Is it possible to cheat on God when you proclaim to be a Christian? The explanation is quite clear when relating this to someone on earth. You can cheat on a spouse, a girlfriend or a boyfriend. You can even cheat on a test by sneaking notes into the testing room, or looking over at your neighbor’s answers. But how can one cheat on God?
God said to have no other god before Him. Of course a Christian is not going to bow down to another god, right? How dare someone think that a person who has “followed” Christ for years would submit to another god, hmm? What about flirting? In relationships with one another, that’s not even tolerated. If married, or in a committed relationship that may lead to marriage, would it be okay with you if that person flirted, held hands, or “hung out” with another while you’re sitting at home waiting for the phone to ring? I don’t think so. You would be upset and ready to give that person a piece of your mind. But if we did this to God we just want Him to give us peace of mind.
When anything takes the number one slot in our lives other than God, it’s cheating on Him. Paying a bill before rendering tithes (and remember taxes are taken from us, God allows us to offer tithes to Him), never thanking Him when we can say thank you all day to coworkers, or shutting Him out of what we consider to be the most important decisions in our lives by not seeking His will, but our own. God has feelings too…and to think He has given us everything that we have. Give back to God what is God’s.
“Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle Him in His talk. And they sent out unto Him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man: for thou regardest not the person of men. Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, or not? But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites? Shew me the tribute money. And they brought unto him a penny. And He saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? They say unto him, Caesar's. Then saith He unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's.” Matthew 22:15-21, KJV
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