IN CHRIST? OR JUST IN CHURCH?
(Scripture) :- Matthew 25:12, AMP. "But He replied, I solemnly declare to you, I do not know you [I am not acquainted with you]."
(The Word) :- Good morning Joint-Heirs with Christ. Thank God for a brand new day.
Most times, when Jesus described the Kingdom of Heaven using parables, He often described 2 different categories of people. For example, the teaching on the separation of the sheep and the goat in Matthew 25:31-46, the goats are actually not all unbelievers. They claim to have been saved and go through the normal routines of the Church. It's of these people that Apostle Paul says they have a form of godliness but deny the power thereof (2 Timothy 3:5).
We can refer to this category of people as just being religious and they are everywhere around us. They are just being religious. Many of them are Christians because they were born into a Christian family, not because they have encountered Christ. They are just in Church.
Some of these people also fall into the category of the hypocrites. They are probably in Church because it's an avenue to show off their new attires, hair styles, expensive bags or shoes and so on. The day their offering is significant (in amount), everyone around them will be aware and the day they don't have it, they just make a fist and put their hands down the offering basket not dropping anything so no one gets the impression they didn't give any offering.
Apostle Paul, throughout the New Testament, never referred to believers as Christians. In the days of the early Church, the Disciples were called Christians because the people saw Jesus in them (Acts 11:26). Nowadays, a Christian describes anyone who attends a Church and carries a Bible.
Are we just in Church? Or we are in Christ? Are you a hypocrite? A lady who normally will always wear a scarf to church, but because she wants to show off her new hairstyle doesn't put it on and another lady who doesn't use scarfs at all but because her hair is unkept puts on a scarf to church. Both of them are hypocrites. To these people, Jesus will say, "I do not know you." #SELAH
Further Bible Study :- Matthew 25, Matthew 23, Romans 2:17-24
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