Christians are a group of called out people who represent Jesus
Christ and are to testify about Jesus Christ and the Gospel of the
Kingdom" that is to come, God's moral government. They are
to also testify about God's ultimate judgment on a sin filled
world.
Jesus Christ's life and death was planned for from the very beginning. Jesus Christ was not captured, He willingly laid down His life for us. Jesus Christ paid the debt for our sin and His death was not a defeat, but rather a triumph over evil.
What is the Christian Church today really all about. Is it anything about what Jesus Christ came to earth to originally teach us or is it a bunch of man made ideas, concepts and doctrines passed down through the centuries starting after the death of Jesus Christ that has nothing to do with what Jesus Christ and His apostles taught?
One of the things a lot of Christians lose sight of is the fact that we as Christians are totally saved and purified only and solely and more importantly, completely by what Jesus Christ did for us on the cross. There is not anything, other then confess, repent, become Baptized, and believe, that a Christian can do. Jesus Christ's blood atones for the sins of a Christian, nothing more. The Christian Bible says that "...all men sin, all fall short of the glory of God...", that includes professing Christians. Why Christians are saved is because Jesus sacrificed Himself to pay for our sins.
If you are doing things because you think it will save you, you do not understand. Yes, you should do things that Jesus and the scriptures say you should do. That includes following God's commandments. This would include the "Ten Commandments That means all of the Ten Commandments. But, this is not what gets you into the Kingdom of God.
Jesus Christ came to earth and He told anyone who was willing to listen that He would would “build a church" and that this "church" would never die out. Jesus Christ has told us by the word of His mouth that His Father shall give you a Comforter, that he may abide with you forever”, (John 14:16). Once you are a Christian you have the power of God and His Son Jesus Christ with you throughout eternity. A Christian does not have to anything more.
Is Christianity as we know it today with hundreds of different doctrines, beliefs and practices, anything close to what Jesus was talking about?
“...I write so that you may know how you ought to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth” (1 Timothy 3:15).
“And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it” (Matthew 16:18).
What Jesus was talking about more than 2000 years ago was not some building. What Jesus was talking about was a called out assembly of people who were spiritually transformed and faithfully followed His teachings.
teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen (Matthew 28:20).
Jesus promised His disciples that He would guide the church until He returned. There are millions of people who profess to be Christian but what does that really mean? Christianity is divided into many different religions and down through the ages, these religions claiming to be Christian follow many different customs and practices that do not faithfully follow the teachings of Jesus Christ. Jesus promised that He would build a church that would prevail to the end of the age but most of the Christianity we see practiced today is not the church Jesus was talking about.
Jesus warned His disciples that “false christs and false prophets will rise and show signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect" (Mark:13:22), Paul also said that people would be “corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ ”by the preaching of “false apostles” (2 Corinthians:11:3, 13). Jesus told us that “narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it. Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. You will know them by their fruits” (Matthew:7:14).
As a Christian you need to identify exactly what “Church” Jesus Christ was talking about. You need to identify the preachings of a different spirit and a very different gospel. You need to learn directly from God's Word, the Bible, exactly what “the church of the living God” (1 Timothy:3:15) is.
The average Christian cannot tell you what Jesus Christ founded His “Church” on. His “Church” was founded on the “Royal Law of Love”, that is the principle that all people within Jesus's Church wholeheartedly love God and each other. "And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in Him” (1 John 4:16).
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Jesus Christ's life and death was planned for from the very beginning. Jesus Christ was not captured, He willingly laid down His life for us. Jesus Christ paid the debt for our sin and His death was not a defeat, but rather a triumph over evil.
What is the Christian Church today really all about. Is it anything about what Jesus Christ came to earth to originally teach us or is it a bunch of man made ideas, concepts and doctrines passed down through the centuries starting after the death of Jesus Christ that has nothing to do with what Jesus Christ and His apostles taught?
One of the things a lot of Christians lose sight of is the fact that we as Christians are totally saved and purified only and solely and more importantly, completely by what Jesus Christ did for us on the cross. There is not anything, other then confess, repent, become Baptized, and believe, that a Christian can do. Jesus Christ's blood atones for the sins of a Christian, nothing more. The Christian Bible says that "...all men sin, all fall short of the glory of God...", that includes professing Christians. Why Christians are saved is because Jesus sacrificed Himself to pay for our sins.
If you are doing things because you think it will save you, you do not understand. Yes, you should do things that Jesus and the scriptures say you should do. That includes following God's commandments. This would include the "Ten Commandments That means all of the Ten Commandments. But, this is not what gets you into the Kingdom of God.
Jesus Christ came to earth and He told anyone who was willing to listen that He would would “build a church" and that this "church" would never die out. Jesus Christ has told us by the word of His mouth that His Father shall give you a Comforter, that he may abide with you forever”, (John 14:16). Once you are a Christian you have the power of God and His Son Jesus Christ with you throughout eternity. A Christian does not have to anything more.
Is Christianity as we know it today with hundreds of different doctrines, beliefs and practices, anything close to what Jesus was talking about?
“...I write so that you may know how you ought to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth” (1 Timothy 3:15).
“And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it” (Matthew 16:18).
What Jesus was talking about more than 2000 years ago was not some building. What Jesus was talking about was a called out assembly of people who were spiritually transformed and faithfully followed His teachings.
teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen (Matthew 28:20).
Jesus promised His disciples that He would guide the church until He returned. There are millions of people who profess to be Christian but what does that really mean? Christianity is divided into many different religions and down through the ages, these religions claiming to be Christian follow many different customs and practices that do not faithfully follow the teachings of Jesus Christ. Jesus promised that He would build a church that would prevail to the end of the age but most of the Christianity we see practiced today is not the church Jesus was talking about.
Jesus warned His disciples that “false christs and false prophets will rise and show signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect" (Mark:13:22), Paul also said that people would be “corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ ”by the preaching of “false apostles” (2 Corinthians:11:3, 13). Jesus told us that “narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it. Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. You will know them by their fruits” (Matthew:7:14).
As a Christian you need to identify exactly what “Church” Jesus Christ was talking about. You need to identify the preachings of a different spirit and a very different gospel. You need to learn directly from God's Word, the Bible, exactly what “the church of the living God” (1 Timothy:3:15) is.
The average Christian cannot tell you what Jesus Christ founded His “Church” on. His “Church” was founded on the “Royal Law of Love”, that is the principle that all people within Jesus's Church wholeheartedly love God and each other. "And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in Him” (1 John 4:16).
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