"The Fool's Diet"

"Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread: they have not called upon God." (Psalms 53:4) Before you go thinking that I have gotten soft on works that really matter, take another look at Galatians 6:7-9; because God will change us, and if we are not changed, then we need to start checking ourselves; seriously, we are responsible for our own salvation, each and every one of us. We were born corrupted when we came into this world, but in order to enter into heaven, we must no longer be corrupted, for nothing that is corrupted shall inherit eternal life (Galatians 5:19-21). That is the whole point of being born again, and how it is that this new birth, although completely dependent upon God, is to grow and to progress into maturity, just as a child grows into adulthood. Think about what is being said here, and compare this to what Jesus was saying in John 6:25-58; because the only way we are going to have life eternal is if we have a diet that is made of Jesus; His flesh is the life He lived, His blood is what gives us life; we cannot live the life He lived, if we have not received life by His blood! No matter how hard we try in this flesh, if we have not received His Spirit in us, then we are feeding upon a diet of works and false teachings; and believe you me, there are plenty of false teachers out there that are happy to show you the wrong path to follow. I see this verse speaking something that many get very confused over, which is that we tend to put our eyes on man more than we keep our eyes on Jesus. It's really not that hard to do, and we tend to do it without even thinking about it, it just comes naturally, if we let it. But that's the whole point, is that we must not let it happen; we must pay attention to what we are eating, just as you might pay attention to your diet, if you are concerned about those things that you eat. Just because there are those within the church that put forth a certain life, or that live their lives in a certain manner, does not mean that they are an example of living a life of Christ; only Jesus Christ is the example that we must follow, and if we are following any other example, then we are starving ourselves of the Spirit... "Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit real life everlasting. And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not." (Galatians 6:7-9)