Who doesn’t enjoy a good sauce with his food? People have become so used to the sauce, that they can’t live without it. There’s nothing exciting about food without sauce. It doesn’t matter what you eat or if the food is well prepared or not, if the sauce is good the food is good. The sauce adds flavor and determines the quality and overall taste of the dish. This is also seen in Christianity. Christians love pouring a Christian sauce over the things of this world. Ma jimpurtax, whether something is forbidden and evil according to the Bible, they just pour a Christian sauce over the things of this world and make it approved. And so they Christianize the things of this world to make them approved and acceptable for Christians. Madankollu, people can Christianize whatever they want, but does that make a difference to God?
The love for the world
Most Christians still love the world and enjoy the things of the world. Because of their love for the world, they don’t distance themselves from the things and works of this world, li ġejjin mis-saltna tad-dlam.
Nru, they want to hold on to the things of the world. Christians want to do the same things and live the same lives as the people, li jappartjenu għad-dinja.
Instead of bringing forth fruits that meet their Indiema and walking in holiness (to be set apart from the world and dedicated unto God), and doing what God says and dying to their flesh and removing the things of this world from their lives, they copy the things of the world and pour a Christian sauce over it. Because according to them, this Christian sauce is supposed to make everything approved and acceptable.
Tħobb mhux id-dinja, la l-affarijiet li hemm fid-dinja. Jekk xi bniedem iħobb id-dinja, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, ix-xewqa tal-laħam, u x-xewqa tal-għajnejn, u l-kburija tal-ħajja, mhux tal-Missier, but is of the world. And the world passes away, u x-xewqa tiegħu: but he that does the will of God abides for ever
1 John 2:15-17
Does the Christian sauce makes everything approved?
Christians want to do everything they see the world do, including the entertainment of the world. And to ease their mind and conscience, they have found a way to do that. They just put the word ‘Christian’ in front of it. Because using the word ‘Christian’ and Christianizing it, you make it approved and acceptable for Christians to do.
Many Christians are no longer innovators of God, but imitators of the world. They copy all the things that the world has to offer and pour out a Christian sauce over all evil things and Christianize them and appropriate them.
Per eżempju, there are Christian tobba, Kristjan psikologi u psikjatri, Kristjan acupuncturists, Kristjan Reiki practitioners, Kristjan massage therapists, Kristjan arti marzjali, Kristjan yoga, Christian prayer or healing bracelets, Christian astrology, Kristjan Halloween, Kristjan tattoos, Christian tattoo shops, Christian dating sites, Kristjan gay associations, Christian Romans/Phantasy and Science fiction, Christian talent shows, Christian dance competitions, Christian comedians, Christians magicians/illusionists (gospel magicians), Christian tarot cards, Kristjan (tfal) theater, Christian music concerts, Christian festivals, Kristjan (mużika) awards, Christian actors, Christian amusement parks, Christian DJs, Christian dance events, Christian bars, Christian nightclubs, Christian……(fill out yourself).
All these things are copied and adapted from the world and Christianized by people, li jsejħu lilhom infushom Insara.
These things have one thing in common, they derive from the wisdom and knowledge of the carnal man (through the influence of demonic spirits from the darkness) and are meant for the soul and body (laħam) of the carnal man.
They act from the flesh with or without the use of natural methods and natural means with the purpose of restoring, making whole, fulfilling the lusts and desires, U entertaining the flesh.
It has nothing to do with the spiritual bniedem ġdid and the source is not God and the Kingdom of Heaven. But it has everything to do with the carnal old man and the devil and the world (Ir-Renju tad-Dlam) as its source.
How have Christians found a way to keep their own lives and live after the flesh?
Christians have found a way to keep their own lives and not have to jagħtu ħajjithom and live like the world and that’s by pouring out the Christian sauce over the works of darkness to make it good. They have Christianized the works of darkness by putting the word ‘Christian’ in front of it. Dan il-mod, they won’t have to die to self and neħħi l-bniedem karnali antik but they can continue their lives as the old man.
And so they live like the carnal old man and every now and then they apply Bible verses and promises for the new man to their lives.
The devil is more than willing to help the continuation of the old carnal man. Therefore he gives (temporanju) fejqan, soulish supernatural manifestations that seem spiritual, suċċess, prosperità, fama, U għana in the world. Wara kollox, the devil is the prince and ruler of this world.
It is the devil’s ultimate pleasure to give people what they want and todivertiment minnhom and respond to their feelings and emotions, as long as they live from his source and do his works.
Matul is-snin, the devil has succeeded in tempting many believers with his lies and making them believe that adopting the things of the world and Christianizing them, isn’t wrong at all.
The devil has even appeared to many Christians as an angel of light through dreams, viżjonijiet, profeziji, and thoughts in their mind and convinced them and made them believe that God approves the xogħlijiet tax-xitan, which are mentioned in the Bible as sin.
Dan il-mod, the devil has led many people into his trap. The devil misled them through his lies and has taken control of many lives.
Many Christians think they are free while they are bound
Christians think that by Christianizing the things of this world and by doing them, they are free, filwaqt li fir-realtà, they are not free at all! They are bound through sin to the kingdom of darkness and live in rebellion to God in obedience to the devil.
