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MANY PROFESSED CHRISTIANS ARE THE ENEMIES OF GOD!
By Ryan Hicks

Becoming God's enemies seems to be a common goal of many professed Christians. I would imagine a majority of the people reading this that call themselves Christ's are actually God's enemies and are such under the false guise of being loving.

James 4:4
4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

Now, I want you to think about your friends and acquaintances. Who do you socialize with frequently? Are they godly Christians living upright lives of faith or backsliders and outright unsaved people? If the later you are God's enemy. You can make all the tired excuses like, "I am trying to be a good witness to them." No, you are one of them, and you are God's enemy. If you want to witness, then do so, but befriending them and making them think they have the Christian's stamp of approval on their life means you have chosen them over God.

2 Corinthians 6:14-18
14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,
18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

Who are you going to obey, the world or God? God tells you that He will be your Father and you will be His child only if you are not unequally yoked together with unbelievers, nor have fellowship with unrighteousness, nor have communion with darkness. You claim to be saved and be a child of God but you are friends with unbelievers? You are as unsaved as they are. You are merely playing religious games with God and you are His enemy. If you were truly saved you would have little to nothing in common with the unbelievers. You would not be friends because you would be totally incompatible. A saint would be mindful of the Lord and ever speaking praises of Him and the sinner would be mindful of self and exalting sin.

2 Chronicles 19:2
2 And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the LORD? therefore is wrath upon thee from before the LORD.

The wrath of God was upon Jehoshaphat because he helped the ungodly and loved them that hate the Lord. Can you, professed Christian, expect anything other than God's wrath when you disobey His plain commands and are a friend of the world?

1 Corinthians 15:33
33 Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

Your evil associations will corrupt your good manners, not vice versa. Stop with the lame excuses about how you are trying to win the unbelievers to Christ. You are an unbeliever yourself if you are friends with unbelievers. You do not believe the Scriptures anymore than they do, and you disobey it just like they do in your very act of being friends with them. You are a hell bound sinner just as lost as those you supposedly want to convert to your disobedient form of religion. Why does the world want to be friends with you supposed Christians? The answer is simply because you are one of its own. Jesus said, "If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you" (John 15:19). John said, "Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you" (1 John 3:13). The world does not hate you because you are of the world yourself. Repent of such evil and come to faith in the true Lord Jesus Christ, not the "jesus" of your vain imaginations. Forsake your fellowship with unrighteousness and start having fellowship with the righteous. If you are easily lulled into fellowship with the world, then bring some stronger brothers or sisters in Christ with you if you are going to witness. Do not allow yourself to get caught up in the same evil again. "Can two walk together, except they be agreed?" (Amos 3:3). Either you will agree with God and God's people and walk with them, or your will agree with Satan and his people and walk with them. The choice is between being a child of God or being an enemy of God, and you have no middle ground to take. Choose today whom you will serve.

Psalms 1:1-3
1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

http://www.brotherhicks.com/home/false- ... f-god.html

I want to say that I do not agree with what this young man teaches on his site as a whole nor do I agree with the word of Faith movement. I just agree with his words on enemies of God.

I agree, Frank. I saw a recent poll that said that 86% of people here in the USA say they're Christians. Well.... no need to even attempt to explain that. A friend said that one of satan's greatest achievements is getting some to believe they're saved when they aren't. Scripture explains salvation in black in white, if some out there would care to read it. It's the difference in "knowing God", and knowing about God. I have a feeling that before too long, individual Christians in this nation are going to have a choice to make, either for Him, or not. Get ready, folks, our so called government wants to know exactly where you stand on this issue.