create order. Why? Just imagine having roads with no rules…..we’d live in chaos! So yes, the law was needed. There was also the question of how will God’s people fellowship with Him? God is Holy and man is with sin. Therefore, there was a sacrificial system (Burnt Offering, Grain Offering, Sin Offering, etc.) that was put in place to enable His people to live a holy life. There were so many offerings (which are very symbolic and picture the work of Christ--which is so amazingly cool! but we'll save that for another time) that shows us not just the sanctity of God but His immense desire to fellowship with His people. From all this we can see that, being in the presence of God without the blood of Jesus was so hard. That is why Jesus had to come. Not just to show that people can’t live by law, but also enable us to communicate with God at the speed of thought through the power of Christ and the Holy Spirit. Now we don’t live by law but through the grace and mercy of Christ Jesus. Living with a whole set of rules is difficult…..now we have Christ who paid the price through the ultimate sacrifice of dying on the cross for us. Imagine the Son of God thought of YOU, came with no recognition, showed us how to live, was WITHOUT SIN, died a cruel death and rose again for YOU! Through Jesus, there is freedom! Christ did not come to play religion! He came to have a relationship with His people. Christianity is not a bunch of rituals but a relationship. Its like no other religion....and that is why many don't like calling it a religion (watch video below to understand).

Christianity is based on a relationship with Jesus Christ. Fake Christians pretend to have a relationship with Christ yet are dead to Him on the inside. You can go to church but be dead to Christ. That makes you a fake Christian. Christians are a work in progress…..but when you say you are a Christian and don’t attempt (by asking the Holy Spirit to help you) to live in and by and through Christ….you have fallen away. If your problem is that you think you are too messed up for God…..that He cannot handle your problems…..honey, you got the wrong God! The God I serve can do anything! He is Almighty! If he can take a Saul who was a murderer and anti-Jesus and tranform him into Paul, the focused Christ-centered man who lived a single-life doing the work of Christ and wrote TWO-THIRDS of the new testemant….my God can work with you. It is when this relationship with Christ grows that we are able to serve Christ out of a love for Him. So those who are convicted that they are ‘fake Christians’…..make a decision to get your relationship with Jesus right and surrender your life to Him. He will help you overcome your problems…..yes even problems with addiction to pornography, insecurities, fear……He can do ALL things. He saved me :).

Enjoy they clip below. Its amazing :) (Please do not read the subtitles....lots of errors).  

Be blessed.