Who do you serve?

You have two choices. There are only two masters we can serve. One is Satan and the other is God. In Luke 16:13, Jesus says "No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon." Sometimes we think we can be on the fence about spiritual things but this verse clearly says we cannot. We are either with God or we are with Satan. Either we are separate and different from the world or we are just like it. There is no having your cake and eating it too in Christianity. It is a choice between heaven and hell every day. When you make the choice to be baptized for the remission of sins, you are giving God your loyalty. You are a new creature to walk in newness of life (Romans 6:4). Also in Romans 6:17-18, Paul says that you were servants of sin but after obeying the gospel you now become a servant of righteousness. None of these verses indicate you can have split loyalties. You can only serve one or the other. 

Choose wisely.

-C