Faithful lovers vs. harlots

Here is a comparison of religious people & true lovers
of the GREAT DIVINE
.
Religious:Want a controllable God
Lovers:Want their lives to be controlled by God
Make demands of God
Give thanks to God
Want people to see their religious goodness.
Want people to see their God.
Tend to read the paper or magazines a lot & the Bible a little.
LONG for quiet time with God & His word.
Want God plus-- money, happiness, health, prestige,
friends, respect,____
Find satisfaction in Christ alone.
Do good deeds for their own reputation
Do good deeds for the reputation of Christ
Deny themselves immoral things & actions
Deny themselves
Sing "Oh how I love Jesus"
Love Jesus
Compare themselves to others & think they are

pretty good or at least better than many people
Compare themselves to Christ & realize they are
wretched, helpless, sinful rebels against God
Are easily offended by religious people
Consider offense to be the grace of God for the
purpose of making them like Christ.
Desire to have good children
Desire to have Godly children
Desire happiness &
consider it to be one of the
chief goals in life
Desire holiness & consider it to be the chief goal of

life
Love themselves more than God
Love God with all their heart, all their souls, and all

their minds.
Quote Bible truths
Live Bible truths
Want...
Have a Shepherd Who causes them
to say"I shall not want."
Tend to exercise the body more than the soul
Find spiritual exercise to be of great benefit
Trust in baptism, a "sinner's prayer", confirmation or
other things they have done for salvation.
Trust only in the merits of Christ's finished work
for their salvation
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