Nominal Christian…..

Nominal Christian - one who proclaims to know God, but denies Him by the way they live. Hypocrite might be a better definition. The worst witness anyone can ever have is to have your words never match your behavior. Over time people will see that what you claim to be and what you actually are don’t match up. And Jesus said it best, “When salt loses its saltiness, it’s worthless, and needs to be thrown out and trampled underfoot”. Claiming to be something you are not will only last a short period of time. People aren’t stupid. You can’t give what you don’t possess. Living a lie strips a person of their very own soul. It damages the conscience. And wastes every bit of your energy and thought-life trying to keep up with the lie. In the end, pretending to be someone you’re not, will expose you for what you really are, a hypocrite performing in a theater, that in moments the curtain will fall, the audience will leave, and you’ll be left standing on an empty stage wishing there was more limelight. But it never returns. You either pursue authenticity, or you pretend to be something or someone you are not. God knows the difference. And that’s what matters most. Hypocrisy has a short attention span. At the end of being nominal, people find themselves all alone, with no one but the undertaker attending their funeral.

15 Everything is pure to those whose hearts are pure. But nothing is pure to those who are corrupt and unbelieving, because their minds and consciences are corrupted. 16 Such people claim they know God, but they deny Him by the way they live. They are detestable and disobedient, worthless for doing anything good. Titus 1:15-16