Is Sincerity Enough?

• Paris Ragan
• Christian Living
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• December 29, 2017

Rom 7:15 says, “For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.”

We live in a culture today in which the church is so diverse and divided that it is hard to even account for all of the false doctrine that is out there today. I often ask myself why God had such favor on my life that He would allow me to be exposed to the Message of the Cross at the very beginning of my walk with Him.

I never had to traverse through false doctrine or work my way out of erroneous belief systems that result from living under religious bondage. I was learning the Message of the Cross through Brother Swaggart’s Expositor’s Study Bible on the very same day that I asked Jesus to come into my heart. Yet there are scores of people who, upon getting born again, are immediately immersed in the plethora of false doctrines in the church today. These people are sincere in their love and devotion toward God, yet, if they were honest with themselves, they would find that they are still living under the dominion of sin. So, we have to ask this question: Is sincerity enough when it comes to living for the Lord?

If you had a friend who sincerely believed that he could jump from a 500-foot bridge and land perfectly to brace his fall so as to cause him no harm, would his sincerity gain him a favorable outcome? It’s a goofy example, but that’s how foolish we are to think that sincerity is enough to live for God. If I were a good friend, I would plead with you not to even think about taking a step off of that bridge, because regardless of how sincere you are, I know that you would be in big trouble. Yet, the majority of the church, especially youth groups, has already leapt off that bridge into full immersion of false doctrine. Many are as sincere in their hearts as they can be, but that doesn’t make them right.

Paul was sincere in his efforts to live for God by attempting to go back and keep the law of Moses. Regardless of his sincerity, he still had to be honest and admit that he found himself doing what he was not allowing. He found that what he wanted to do, in regards to keeping the law of Moses, he was incapable of doing. It was so treacherous that Paul found himself doing the very sin that he loathed. Paul found that the law that he was trying to keep was giving strength to the sin nature and causing death to be produced in his heart again. Sincerity does not guarantee victory.

Sincerity must be met with the knowledge of the Message of the Cross, otherwise the most sincere believer will find himself overcome and overrun by sin and failure.

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