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[quote=Anonymous][i]"And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God." [/i] --Luke 9:62

Evangelicals take the words of Jesus very seriously, as if they are direct commands from God (which they are).  The words of Jesus are treated as a direct command as if from a king.  Jesus is the King of kings and Lord of lords so
evangelicals do their very best to obey, so there is little room for compromising or trying to gain approval from the world (cultural/liberal Christians), or exert one's own will in the matter over the will of God ("cafeteria style" Christianity).

This makes compromising, worldly Christians feel guilty because such lukewarm Christians are trying to do it "their way" instead of "God's way".

[i]"Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven."[/i] --Matthew 7:21

You need to be very careful calling yourself a Christian but not doing the things that God commanded, or doing things "in the name of Jesus" for your own personal gain like many televangelists do who defraud and make merchandise from the saints.

The very definition of an evangelical Christian is one who loves God with all their heart, mind, and soul, loves others, (but not their sins such as those of homosexuals and adulterers), and obey the commands of God but knowing it is not obedience of these laws that gets you into heaven but relying fully upon the sacrifice that Jesus made on the cross, believing in Jesus for salvation and not any other compromising way such as "being a nice person and going to church."  or "I think good thoughts about people which makes me good so that will get me into heaven."

When you cease being obedient unto God you by default cease being an evangelical Christian.

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