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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