Christians Should NEVER Seek Approval From the World

Here's on reality that cannot be denied- Christians are NOT of this world.  Jesus already warned in John 15:18-19 saying that the Christians will be hated by the world, they are not of this world and world would choose its own but because the Christians are called out of the world, the world will hate them and that the world hates Jesus before it hates His true followers.  1 John 3:13 is a reminder that Christians should never get surprised if the world hates them.  Here's the reality about the world remember Satan held his spiritual grip on mankind not ever since Adam and Eve sinned by disobeying God's command NEVER to eat the fruit from the tree of knowledge.  But they did it anyway and thus the world fell into the horrible mess that it refuses to get out of.  And Jesus was right- it hated Him before it hated His followers which is evident in man hating the true God ever since the beginning that man sinned.

The deadly problem today is insensible compromise.  Compromise in itself is not a vice if it's being done for selfless reasons and it's between truths and not between truth and error.  The only wrong type of compromise is when it's between truth and error.  Amos 3:3 warned that unless two will agree, they cannot even walk together.  Do compromise and disastrous results do occur.  Who can remember Solomon and Jehoshaphat?  Solomon's compromise with heathen women split the kingdom of Israel into two after he died.  Jehoshaphat's senseless compromise with the wicked Ahab the king of Israel caused him severe losses in his business as king of Judah.  If one has the guts to read "The Truth War" and "Fool's Gold" both written by Pastor John F. Macarthur and friends or perhaps listen to Paul Washer's sermons or more importantly READING THE SCRIPTURES (these men who wrote the otherwise excellent books with some error are NOT the final authority, they are merely promoters of the Bible) to find the truth.  A good example is when a local New Testament assembly just wishes to avoid conflict the wrong way like giving in to rock and roll, trying to please the world, soulwinning eventually dies out and it becomes a dead church that will die because the mature believers will leave it and the apostates will stay in it and an apostate pastor is most likely going to come in- in short it becomes a Judas Iscariot pulpit.

Also one can refer to Romans 12:1-2 where the Apostle Paul pleads believers to offer themselves to God as a living sacrifice and being NOT conformed according to worldliness but rather, living in God daily walking the path of perfection (although Christians will NEVER be sinlessly perfect but only sinning lesser because God's grace is a sin killer- Ephesians 2:8-10, Titus 2:11-15).  As said, Paul reaffirms the words of Jesus in John 15:18-19.  In fact for somebody to claim to be a Christian yet feels right at home in this world is most likely an apostate.  How can a true Christian ever feel at home in a world gone mad when a Christian is already different because of the PERMANENCE OF SALVATION results to a PERMANENTLY CHANGED LIFE?  The Holy Spirit will not depart, Jesus will not leave or forsake the believer and neither can the Christian abandon his/her faith as a result of eternal salvation.  And for a Christian to even think of seeking approval from the world will get the chastising disapproval of God (Hebrews 12:5-6).

And a bit of a closing note- 1 Corinthians 1:18-21 and 2:14 warns that the things of God which the Christians are made for is but foolishness to man.  After all, this world is really nothing more than ignorant of God's righteousness while trying to establish its righteousness by their own standards (Romans 10:3).  The world chooses what kind of morality it wants to have and it can happen in many ways.  While murder of live humans is wrong by default, they hypocritically teach that nothing is wrong with euthanasia, abortion (a sin that encourages the increase of fornication and adultery) and eugenics.  Also it has resulted to such protests that while pedophilia is still wrong by some, homosexuals want to pass a same sex marriage bill which ignores the fact that homosexuality is highly linked to pedophilia (just check out the Catholic priest scandals that are now revealed for evidence!) or perhaps one has to consider the fact that they just want THEIR MORALITY over God's PERFECT MORALITY.  But for the Christian, Romans 3:31 is true for them- they FULFILL the Law by faith in Jesus Christ because they know God's perfect morality, Romans 4:5 has it that not their working but rather it was God's work that causes them to do righteousness and it's way different than the unsaved's motives for doing good works.