WHY DO SOME CHRISTIANS BEHAVE SO BADLY?

Why Do Some Christians Behave So Badly?
Another type of email that we keep receiving on a very regular basis is the exact title of this article – why do some Christians behave so badly?
If we are new creations in Jesus Christ as a result of being saved and born again through His shed blood, and we now have the Holy Spirit literally living on the inside of us to help guide, teach, convict, empower, and sanctify us in this life, then how can so many Christians be getting into so much off-the-cuff, bad behavior with the Lord?
Many of these types of bad-behaving Christians are also chasing many nonbelievers away from the Lord instead of leading them to Him as a result of them making very bad representatives for our Lord.

Many nonbelievers are wrongly judging our God by our actions, words, and deeds – and when they see some Christians behaving very badly in their marriages, in their work places, and in their social environments, they will shy away from checking what our faith is really all about. And this is all due to the hypocritical bad behavior of so many Christians who are not being properly sanctified by the Lord.

What I am talking about in this article is not every minor flaw and imperfection we all have in our personalities.
We all have our rough edges that need to be smoothed out and cleaned up by the Lord. What I am talking about is behavior that would be considered off-the-cuff and pushing the envelope with the Lord.
This kind of bad behavior is what many Christians consider to be unacceptable in the eyes of God since this kind of behavior is going so blatantly against His ways of living for us in this life.
Here were some of the things many people were pointing out to us in the emails we have received on this topic. I have also seen a lot of this kind of activity occur myself in the business world in which I worked in for 30 years.
1.Extreme Verbal Abuse
2.Physical Abuse
3.Sexual Abuse
4.Very Harsh, Mean, Judgmental, Critical, Demeaning Spirits
5.Very Prideful, Arrogant, Know-It-All Attitudes
6.Very Controlling and Manipulating Spirits
7.Willing to Spread False Rumors and Malicious Gossip
8.Very Sexually Promiscuous Type Lifestyles
9.Various Types of Criminal Activities
Every time we receive these types of emails, people keep asking us the same question over and over again. How can so many Christians behave like this when they have been born again and have the Holy Spirit literally living on the inside of them?
If it is the job of the Holy Spirit to convict and straighten out this kind of bad behavior, then why is He not doing this more with these kinds of bad-behaving Christians?
Many of these bad-behaving Christians are regularly attending their local churches. Many of them have been brought up in good Christian homes.
But yet somewhere along the line some of this kind of bad behavior starts manifesting in their personalities, and instead of getting it quickly dealt with and taken out, it just keeps getting worse until they finally develop strongholds with this kind of bad behavior getting solidly ingrained in their personalities.
I know you all have come across other Christians who are engaging in this kind of unacceptable behavior with the Lord. Some of you have tried to talk to and reason with these people, but to no avail. Many of them are full of so much pride, they will never be able to admit to anyone, including God Himself that they have anything wrong with them.
The Bible tells us that pride will come before the fall, and the reason for this is because pride will blind you and prevent you from being able to see the truth on what is wrong with you.
As a result, these kinds of Christians will never accept any kind of constructive, godly criticism from anyone, including God Himself. This is why the Holy Spirit is not moving on some of these people, because they would not be open to receiving His conviction and truth in the first place.
With many of these people still attending church, and with many of them having already been brought up in good Christian homes, then why is this happening?
If they have been brought up in the Bible and all the ways of our Lord, then how can they justify this kind of bad behavior when the Bible is so blatantly pointing out to them that this kind of bad behavior is totally unacceptable in the eyes of God?
After watching quite a few of these bad-behaving Christians myself in the work place, in their marriages, and in their social environments, I have come to the conclusion that there are 5 main reasons why these people are not changing for the better in their walks with the Lord.
Here are the 5 main reasons, and then I will talk about each one of them under the captions below so you do not let this kind of bad behavior bother you, upset you, distract you, or knock you off course with what God is wanting to do with your life in the divine plan He has set up for you.
1.They Have Not Established a True, Good, Personal Relationship With the Lord
2.They Are Not Operating in a True Full Surrender With the Lord
3.They Are Not Reading and Studying Enough From the Bible
4.They Are Not Being Properly Sanctified by the Holy Spirit
5.Some of Them Will Have Demons Attached to Them
Years ago when I found out that the Bible was the real Word of God to all of us, I literally tore into it so I could find out exactly how God was wanting us to live in this life for Him.
And as I studied and started to put things together, there were several things that were jumping off the pages at me as to what God would be looking for from each one of us.
This is one of the main reasons my brother and I wanted to put this kind of website together, to show people what some of these basic areas were so they would then know what to try and develop with the Lord.
And some of those main areas are exactly what some of these bad-behaving Christians are not doing with the Lord.
Now I will go into each one of these 5 areas under the captions below so you can at least have an understanding as to why some Christians are not spiritually growing and changing as they should in the Lord.

Continue onto Part 2 of Why Do Some Christian Behave Badly  - The 5 Most Common Reasons

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