Are You Effective For The Kingdom of God?

Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death. James 1:15 ESV

Is there such a sing that brings death? If not what is this verse talking about? Can we be of no spiritual use? How can I keep my spiritual life a live and active for The Kingdom of God.

Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death. James 1:15  Sin is not merely a spontaneous act, but the result of a process. The Gr. words for “has conceived” and “gives birth” liken the process to physical conception and birth. Thus James personifies temptation and shows that it can follow a similar sequence and produce sin with all its deadly results. While sin does not result in spiritual death for the believer, it can lead to physical death.

Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty concerning the body and blood of the Lord. Let a person examine himself, then, and so eat of the bread and drink of the cup. I Corinthians 11 :27-28

Is partaking of communion in a unworthy manner punishable by death? That is what it seems to be indicating in this verse. Defiling something that is set aside in a Holy manner and turning it into a “love feast”. Some might say that that is not loving of God. That is not true at all. God has set a standard and it is meant to be kept. There are punishments for disobeying God even if you are a Christian. It goes on to say…

That is why many of you are weak and ill, and some have died.  I Corinthians 11:30

This verse tells you what is happening and has happened to those believers.

If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he shall ask, and God will give him life--to those who commit sins that do not lead to death. There is sin that leads to death; I do not say that one should pray for that. All wrongdoing is sin, but there is sin that does not lead to death. 1 John 5:16-17

It clearly says that their is a sin leading to death. According to what I mentioned in I Corinthians 11 I would say it is safe to say that a Christian can die because of sin in their life. Is it possible that you can die from other sin in your life? I am not 100% sure about that. I will give some thoughts on that.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit. Galatians 5:22-25

If someone is a Christian they will be showing at least one of these fruits of the Spirit. You should have at least one but you can not have all of them because then you would be like God and then have no need for God or what Jesus did on the cross. You may have more than one. If someone is claiming to be a Christian and is not showing fruits of the Spirit then are they really a Christian? You can judge that according to what the Word of God says. You should deal with the situation in a respectful manner. If they don’t have any fruits you should not gossip about them, or talk to other believers about it. You should confront them in a loving manner. Matthew 18:15-17 tells you how to confront sin in the Church. Fruitlessness is a sin because God told use to try and be like Him. Anything that we do that does not meet up with God’s standards is sin.  If you are so set in our sin and you really are a Christian then of what use would you still be here on earth? You are most likely going to be of harm to the Church. Would God take you home to be with him? I think He could.

How can we stay Spiritually alive? I believe that not just studying the Bible and going to Church will keep you Spiritually alive. If you are just studying the Bible and going to Church how is that furthering God’s Kingdom?  Don’t get me wrong, I think doing those things are very good. Being a Christian is not that simple. I think that being around younger Christians will help you keep Spiritually alive. It will help you keep from loosing focus on how alive the Word really is and amazing it is. Take a look at a new born baby. They are so happy and cute. Being around them might make you feel old. Look at what you have to offer them. You can help them grow up to be the person they can be. Same with new Christians. If you start to loose sight of how important the first years of Christian life then what good are you to the younger Christians. You could be “feeding God’s Sheep” you may not be the best teacher out there, you may not feel adequate for it but God has given you everything you need to help further the Kingdom of God, His Word and the Holy Spirit.

My challenge for you is to keep Spiritually active and further His Kingdom.