Christians without Commitment

This blog topic came to me while I was at my church's Community Group. A Community Group is basically a very relaxed Bible study. Depending on the size of the church and who attends, a group of people meet at some one's house and they read a passage of scripture and have a discussion about it and then they eat food. It's a really good time. I was helping watch the kids, and my mom decided to do a simpler version of the lesson that the adults were doing. It really got me thinking, Christians without Commitment.
The passage of scripture is Matthew 23:23-28 "Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgement, mercy and faith; these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. 24 Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel. 25 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the  outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess. 26 Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also. 27 Woe unto you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness. 28 Even so ya also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ya are full of hypocrisy and iniquity."
The Pharisees were men who thought that they kept all of God's commands, but didn't like the things Jesus taught. They prayed loudly in the temples so everyone could heard them, but they didn't live a lifestyle that said they were a follower of God. This can be greatly applied to our lives today.
The kids were asked what they thought commitment meant, one boy gave an example of homework, if you are committed to doing your homework you will do it and get it done first, then do other fun things. Then they were asked how can they commit to God? The same boy answered, reading your Bible and praying everyday. Having the underlying concept of commitment can help us in our everyday walk with God. We then asked the kids What hurts God more, you knowing him but acting like you don't, or not knowing him at all? One boy said Not knowing God. Before we went on, I gave him an illustration to help him better understand what we were asking.
If your best friend in the whole world only talked to you on Wednesday's and then the rest of the week he pretended he didn't know you. How would that make you feel? Hurt. Okay, what if you saw a boy everyday but you didn't know him, and he never said "Hi" to you, would you be hurt by that? No. No, we wouldn't be hurt by that because we don't know the person, so it's not a big deal if they don't talk to us. That's exactly how God feels, if we only talk with him and have a relationship with him on Sunday's and Wednesday's, it hurts God because we aren't committing our everyday to him.

Later in the scriptures is says that the Pharisees clean the outside before the inside, but inside they are full of extortion or fraud. In a way Christians can be like the Pharisees. That may sound horrible, who wants to be like the Pharisees?! Matthew 5:20 "For I say unto you, The except your righteousness shall extend the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall not in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven." Jesus saying that to the people, we cannot act and live like the Pharisees did. They lived corrupt lives, going against the things Jesus said. As Christians we cannot live a life in such a way where we look perfect on the outside, we look like we have it all together, but on the inside our hearts are full of sin. People could do this by only going to church on Sunday's and Wednesday's but the other five days of the week they are cussing and gossiping and living a fraudulent lifestyle. It could happen in a way where their coworkers or friends at school don't even know they are a Christian because they don't live a Christlike conduct. Why is it hard for people to commit their lives to God? Why do they "serve two maters?" It's impossible to. Matthew 6:24 "No man can serve two maters; 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." 

Deuteronomy 4:24 " For the Lord thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God."  

Proverbs 3:5-7 "Trust in the Lord with all thine heart, and lean not unto thine own understanding. 6 In all your ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. 7 Be not wise in thine own eyes; fear the LORD, and depart from evil."