People will see what they want to see....and or what they have been deceived about.....or out of pride refuse to believe....HE that has ears to hear and eyes to see.....JESUS said..........Just like the guy I worked with.........we had numerous rounds of discussions and the final discussion we had he said this....
"You know, I refuse to believe that if I am a decent moral guy that God would send me to hell." And he then said...."This is what my daddy and grandaddy believed, and if it is good enough for them, it is good enough for me."
That is the attitude of many that will end up in the pit.............
And the kicker......when My brother and I were young we had a kid named Lenny that lived across the road from us and he was as wild as they come.....we had witnessed to him numerous times about JESUS and surprisingly he was a member of a particular religious charismatic group and he yelled across the street, "I would rather be in hell with my friends than in heaven with a bunch of losers like you."
A few years later he committed suicide by car and a rock wall at about 160 KM an hour.................
Does our past interactions and people found our current views?
Because a charismatic believer lived in sin, and only wanted emotional highs does not make the gifts of the Spirit
an illusion.
If one is a sheep of the Lord, you listen to Him, and follow Him. It is really this simple.
We are gifted by the Holy Spirit to be people a certain way, it is our nature.
the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
Gal 5:22-23
People can claim all the theology in the world, revolution, the most evil people possible in
the church, all of which are true, but the fruit of the Spirit is in His people.
So test your fruit, and humble yourself before the Lord Jesus Christ and know His word speaking
to you. Repent and believe because He can and will make you a Child of God, transforming you
into the likeness of His son, our Saviour. Glory to God, Amen.