Ye Must Be Born Again!“And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection.” —Luke 8:14
The Bible speaks in Luke 8:14 concerning fruitless believers who never do anything for God to get people saved or train them to become soulwinners themselves. Nothing has changed in 2,000 years concerning carnal believers who are choked by the care, riches and pleasures of this life.
Choked by Cares
It is very easy to become boggled down by the hustle and bustle of this hectic life and forget about God. Certainly, there are many things that we need to care about, and ought to care about; but soulwinning should be placed high priority on our list. It is often the small things in life that clamour for our time and attention. Life is much more complicated nowadays, ironically, than it was 100 years ago. Today, you have to fill out 10-pages of paperwork to see a doctor.
Then fill it all out again to get an MRI. Then fill it all out again to see a specialist. Then you stand in line at the bank for 30-minutes, or spend 30-minutes calling the bank to find out why their online banking service isn't working properly (or that online payment you sent went to the wrong place). With all the chores, shopping, laundry, dishes, appointments, and cares of life nowadays, it's a wonder that people have time to do anything.
Choked by Riches
Jesus plainly taught that no man can serve wealth and God. If a person serves money, then they'll compromise their moral standards like Taylor Swift. She is a sellout! It is shame that Faith Hill sold her soul for money, posing in Playboy. And then Faith Hill has the nerve to Sing, I Surrender All, on the Oprah Winfrey Show. Tragically, Oprah has surrendered all to the New Age Movement, whose has invited numerous New Age authors on her show to brainwash the public. Americans are being marinated in demonic brainwashing. Faith Hill surrendered all to the heathen Playboy magazine. It is evil.
The Bible teaches in 1st Timothy 6:10 that the LOVE OF MONEY is the root of all evil. Why? Because people will do anything for money. It is wickedness! Women strip naked on camera for some creeps for money. Sports Illustrated is of the Devil. Playboy is all about money. The women somehow deceive themselves into believing that it's ok because it's a career boost. It's spiritual suicide! God will punish the wicked and your career will mean nothing then. Put some clothes on whores!
The love of money has destroyed America. It is disgusting that advertisers have saturated American society and television with sex, sex, sex to sell their products. It is wickedness. God hates the smut, filth and lewdness of the advertising industry.
If you want to serve the God of the Bible, then you need to decide that money has no place in your life. Money is a necessary evil. Jesus said to render unto Caesar that which is Caesars. Christians who love the Lord should despise the idea of having a lot of money stashed in the bank, of laying up treasures for old age and of having worldly possessions. Everything around us is a false reality, because our spirit will enter into eternity (Ecclesiastes 12:7) without anything accumulated in this lifetime (1st Timothy 6:7). You can't take your materialistic possessions with you!
What you can take with you are the lives changed through the saving power of the gospel of Jesus Christ (Romans 1:16). Where will you spend eternity, in Heaven or Hell?
Choked by Pleasures
Satan can only offer a person the riches, comforts and pleasures of this temporal earthly existence; but you will be solely in God's hands when you die. Have you remembered your Creator in the days of your youth as the Bible commands? Ecclesiastes 12:1, “Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them.” Adultery and fornication is a sin (Hebrews 13:4). God will punish the wicked. What HAPPENS in Vegas is RECORDED in Heaven!
The Bible commands believers to live for God and forsake the lusts of the flesh (1st John 2:15-17; Matthew 5:28,32; 1st Peter 2:11).
