The Calculating Christian

I am amazed at how people that talk of knowing Jesus and talk of their commitment to God will get caught up in so many things that actually work against the very things God says not to do. They’re dishonest in what they say to people while the Bible says we’re not to lie. They do personal work on their job, are on the phone, or are late to work when God says you’re to live not as the world does but to be different. They go to casinos just for entertainment, but God said not to mess with dishonest scales that cheat people.

People are always calculating on what they can get by with in this life when it really doesn’t hurt anyone. But it does and will because anything that is not of God is not going to get His approval, and therefore will cause people to be in big trouble when God separates the good from the bad (or, as He puts it, the wheat from the chaff).

People, because of their own personal values, calculate what will get them to heaven because they’re basically a good person. You can’t calculate your way to heaven. There’s no way to second-guess God and win. Either you are all out for Him, or you are somewhere else- and so are a lot of religious people.