Causing a believer to fall.
Causing a believer to fall.
Dear reader one of the most serious crimes a Christian can do in God’s Kingdom is to cause a fellow believer to fall away from Jesus Christ and God. I can only compare it to murdering someone because the fallen believer may spend his entire eternity into Hell.
Severe Judgement from God.
Any Christian who causes another to sin will be severely judged by God. This person will go to the hottest spot in Hell.
God severely judged the serpent.
Originally the serpent was a very faithful animal. Like he does to many Christians today, God loved the serpent. But when it entertained Satan’s thoughts and caused God’s child Eve to sin, he cursed the serpent. Listen to what happened:
‘So the Lord God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this,
“Cursed are you above all livestock
and all wild animals!
You will crawl on your belly
and you will eat dust
all the days of your life.
15 And I will put enmity
between you and the woman,
and between your offspring[a] and hers;
he will crush[b] your head,
and you will strike his heel.” Genesis 3:14-15
This is how God judges any Christian who entertains Satan’s thoughts to cause a fellow believer to fall away from Jesus Christ.
Examples of Christians who causes others to fall.
Fornication.
If you are a Christian and you fornicate with a fellow believer in Christ, be prepared for severe condemnation and punishment from God.
Telling lies.
When you are a believer, and you cause a fellow believer to tell lies, then be prepared for the hottest part of Hell.
Oppressing a fellow Christian.
If you are a Christian and you oppress a fellow believer so much that he or she looses her faith in Jesus, then be prepared for Hell.
Your star will fade.
Every time a Christian brings a non-believer to Jesus, his or her star shines brighter. But if you are a Christian, and you cause a fellow believer to fall away from Jesus, your star will fade. If you do not repent, it will be extinguished completely by God.
It is worse for children.
God’s punishment becomes worse when a Christian causes a child to sin. Listen to what Jesus said about causing children lose their faith in God and Jesus:
“But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble and sin [by leading him away from My teaching], it would be better for him to have a heavy millstone [as large as one turned by a donkey] hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea.” Mathew 18:6
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