THE LIVING DEAD CHRISTIAN

TEXTS:
1. Mathew: 22: 32
 “I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”
2. Luke: 24:1-5
“ Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them. 2 And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre. 3 And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus. 4 And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments: 5 And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead?”

Just as we have physical deaths, we have spiritual deaths. There are people by heaven standard, they are dead but living. Something is dead when: the thing is stagnant, when it is irrelevant, has no vitality or spirit and is no more sensitive. On the other hand a Christian is one who exhibits proper spirit of Christ and lives according to the teachings of Christ. In the book of Mathew 22:32 our lord Jesus made us to understand that God is God of the living.
A man that is spiritually dead is a time bomb waiting to explode. In our churches today we have living dead Christians. Living dead Christians include: traditionalists in the house of God, “politicians” in the house of God, adulterers and fornicators who hide in God’s house.  Any one that his conscience is hardened, no matter the message he hears it can never change his life, the word of God does not move him is a living dead Christian. Others are those who don’t have feelings for fellow brethren in the church. Those who oppress others and those who work to bring others down.

There are yet those who are thieves and robbers in the house of God (cheaters (419).All gossips in the house of God (backbiters) and those who are rebellious in God’s house are also among the living dead. Any Christian who commits sin and takes pleasure in doing so is a living dead. Those Christians who are worldly and take pleasure in the things of the world are among the living dead Christians as well. Other Christians in this category are those who live their lives as if there is no end time.
Those who have not sat down to check their spiritual state at any time. Pride shows that one is a living dead. Note that every proud Christian does not have a place in the kingdom of God. Eccl:. 9:4 shows that there is hope for the dead who is ready to come back to life. The living dead can come back to life if he wishes.
What can you do to turn from a living dead Christian to a living Christian?
• Genuine repentance
• surrender your life totally to God
• cry out to god to change your heart
• live your life to god’s standard

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