They do the same works as the world and live the same lives. Għalhekk, there is hardly any difference between believers and unbelievers. The only difference is that they say they are Christians, go to church once a week, aqra l-Bibbja kultant, and pray short carnal prayers.
Minħabba l-fatt, li jgħixu bħad-dinja, they experience the same things as the world and have the same problems.
Many Christians are not satisfied, ferrieħi, and happy anymore. Minflok, they are unsatisfied, pressed down, għajjien, and cope with anxieties and depression. Għandhom l-ebda paċi imma huma inkwetati, anzjuż, beżgħana, and experiencing stress.
This is all because they still belong to the world and/or sow in the flesh.
Il-kelma tgħid, that if you sow in the flesh, you shall reap from the flesh. When you do the things of this world, you shall also reap the things of this world (Aqra wkoll: Dak li tinżergħa int taħsad).
The Christian sauce doesn’t change anything about the works and source
You can pour out a Christian sauce over the carnal works of the flesh and Christianize the things of the world by putting the word ‘Christian’ in front of it, but you won’t change anything about the works and source.
All the things of the world remain works, which derive from the knowledge, Għerf, and power of the kingdom of the darkness.
If you want to keep doing the things of the world and live like the world, then why did you jindmu? What have you repented of?
If you want to keep doing the things of the world, then just do it. But don’t use the word ‘Christian’, and don’t Christianize the evil things of darkness! Because by doing that, you defile God’s holy Name and mock Jesus Christ and His Body. U dan huwa eżattament dak li jrid ix-xitan.
Separated for God and His Kingdom
Dan ngħid għalhekk, u jixhdu fil-Mulej, li minn issa ’l quddiem ma timxux kif jimxu Ġentili oħra, fil-vanità ta’ moħħhom, Wara li l-fehim skura, li jkunu mbiegħda mill-ħajja ta’ Alla permezz tal-injoranza li hemm fihom, minħabba l-għama ta’ qalbhom: Li huma sentiment passat taw lilhom infushom għal unto lasciviousness, biex taħdem kull nuqqas ta’ ndafa b’regħba (Efesin 4:17-19)
In the Old Covenant and the New Covenant God commanded His people to separate themselves from the world. He commanded to not get involved and fellowship with the evil works of the world (dlam).
This doesn’t mean that you should start an isolated community, because God has placed His people on this earth.
God has placed His people on this earth to be a xhieda ta’ Ġesù Kristu, jimxu ġewwa His dominion, u jippriedka u jistabbilixxi s-Saltna Tiegħu fuq l-art.
Għalhekk, your purpose is to walk in the dominion of Jesus Christ in the power of the Holy Spirit and preach the truth and expose the lies of the devil. Biex b'hekk, sinners become conscious of their sinful state, and by hearing the truth they can repent, get born again, and be saved and delivered from the kingdom of darkness and death or not.
Alla għandu le put His people on the earth to get involved with the spirits of the world and be led by the worldly spirits and be partakers of the things of the world (dlam).
How can you save sinners from the kingdom of darkness if you still walk after the flesh in the kingdom of darkness and be a partaker of her works and live in sin? (Aqra wkoll: ‘Jekk l-insara jgħixu bħad-dinja, X'għandha tiddikjara d-dinja?)
Christians shouldn’t fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness but reprove the works of darkness
Għax kultant kont dlam, Imma issa int ħafif fil-Mulej: Imxi bħala tfal tad-dawl: (Għax il-frott ta’ l-Ispirtu jinsab f’kull tjubija u tjieba u verità;) Nipprova dak li hu aċċettabbli għall-Mulej. U ma jkollokx fellowship mal-għemejjel bla frott tad-dlam, imma pjuttost ċanfarhom. Għax hu tal-mistħija anki li titkellem dwar dawk l-affarijiet li jsiru minnhom fil-moħbi. Iżda l-affarijiet kollha li huma mċanfar jidhru mid-dawl: għax dak kollu li juri huwa dawl (Efesin 5:8-13)
Christians should not adopt and Christianize the things of the world. Christians shouldn’t fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but they should walk as children of light and walk in the truth and reprove the works of darkness.
You can only reprove the lies and works of the world when you are born again and ilbes il-bniedem il-ġdid and walk after the Spirit in obedience to the Word. Because as long as you stay unspiritual, you shall walk in darkness and shall not be able to discern the works of darkness.
By faith in Jesus Christ and through Riġenerazzjoni, you have been transferred from the darkness into the light. Therefore you shall be able to discern good and evil and reprove the works of darkness. The Word and the Holy Spirit shall help and guide you.
stop pouring out the Christian sauce!
Let’s get serious with the Word of God and do what Jesus ikkmanda believers to do.
Stop pouring out the Christian sauce over all the works of darkness. Remove the sins, which are the works of the flesh in obedience to the devil, and do righteousness, which are the works of the Spirit in obedience to God. So that the Name of the Lord shall not be defiled through carnal works and lives, but that we exalt Jesus and glorify God through our lives after the Spirit.
‘Kun il-melħ tal-art’
