The shallow souls can freely discuss needs, fears, conflicts, and struggles. They are pleasant and fit right in for a time. But down deep in their lives resides a large outcropping of unrepentant sin. Hidden by the soil of profession, by the foliage of activity, and by the enthusiasm of the moment, the submerged rebellion in their life is unseen. But as soon as troubles come, they wither. When afflictions come, they dry up. When persecutions come, they flee. When God brings them to a point, they must turn to Him or go their own way; they abandon all appearances of Christ.
Mark 10:24 The disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus said again, “Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!” NIV
Jesus’ words amazed the disciples, and so he repeated them.
Deceived by their own sins, they remain unwilling to give up their own ways. Lostness is never faced, sins are never repented of, the Spirit is never received, and the Word is never grafted into their souls. Their old life isn’t passing away, and they have nothing new that Christ begins. They have never been converted. And so when the heat of troubles comes, they walk away from the Christ they never knew. They were never rooted in Christ; His Word was never implanted in their souls. They were never saved. Sin and not Christ is the anchor that holds them.
From KGD-33g – The Shallow Heart (040509AM)
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