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. Ha ho na taba, 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. Leha ho le joalo, 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, tse tsoang mmusong wa lefifi.
Che, 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, Ke tsa lefatše.
Instead of bringing forth fruits that meet their pako 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.
Se rate lefatshe, leha e le tse lefatsheng. Ha motho a rata lefatshe, lerato la Ntate ha le yo ho yena. For all that is in the world, takatso ea nama, le takatso ya mahlo, le boikgohomoso ba bophelo, ha se oa Ntate, but is of the world. And the world passes away, le takatso ya teng: but he that does the will of God abides for ever
1 Johanne 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.
Ka mohlala, there are Christian lingaka, Mokreste litsebi tsa kelello le lingaka tsa mafu a kelello, Mokreste acupuncturists, Mokreste Reiki practitioners, Mokreste massage therapists, Mokreste karate, Mokreste yoga, Christian prayer or healing bracelets, Christian astrology, Mokreste Halloween, Mokreste tattoos, Christian tattoo shops, Christian dating sites, Mokreste gay associations, Christian Romans/Phantasy and Science fiction, Christian talent shows, Christian dance competitions, Christian comedians, Christians magicians/illusionists (gospel magicians), Christian tarot cards, Mokreste (Bana) theater, Christian music concerts, Christian festivals, Mokreste (mmino) 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, ba ipitsang Bakreste.
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 (nama) 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, le entertaining the flesh.
It has nothing to do with the spiritual Monna e mocha 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 (mmuso wa lefifi) 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 tela bophelo ba bona 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. Ka tsela ena, they won’t have to die to self and put off the old carnal man 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 (nakoana) Pholiso, soulish supernatural manifestations that seem spiritual, Katleho, Katleho, botumo, le Maruo lefats'eng. Ebile, the devil is the prince and ruler of this world.
It is the devil’s ultimate pleasure to give people what they want and toba thabise and respond to their feelings and emotions, as long as they live from his source and do his works.
Ho theosa le dilemo, 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, lipono, boprofeta, and thoughts in their mind and convinced them and made them believe that God approves the Mesebetsi ea Diabolose, which are mentioned in the Bible as sin.
Ka tsela ena, 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, athe bonneteng, 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. Ka hona, 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, bala Bibele ka linako tse ling, and pray short carnal prayers.
Ka lebaka la 'nete, hore ba phele joalo ka lefatše, they experience the same things as the world and have the same problems.
Many Christians are not satisfied, thabileng, and happy anymore. Sebakeng seo, they are unsatisfied, e hatelletsoe, kgathetse, and cope with anxieties and depression. Ha ba na letho kgotso but are worried, Ho tšoenyeha, Tšaba, and experiencing stress.
This is all because they still belong to the world and/or sow in the flesh.
Lentswe le re, 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 (Bala hape: Seo u se jalang u tla se kotula).
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, bohlale, 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 baka? 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. Mme ke hantle seo diabolosi a se batlang.
Separated for God and His Kingdom
Hona ke bolela ka hona, mme a paka moreneng, Ke lona ho tloha ha ho na Balichaba ba bang ho tsamaea, ka lefeela la likelello tsa bona, Ho ba le kutloisiso e lefifi, Ho ikarohanya le bophelo ba Molimo ka ho hloka tsebo ho ka bona, ka lebaka la bofofu ba lipelo tsa bona: Ke mang ea fetileng a kileng a ithaopa ho isa ho ea vernivonile, Ho sebetsa litšila tsohle ka meharo (Baefese 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 (lefifi).
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 witness of Jesus Christ, kena His dominion, and preach and establish His Kingdom on earth.
Ka hona, 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. E le hore, 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.
Molimo o entse joalo eseng 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 (lefifi).
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? (Bala hape: ‘Haeba Bakreste ba phela jwalo ka lefatshe, lefatše le lokela ho baka eng?)
Christians shouldn’t fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness but reprove the works of darkness
Etsoe ka linako tse ling le ne le le lefifi, empa jwale le lesedi Moreneng: Tsamaea e le bana ba leseli: (Hobane tholoana ea Moea e molemong oa bohle le ho loka le 'nete;) Ho paka se amohelehang ho Jehova. Mme ha ba na botsoalle le mesebetsi e sa lokang ea lefifi, Empa ho fapana le ho li rata. Hobane ke lihlong esita le ho bua ka lintho tseo e entsoeng ho tsona sephiring. Empa lintho tsohle tse nyelisoang li bontšoa ke leseli: bakeng sa eng kapa eng eo u e bonang e le bobebe (Baefese 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 aparang motho e motjha 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 nchafatso, 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 laeloa 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.
‘E be letsoai la lefatše’
