1 John 2:4. So many people will say they are a Christian or they attend church regularly, but in reality they continue to make wrong choices about the way they live their lives. Many of us continue to place things above God such as sex outside of marriage, love of money, self-pride, and much more. We will continue to do things that do not please God, and we will continue to say we love God and that we know him. 1 John 2:4 says, "He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him."

1 John 2 BIBLE SCRIPTURE 1 John 2:4 says, "He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him."

Romans 1:25. Many of us may worship God for a season, but then get distracted by the lust of the eye and make wrong choices by putting other things above God. Your lust of the eye is basically idol worshiping. God made us to worship Him, but we will quickly make a wrong choice to worship things that are not God. It is in our nature to worship. The problem is that instead of worshiping God we will worship the other woman, our job, our car, or even ourselves. Your lust of the eye worships everything, but God. Many of us know we are doing wrong in God's eye, but we will put on false pretenses and use self-deception to continue to serve God's creation versus God, the Creator (Romans 1:25, "Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen."). We live a lie fooling ourselves and others to continue in our sin (the lust of the eye) instead of seeking God and his Truth.

ROMANS 1 BIBLE SCRIPTURE Romans 1:25, "Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen."

1 John 3:12. Because of our sin nature, we have a tendency to make wrong choices and not serve God. In our heart of hearts we know we make wrong choices, and that the end result of our bad choices is death and destruction. We know that sex out of marriage is wrong and God is not pleased with our actions. We know that our selfish actions hurt others and makes enemies. We know that our self-pride in our body is just temporary, and our bodies will one day wither and go back into the dust. The bottom line is that we desire short-term pleasures from the sins that we place above God. We want to enjoy our sinful ways, but do not want to be reminded that our sinful choices will result in our death and destruction. When we are in sin we become resentful of people that reminds us of the dire consequences of our adultery, overeating, hatefulness, self-pride, etc. We can get right hateful of someone that is righteous and tells us or reminds us of the truth and the consequences of our sin (1 John 3:12, "...Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.").

1 JOHN BIBLE SCRIPTURE 1 John 3:12, "Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous."