Just because you do Christian things does not make you a Christian. Just because you go to church does not make you a Christian. Believe or not just because you pray does not make you a Christian. The only thing that can make you a Christian is Christ. If Christ does not make you a Christian then all of the things you do are only in the end for yourself. Before you can do anything Christ first has to come into your heart and change it. Then after that it’s how you apply that new heart in the way that you live and the things that you do that can make a difference in your life and the lives of others. If things you do are not for the Christ reasons they are the wrong reasons.
Isaiah 58: 2-3
2 Yet they act so pious!
They come to the Temple every day
and seem delighted to learn all about me.
They act like a righteous nation
that would never abandon the laws of its God.
They ask me to take action on their behalf,
pretending they want to be near me.
3 ‘We have fasted before you!’ they say.
‘Why aren’t you impressed?
We have been very hard on ourselves,
and you don’t even notice it!’“I will tell you why!” I respond.
“It’s because you are fasting to please yourselves.
Even while you fast,
you keep oppressing your workers.
They come to the Temple every day
and seem delighted to learn all about me.
They act like a righteous nation
that would never abandon the laws of its God.
They ask me to take action on their behalf,
pretending they want to be near me.
3 ‘We have fasted before you!’ they say.
‘Why aren’t you impressed?
We have been very hard on ourselves,
and you don’t even notice it!’“I will tell you why!” I respond.
“It’s because you are fasting to please yourselves.
Even while you fast,
you keep oppressing your workers.
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