Thursday July 09th, 2026
« Their loyalty is divided between God and the world, and they are unstable in everything they do »
13 Therefore the Lord said: “Inasmuch as these people draw near with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but have removed their hearts far from Me, and their fear toward Me is taught by the commandment of men,
14 Therefore, behold, I will again do a marvelous work among this people, a marvelous work and a wonder; for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hidden.”
15 Woe to those who seek deep to hide their counsel far from the Lord, and their works are in the dark; they say, “Who sees us?” and, “Who knows us?”
16 Surely you have things turned around! Shall the potter be esteemed as the clay; for shall the thing made say of him who made it, “He did not make me”? Or shall the thing formed say of him who formed it, “He has no understanding”?
- To be double-minded is to be a hypocrite – one minute, you act a certain way and the next, you are someone else.
You say something here and something contrary elsewhere.
That is double-mindedness and a sign of an impure heart, according to James 4:8NLT
« Come close to God, and God will come close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners; purify your hearts, for your loyalty is divided between God and the world »
Matthew 5:8 says only the pure in heart will see God,
so double-minded people will not make it to heaven.
To be pure means to be of a single content.
When people talk about pure cotton or pure wool, it means it does not contain any other kind of material.
Purity, therefore, implies singleness of mind and purpose.
One of the reasons I love dogs is that you can tell when they’re happy or angry. They have no pretense at all.
Unfortunately, when it comes to human beings, they can smile at you and yet plan to kill you.
To be pure means no pretense James 5:12.
- That is when your ‘ yes’ is ‘yes’, and your ‘no’ means ‘no’.
If you stand for something, stand for it all the way.
In Luke 9:59-62, Jesus Christ gave us an illustration of this when He said the moment you have placed your hand on the plough, there must be no looking back.
In Luke 16:13CEV, He puts it another way
« You cannot be the slave of two masters. You will like one more than the other or be more loyal to one than to the other. You cannot serve God and money »
If you are serving one master today and serving another tomorrow, you are double-minded.
Choose who your master is and stand by him all the way.
If you want to serve God, then don’t serve money, or visit a witch doctor in secret; serve God and God alone.
As for me, I am serving the Lord Jesus Christ and I am going with only Him all the way.
I tell you again brethren, whatever God does not do for you, no one else can do it.
- Many of us have not been getting full benefits from the Lord Jesus Christ simply because we are double-minded.
James 1:6-8 says the double-minded should not even expect to get anything from God.
Don’t be double-minded.
Application – Search your heart to see if you have been a hypocrite in any way and repent if you find yourself guilty.
Author – Bishop Enoch Adejare Adeboye; General Overseer of the RCCG
Posted by Naomie Joseph
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