God Doesn't Accept Anything Less Than Everything

 There is no such thing as a "cultural Christian."

The very idea implies a false witness of Jesus, not a true one. Either you give your whole self to God, or you have given nothing to Him.  There is no in between.  God saves on His terms, not man's. 

Matthew 7:15-23 NLT — “Beware of false prophets who come disguised as harmless sheep but are really vicious wolves. You can identify them by their fruit, that is, by the way they act. Can you pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? A good tree produces good fruit, and a bad tree produces bad fruit. A good tree can’t produce bad fruit, and a bad tree can’t produce good fruit. So every tree that does not produce good fruit is chopped down and thrown into the fire. Yes, just as you can identify a tree by its fruit, so you can identify people by their actions. “Not everyone who calls out to me, ‘Lord! Lord!’ will enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Only those who actually do the will of my Father in heaven will enter. On judgment day many will say to me, ‘Lord! Lord! We prophesied in your name and cast out demons in your name and performed many miracles in your name.’ But I will reply, ‘I never knew you. Get away from me, you who break God’s laws.’

The basic requirement to be a follower of Jesus is that you have to deny yourself, take up your cross and follow Jesus. You cannot follow Him without checking your ways at the door and embracing His ways.

Many... Most... Who erroneously believe they can have as much, or as little, of Jesus as they want are being led into an antichrist religion by letting non-believers hijack a lukewarm church that wants to avoid trouble, not be reformed by it.

It's simple. This is a moment in time. Hell is forever. Most who claim to love Jesus will choose hell by default, because they refused to die to themselves.  Going to hell is where Jesus found you, if He's found you at all. Unless you voluntarily and intentionally learn to actually follow His leadership, it's still where you are going.

Luke 9:23-26 NKJV — Then He said to them all, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me. “For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it. “For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and is himself destroyed or lost? “For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words, of him the Son of Man will be ashamed when He comes in His own glory, and in His Father’s, and of the holy angels.

Matthew 7:13-14 NLT — “You can enter God’s Kingdom only through the narrow gate. The highway to hell is broad, and its gate is wide for the many who choose that way. But the gateway to life is very narrow and the road is difficult, and only a few ever find it.

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