the word ' Christian ' appears in the Bible and simply means
' Christ follower. '
there are millions of people who think they are Christians. these
same people who claim to be Christians worship idols, fornicate,
steal, blaspheme; are homosexuals and lesbians, murderers, liars and
self-righteous pious puppets of denominations devoted solely to their
own personal gain... just to name a few things people calling
themselves Christians, are doing daily.
this is not at all what a Christian really is, according to the
Bible.
a Christian is someone guilty of all of the above and more
( Eph 2:1-9 ) upon whom God had and has mercy, whom He has forgiven by
imputing to Jesus Christ, Eternal Son of God, the penalty for the sins
which these have committed, giving them life and faith which they
certainly did not have before God made the first move in their lives.
( Jn. 15:16; Eph. 1:4 )
the Bible goes on and on to make it clear that no one so graced by
God has ever sought for Him ( Jn. 1:12,13; Ro. 3:11 ) but that He has
sought for certain ones of His own choosing and gave them eternal
life, simply because it pleases Him so to do. ( Eph. 1:3-12 ) this,
God does impartially ( Ro. 2:11. ) since not all people are so
graced by God, the Bible indeed teaches these have been by-passed, and
remain in their sins to face God on Judgement Day.
there is not such a person on earth who has ever been made a
Christian by any church ceremony, nor by belonging to some
denomination, nor by some decision on their part to be one. the only
real Christian is one caused to be one by direct intervention in their
darkened lives by God Himself by His choosing. ( Ps. 65:4 ) any other
way of explaining all of the above is a lie. and there are plenty of
' Christians ' who lie about just how they caused God to owe them
grace and mercy. these are wallowing in pride and self-glorying,
following the crowd thinking they're right with God. many other's
have never read a Bible.
the trash that airs on TV on Sunday mornings is not Christianity at
all. the actors on the stages with their glitter suits telling their
puppets how God is going to make them rich are pretenders to the faith
and are in it only for the money, as are their followers.
the ones more conservative who like to walk across the stage holding
a Bible so to be seen by men are also pretenders putting on a show for
the satisfaction of their ego's, and bank accounts. the difference
between real Christians and phony's are the crowds they draw.
speaking the Word of God in truth turns off and turns away those
passed by for salvation ( Jn. 6:65,66. ) to draw their big crowds
they're feeding them with what they want to hear... the Word of God is
not designed to be ear pleasing. ( 2 Tim 4:3,4 )
in fact, the Pseudo Christian as well as the Atheist find the Word
of God repulsive ( Jn. 6:66 ) and ridiculous ( 1 Cor. 2:14 ) and they
can not understand the Bible ( Jn. 8:43,44. ) these have been passed
by for salvation and the former have concocted their own religious
appearances because of the attraction people have to God's majestic
Personage. ( Ps. 66:3 )
salvation, the deliverance from the bondage to Satan, sin and death,
through Jesus Christ by an act of grace, mercy and love on the part of
God acting first, and without any assistance of any kind on the part
of man, is the essence of the Gospel. ( Eph. 1:3-12 )
if and when God so moves, the object of His love, mercy and grace is
changed from a being devoted to Satan, sin and death to a Christian,
bearing the fruits of the Spirit. ( Eph. 2:1-9 )
all this rubs the flesh of the Pseudo Christian the wrong way since
these are used to worshipping statues and famous people and
blaspheming God daily with unsound doctrine.
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