No one likes to hear or read anything that gives them pause to consider/reconsider their own spiritual state and Christians are no exception. We read/hear something that implies we should check ourselves out in the mirror - to see if we truly believe what we claim to believe or if we are living the life we should be - and we do not always react well and we go on either the offensive or the defensive. Truth be told though, it is not a bad idea now and then. After all, if you were on a diet/exercise plan to lose 10kg before swimsuit season, would you not check your progress now and then, and if you found weight gain rather than loss, perhaps recheck what you are doing.
I realize that implying we need to check ourselves and our spiritual state beyond just repeating "well, I know I am saved because..." does not tend to make one popular, especially when it comes from someone as imperfect as yours truly. But honestly, I would rather tick you off now and share a coffee with you in heaven, than spend ten thousand years looking for you there, only to find you missing.
"Not everyone who calls out to me, ‘Lord! Lord!’ will enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Only those who actually do the will of my Father in heaven will enter" ~ Matthew 7:21
*the above was done on my Facebook status as well*
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