The selfishness that occurs due to our weak knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ is caused by a lack of communication with God. We may say that we pray every day, but my beloved, what are we praying for? Are we praying for the truth of God to be revealed in us so we can preach the word of God throughout the world? Or are we praying to worldly satisfaction? Do we want people to do everything the way we want it done because we are the perfect Christians? I say assuredly, when we continue to pray to God for something He does not want to give us, He eventually may allow us to obtain it, but it will also come with the consequences of why God didn’t want to grant that prayer request. Let us not blame the Lord for our selfishness.

This denomination outburst is incredible. We have become so divided in order to have a higher place so in this world to say we are doing the will of God. The commandments of Jesus Christ were to “You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind,” and “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” (Matthew 22:37-39) Our selfishness causes us to be divided; we are unwilling to accept one another. We are so stiff-necked and hard-hearted. We all want the Word to conform to our lives and to be shaped around our selfish nature. We must shape our lives around the Word of God so it can mold us into His perfect image.

I have seen so many denominations of Christianity that will not even listen, let alone acknowledge another denomination because they do not do the same things or follow the same rituals that they do. We all want to have people convert to our denomination by teaching why our denomination is better than all the other ones, but where is the Word of God? Where is the encouragement to love brothers and sisters and to tend to the lost sheep? Yet we keep statistics of how many converts we make, and how many members we have, how much money we raise, building projects, and all this worldly information so we may boast. This information is not for the Lord because He already knows! Why does it matter how many members a church has or how many people converted?

Speaking to a Catholic relative the other day, she told me the Catholic Church is the ONLY church because it is the “universal” church and is the church that Simon Peter established. I say assuredly, the ONLY church is the Church that the Lord Jesus Christ established. That is the universal church. What we label a church is not what makes it the Church of Christ, it is what our spirits put into it and what our spirits get out of it that makes it the church. Whether we are Catholic, Baptist, Methodist, or any other denomination of Christianity, we are ALL baptized by the SAME Holy Spirit and none of us is any different from the other. To be a Christian, we must believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. If we do not trust Him, rely upon Him, cling onto Him, knowing that He died for our sins, but rose again on the third day by the power of God the Father, and have the assurance of salvation, that we will be with Him in eternity, we are not yet a true Christian. We are just going along with the label. Whatever denomination we claim, the ONLY thing that truly matters is that we preach the Word of God and we live accordingly to the commandments of the Lord Jesus Christ. Assuredly, if we want to stand to worship, sit to worship, wear earrings or not wear earrings, hats or not hats, sneakers or shoes, and the list can go on and on, do it for the glory of God. Just love the Lord and praise God for giving us life! Don’t let petty rituals and religion get in the way of the loving relationship we have with our Savior, our Comforter, our Friend, our Protector, our Provider, our Messiah, our Christ, our Lord, OUR GOD!!!

In Romans 14:1 the apostle Paul writes “As FOR the man who is a weak believer, welcome him [into your fellowship], but not to criticize his opinions or pass judgment on his scruples or perplex him with discussions.” (Amplified Bible)

Who are we to say a person is a weak believer and tell them how they serve the Lord is wrong? Let the Lord guide them as we unite with them in fellowship. Let us not cause brothers and sisters to fall because we do not agree with their methods. The way they serve may bring them closer to God the same way we serve brings us closer to God. If the way we serve doesn’t bring us closer to God, maybe we are really the weak believer and should be the one asking for their guidance.

I actually have an answer to the opening question “how to be a perfect Christian?” The answer is simple. The Lord Jesus Christ answered it to for us two thousand years ago. If someone disagrees, you are not disagreeing with me because I didn’t say it; I’m just quoting my Lord and Savior Jesus the Christ. The answer is to love God with your all and ask Him to let the Holy Spirit guide us. Once we have truly opened our hearts and accepted the Holy Spirit, it will unite us with our brothers and sisters covered by the blood of Jesus Christ regardless of which denomination of Christianity we belong to. Let the labels not divide us, but let Christ unite us! We shall speak out on what is against the will of God, provide support for the body of Christ, helping each other grow in truth accepting each other’s differences, so in all ways we can glorify Christ, our Savior and King.

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We are constantly thinking about ourselves and what we want. When we pray to God, we ask over and over again give me this house, give me this mate, give me this job, give me, me,me. We ask for all of this because our self-centeredness makes us believe the universe revolves around us and for God’s glory to be revealed to the world, it must be through our selfishness.

However, God knows our heart. Those who ask for all earthly possessions will not receive it from God because He knows once we have it, we will want more. Before we even thank Him for what we do have, we plan our next wants and desires.

We see ourselves as perfect, but He sees us as a beautiful mess. He wants to fix our mess so desperately, but our arrogance and pride hinders that from happening.

However, our eyes are wide open to see what is going on in the lives of others. We are very foolish. We gossip about other people, putting them down in the presence of others but laughing with them to their face. Gossip hurts three people; the two talking about a person, and the person who is being talked about.

Yet, we call ourselves Christians, but is it not in the Spirit of Christ to take aside a person, have a loving conversation to explain to them what is going on? We constantly look for someone to blame when we are to be blamed.

Just recently someone asked if I knew the number to INS. In case you are unaware, INS is the branch of the government who deports “illegal” residents from the land of the “free.” I replied that I did not have it and inquired why it was needed. To my dismay, they wanted to deport a person because a friend left his/her child with the person in question. She did not do a good job watching the child and the parent of the child wanted to have this lady deported.

I rebuked the thought and let it be known that I cannot take part in condemning anyone. It is not what I was commanded to do by my Lord Jesus Christ. However, I did ask how people can entrust their children with just anyone because it is free. Nonetheless, I was cast away for my heart being in the place of finding a resolution through the name of Jesus and not through man’s own understanding.

In another situation, a person sent out a message that can be hurtful to a certain group of people. I asked them, as a Christian, is that message the best way to address the situation by putting down and quite possibly humiliating them. I was informed they are entitled to their own thoughts and opinions.

However, Christians, if you believe this you do not fully believe, understand, and trust the Lord Jesus Christ. We by no means are entitled to our own opinions. Remember, we surrendered ALL to Christ Jesus, so that His Holy Spirit could fill us, overwhelm us and it be His thoughts and opinions that fill our mind. We laid our thoughts and opinions at the feet of the cross and left it there and left with Him, our new life, a life more abundantly. That is what allows us to be called a Christian. We take CHRIST as our LORD and SAVIOR. We sometimes think because we pray or read our bible that makes us a Christian or closer to God, but my beloved, Atheist, Muslims, and even the devil read the Bible, and because we are constantly in petty dispute within our faith, we hinder the wonderful works of the Holy Spirit, and it allows the enemies of God to use scripture against us.

These three words however have the capability of being the most beautiful words ever used. When we are filled with love, peace, and joy from the Holy Spirit of God, He allows us to genuinely say “I love you.” We also find ourselves saying “Use me Lord to carry out Your will,” or “How can I serve you?”

These are the most beautiful combinations of these three words that can be used against the evil and depravity these words are currently being associated with. However, the greatest of all, which makes the most life changing experience and opened the door to Selfless Faith, is “I surrender ALL to you Jesus, my LORD and SAVIOR.”

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