QUESTION: “WHAT IS THE CHRISTIAN’S DOWNHILL SLIPPERY SLIDE?”
QUESTION:
“WHAT IS THE CHRISTIAN’S DOWNHILL SLIPPERY SLIDE?”
ANSWER:
“SIMPLES … MURMURING
& THANKLESSNESS”
Put
it this way Dear Reader, what does any parent want to hear from their
son or
daughter?
“Thanks
Mum you’re simply the best … the way you look after me!”
“Thanks
Dad for providing me with clothes, a roof, and education … how can I
ever repay
you? You are wonderful!”
How then
does the Christian Slippery Slide
Syndrome (C.S.S.S) start?
First off,
when you wake up in the morning, indeed
before you fall asleep at night, start thinking about yourself
… you
know … how you missed out on life; what you want; what
you don’t
have; who is upsetting you; comparing yourself to
others; being envious
and their ‘good fortune’; if only you had such and such … and the
list goes
on and on and on and on and on … get the picture?
1.
NO
THANKFULNESS
aka Half-Glass Empty Syndrome
“Because
that, when they knew God, they glorified
him not as God, neither were THANKFUL; but became vain
in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.”
(Romans
1:21)
“And let
the peace of God rule in your
hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye THANKFUL.”
(Colossians 3:15)
“By him
therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise
to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips
giving THANKS to his
name.” (Hebrews 13:15)
“Enter
into his gates with THANKSGIVING,
and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him,
and bless
his name.”
(Psalm 100:4)
“Rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing. In everything give THANKS: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.” (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18)
2. MURMURING
aka
“B.O.B.S.” (Baby On Breast Syndrome)
“I want
more! more! more! I want more! Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!”
aka “G.P.S.” (Gimme Pig Syndrome)
“But murmured
in their tents, and hearkened
not unto the voice of the LORD.”
(Psalm 106:25)
“Neither
murmur ye, as some of them also
murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.” (1 Corinthians
10:10)
“How long
shall I bear with this evil congregation,
which murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of
the
children of Israel, which they murmur against me.” (Numbers
14:27)
Dear
Reader, become mathematically minded … if you put ‘two and two’
together,
you’ll have thanklessness and murmuring as the cause
for a
Christian hitting rock-bottom.
Above
all, do not give God his due before you have been satisfied.
Question:
“What’s God ever done for ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME!”
Answer:
:For
God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that
whosoever
believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”
(John
3:16)
So
Dear Reader, you may be saying “How do I become a Christian?”
Answer:
“Believe ON the Lord Jesus Christ.” … and this is what
it means …
“Wow!”
“Thank
you Jesus for dying for my sins!
Thank
you Jesus for paying for my sins!
Thank
you Jesus have paid the sin debt I owe God for not perfectly
obeying his
laws!
I
don’t deserve anything but you have now given me eternal life
in heaven!
Thank
you Jesus you have saved me … and never to be lost!”
Harley
Hitchcock
September
2024
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