Lena Wms Supporter Student @Christ Gospel Church, S.S.Teacher, Observer

I firmly believe the answer to this question is a resounding YES! We see this happening all the time! Parents take their children to church, which they should, yet as they mature they are forced to make a decision: Christ or the world. 

More youth are lost to the pull of the world than are held to the decisions they made as a child to follow Christ. Children's decisions are very sincere. However, unless they are nurtured and well established in Christ, the roots are too shallow. Matt 13:5

Take heart parents, it is written, 'train a child in the way he should go, when he is old he shall not depart' e-sword.net Strong's Concordance will give you a bit of a light hearted chuckle on this Scripture. :)

God gave everyone a free will, He leaves the choice to the individual. He will test the motives of the person. For example, a young lady is in church, and serving God. She finally meets a nice Christian man. They get married. Everything seems fine for a while, then slowly you don't see the couple, several months go by, now it is a year. Talking with them, the man wishes to come, but the woman is disinterested. Why? Her motive for being in church was wrong! She got what she wanted, a good man. 

I pick on a woman, as a woman, everyone knows the opposite is equally true!

King Saul is the very best example of motives I can think of. He always wanted Samuel to make him look good before the people. He could have cared less that he had tried to take over the Priestly duties and offer sacrifices. (1Sam 13:8) (1Sam 15:25)

In 1Sam 14:35-39, He tried to circumvent God's authority altogether. Basically he was saying, 'I made a sacrifice, now I am going to do what I choose to do.' When he was reminded by the Priest that he needed to ASK GOD what to do and there was no answer, he attempted to kill his own son. 
His motives? I must maintain my own kingdom. 

Sadly, this is like many people today. They use being a Christian as a catapult to advance their own hidden agendas. More often than not, most begin their walk with Christ as sincere believers. The cares of this life, and failure to return DAILY to the Cross of Calvary quickly allowed insincere motives to take root and grow in their hearts and minds. 

Paul plainly taught us it was only by the Blood of Christ that we would be saved from sinful natures. (Eph 1:7, Col 1:14) Thankfully this includes our motives!

Be Blessed
Lena

October 30 2014 • 1 response • Vote Up • Share • Report

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