Cake Christians

One Friday my mom was making a cake for church potluck, and after it finished baking, this is what it looked like:

When I saw the bumps on the cake, I honestly thought they made the cake look not really appetizing. But, when Mom spread the frosting onto the bumpy cake, the unappetizing bumps were gone.

Frosted Fakes

In a way, for us as Christians, we too can be like that bumpy cake.

Each of us have unappetizing bumps in our characters and in our hearts. But instead of going to Jesus to help take out these bumps, we cover them with “frosting.”

A frosting that is just a shallow, external “righteousness.” It’s the same kind of frosting the Pharisees had on, and that Jesus addressed in Luke chapter 11:

Then the Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees make the outside of the cup and dish clean, but your inward part is full of greed and wickedness………But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass by justice and the love of God. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone.

(Luke 11:39,42)

Such a frosting type of righteousness, a “frosting” attitude toward your bumps of sin, will likely make you vulnerable to become a fake Christian.

Let Jesus Deal with Your Bumps!

Instead of hiding your sinful bumps behind a frosting of fake, sugary goodness, I wanna encourage you, dear reader, to go to Jesus and let Him smooth out your bumpy heart!

We have a beautiful promise in Psalm 62:8–

Trust in Him at all times, you people;
Pour out your heart before Him;
God is a refuge for us.

(Psalm 62:8)

Expose the ugly bumps of sin in your heart to Christ, dear reader! He has PROMISED that He will never cast you out!

All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will by no means cast out.

(John 6:37)

I assure you that He’ll be your refuge of hope and lovingly help smooth those bumps out within you!

A Prayer

Dear reader, do you want Jesus to help smooth out the bumps in your heart and in you character? Do you wish to stop wearing a fake frosting of self-righteousness upon your external life and embrace Jesus’ own righteousness?

If so, then I wanna appeal to you to simply pray the following prayer below:

I’d like to conclude this blog post with a quote from Dave Hunt, that I believe will reinforce within each of our hearts the need to take away the sugary frosting of legalism and learn to seriously let Jesus deal with the sinful bumps within us.

“To attempt to pay for salvation with church membership, prayers, or good deeds is an insult to Christ, who paid the full price-and is a rejection of the gift of God’s grace.”

–Dave Hunt–

Let’s let God’s grace take care of the bumps in our lives and not cover them with anymore frosting!

Amen! Maranatha!