Are they lost inside the church?

Is there a possibility that someone is part of a church, obey its laws, fulfill its duties, do not go down with sin and still be able to be lost?

This is the questioning of many! I am not lost because I agree with the Word of God. It will be!

"For he will be like a man who, absent himself from the country, called his servants and entrusted his property to them: one gave five talents, another two, and another one, each one according to his own capacity, and what he had received five Talents immediately left to negotiate with them and won another five "(Matthew 25: 14-16).

"Arriving, finally, what had received a talent, said: Lord, knowing that you are severe man, that you reap where you did not sow and together where you have not stifled, scared, hidden in the earth your talent, here you have what is yours But the Lord: Bad and negligent servant, you knew that I pick where I did not sow and executed where I did not scatter, therefore, it was true that you give my money to the bankers, and I, on returning, would receive with interest what is mine And the servant of God, and the servant of God, and the servant of God, and he that gives him, and he that hath it, and hath it in abundance, but he that hath none, even what he hath shall be taken away "useless, cast it out, into the darkness, there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth" (Matthew 25: 24-30).

We can not be fooled. Keep in mind that this useless servant who has been called was chosen by God for a mission:

MULTIPLY! In the same way, Jesus chose us and appointed us:

"It is not you who have chosen me, but I have chosen you and appointed you to go and bear fruit, and that your fruit remain, so that whatever you ask of the Father in my name , -give him "(John 15:16).

Our work in the work of God is to get involved. Time passed and this "servant" took his life as if someone were never going to charge him. But one day his Lord returned and demanded the accounts. His arguments were not valid and that's why he got lost.

Let's read another example in Luke 15: 25-32:

"The eldest son had been in the field, and when he came back, when he approached the house, he heard the music and the dances, he called one of the servants and asked him what it was, and he said to him:" He came to your brother, and his father ordered the bull killed, because he recovered it with health, he was angry and did not want to go in, but the father tried to reconcile him, but he answered his father: It's been so many years since I've served you without ever and you have not given me a kid not even to rejoice with my friends, but that your son, who wasted your goods with harlots, you sent to kill him the fattened steer ... the father: My son, you are always with me, everything that is mine is yours, nevertheless It was necessary for us to rejoice and rejoice, because that your brother was dead and revived, was lost and was found. "

This example shows the son who is part of the father's house, obeyed his rules, did his homework, did not get involved with sin, and was still lost. This example leads us to the following conclusions:

LIVE INSIDE THE CHURCH, BUT IT IS NOT FREE. "But he replied to his father: I have served you so many years without ever transgressing an order of yours, and you have never given me a kid to cheer me up with my friends" (Verse 29).

The behavior of this eldest son leads us to conclude that he did not live as a son, but as a slave. That I'm doing things right with the wrong motivation. His obedience did not come from the love he had with the father, but from the obligation.

He never understood what it is to be a son. No matter how much the father had him as a son, he did not correspond with the father's love as a son, but by mere obligation and interest.

Many, too, are in church for a mere obligation. They obey, but they have no joy. They are in the house of the Father, but they live as slaves.

The Father wants him as children, but his behavior is only that of an employee that requires his rights.

THE MEMBER. The majorities live in a well behaved way, greet their neighbors, and when they say hello, they look for a place to attend the service, and there they stay. Sometimes it gives a glory and even hits some palms, but it does not get involved in anything.

THE SON. He also behaves well, not only greeting his neighbor, but getting involved with him. Find a place to attend the service because you know you will have a participation with the FATHER. Applause, enjoyment and glazing to be glorifying God, and when there is activity in the Church, he says, you can count on me.

LIVE INSIDE THE CHURCH, BUT HE IS WITH THE HEART FULL OF BITTER. "He was outraged and did not want to go in, but going out, the father tried to reconcile him, but he answered his father: It's been so many years since I've served you without ever transgressing an order of yours, and you've never given me a kid to cheer up. with my friends, come, however, that your son, who wasted your goods with harlots, you sent for him to kill the fatted bull "(verses 28 to 30).

The reaction of the eldest son is visible in its place and run to embrace the brother who had been lost, prefers to irritate him, and especially with the Father. The one who is wrong has to be treated is in the harness and hard discipline. Many believe that for the prodigal there is no more restoration and should not be forgiven.

People who think and act in this way have a time for forgiveness.

The Word of God says that whoever does not love his brother still remains in darkness. "He who hates his brother is in the darkness, and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness blinded his eyes" (1 John 2:11). Many are inside the Church and are in a state of anger. with someone.

Every time we speak badly of the Church, of the Pastor, of the brothers, we sin. In some cases they even say: I do not hate, God knows my heart, and they have hurt him, but they do not want to be where he is.

The older brother refused to enter the house to celebrate the brother's return of repentance, before he chose to hurt, he rebels, thinking that he was being treated unjustly. This feeling is evil and leads man to hell.

LIFE IN THE CHURCH, IN THE PRESENCE OF THE FATHER BUT AS SOLITARY WALKS,. "Then, the father replied: My son, you are always with me, everything that is mine is yours" (Verse 31).

These are those that already have deep marks in the heart. THE FATHER'S HOUSE IS LOCAL TREATMENT AND LEARNING. Whoever isolates himself does not allow himself to be treated. LIVE WITHOUT JOY. He is in the house of the Father, but he has no communion with him or with those who live in the house of the Father.

Many are also in the church, but they have no intimacy with God, they do not enjoy the joy of salvation, they do not experience the sweet consolations of the Spirit, they live as orphans, alone, enjoying a painful loneliness.

That eldest son was rich, but lived in misery. He had all the wealth of the Father at his disposal, but he lived as a slave. He was a son, but he did not banquet with his friends.

So, too, many live in the church without experiencing the banquets of heaven, serving God by obligation, without joy in the heart.

The same Father who went out to embrace the repentant prodigal son, is now ready to reconcile this rebellious son. The repentant, with the broken heart, celebrated his restoration; the other stayed on the outside, lost, with a hardened heart.