Who Do You Belong To?

Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God."
– 1 Corinthians 6:9-10

The Holy Spirit it not confused. He is the Spirit of truth (John 16:13). He seals those who belong to the Lord, and the Lord knows who are His (Ephesians 1:13; 2 Timothy 2:19). Jesus said, “My sheep hear my voice” (John 10:27). And, If you are going off track, the Lord is going to speak to you. But if you continue in habitual sin to where you no longer hear the voice of Jesus you must ask the question, “Am I saved”?

We have our own perspectives on life. God also has His perspective. But we cannot judge from His view. As the Apostle Paul wrote, “Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and His ways past finding out!” (Romans 11:33) We have to look to the Word for clarity. That clarity will produce evidence in our lives that we are His (Galatians 5:22).

What we are commanded to do is crucify our flesh (Galatians 5:24). Our flesh does not want anything good. If we are living according to our own will, we are living a life against God. We are not looking to Jesus, the author and perfector of our faith. Jesus said, “I am here to do the will of My Father” (John 5:30). If we are to be like Him we will desire the same. We each have a choice. Do we want Christ to live in us or do we want to fulfill the desires of the flesh? We cannot have both, it is one or the other.

Many people live their Christian life the way they want to live it. They attempt to live in sin when the Bible says contrary. And if your life is contrary to what the Word is saying then you must ask yourself if you are really His. Satan is alive and well. He does not want an effective church. He is on the inside infecting the church. That is the real pandemic that is taking place. The spiritual pandemic happening in the church today is not due to society changing. It is due to the lack of sound Biblical doctrine being preached and followed.

“We hail Jesus as King. But if He is King and we acknowledge Him as such, we owe Him our loyal and unswerving allegiance and our faithful service. We acknowledge Christ as King, but are we His loyal subjects? He has Himself said that professions of loyalty without obedience are not worth much.”
– J.D. Jones