"No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money." Matthew 6:24 (NIV)
These words of Jesus, as recorded by the Apostle Matthew, were spoken during His Sermon on The Mount. His point was that they could not follow the ways of God and follow the ways of the things of this world at the same time. They would either truly follow one and only pretend to follow the other. They could not follow both of them because they would be going in two different directions.
Our actions speak much louder than our words with regard to whom we follow, serve, and obey. A lot of us call ourselves "Christians" but our behavior suggests that we are not being truthful. If there is no difference between us and our worldly friends and associates, then we are not true followers of Christ. When we accepted Christ into our lives, we became a new creature, and some of that old behavior ceased to exist. (2 Corinthians 5:17) We did not become perfect, but we did become a new person. (Ephesians 4:24 and Colossians 3:10) When The Holy Spirit of God indwelt us, we in effect, put on Christ. (Galatians 3:27) From that moment on we began to exhibit some of the fruit of The Spirit. (Galatians 5:23-24) Our behavior began to reflect The Christ within us. (Ezekiel 36:27) We are to grow in the knowledge of Him and His Word, and as we grow in age, we should grow in grace and holiness. (1 Peter 1:16 and 2 Peter 3:18) We are to grow in The Word of God from the simple milk to being able to digest, and understand, and live by the more meaty principals. (1 Corinthians 3:2 and Hebrews 5:12) If we are not following, serving, and obeying Christ, then who are we following???
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