Okay, so maybe you’re not the small bag or the big
bag, but there is another purse I want to talk about. On the outside and from a distance, this might look like a genuine Louis
Vuitton. It looks pretty good on the
outside…kinda close to the real deal.
But there are subtle things that to the discerning eye will tell you it
is a knock off---a fake! Perhaps the
best indicator is what is on the inside.
I’m told that a real LV has a serial number and the finest grade of
suede for its liner. A close look at
this “Louis” does not reveal any numbers and the “leather” feels pretty cheap to
the touch. What about you? Are you real
on the inside? When others get close to you, do they see indicators that you
are authentic? Does your heart truly belong to Jesus or do you just “look the part”? Just like my fake Louis, fake “Christians” can
give the appearance of being real, especially from a distance.
Jesus warned us of these types of people. In fact, He told them directly that their
faith was only on outside. In Matt.
23:27, He said “Woe to you, teachers of the Law and Pharisees, you
hypocrites! You are like whitewashed
tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of the
bones of the dead and everything unclean.”
Not everyone who says “Lord Lord” will enter the Kingdom of heaven any
more than a purse with “LV” on it will pass for a real Louis Vuitton. The life
of an authentic Christian will be one that bears good fruit. It is a life
marked by love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
gentleness, and self-control. Apart from Christ, you cannot have these things.
Apart from Christ, we are empty and dead on the inside.If your inside is empty and dead---without the eternal life that comes only through Jesus Christ, you can change that here, tonight. Paul tells us in the book of Romans that while we were still sinners---while we were still dead inside---Christ died for us. (Romans 5:8) Today is the day of salvation. Do not harden you heart.
Blessings,
Teresa
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