Are Christians...........Christians?

[BUTCHA]

well if we are going to go down the line , through all the different faiths. thought i'd get to the end so we dont have to ask about every Christians faith.

answer ................ I'M NOT SURE ANYMORE SOMEBODY IS ABOUT TO EXPLAIN TO ME WHY CHRISTIANS ARE NOT CHRISTIANS!  ok im done yelling .

[JudgeNot]

 

In JESUS NAME!  Jesus - our Savior, our God!   AMEN!

Can Butcha make it any more clear that we all belong to Him?

Thanks Brother Butch - now, all of the sudden, I feel like skipping through a green pasture...  with a BIG grin on my face!
God Bless,
JN

[nChrist]

Oklahoma Howdy To Butcha,

I think that's a fair question. The answer would be "YES and NO", depending on the individual person. If the person has the Holy Spirit in their heart and Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and Saviour, they are saved. If not, they are lost, regardless of what they call themselves.

Love In Christ,
Tom

[DovesWings]

My thoughts exactly.

[ollie]

In JESUS NAME!  Jesus - our Savior, our God!   AMEN!

Can Butcha make it any more clear that we all belong to Him?

Thanks Brother Butch - now, all of the sudden, I feel like skipping through a green pasture...  with a BIG grin on my face!
God Bless,
JN

With one exception. He says, "all the different faiths", "every Christian faith".

God's word says through inspired Paul's letter to the church at Ephesus and all the faithful in Christ:

 Ephesians 4:2.  With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
 3.  Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
 4.  There isone body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;
 5.  One Lord, one faith, one baptism,
 6.  One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.

[halfgospel]

hi butcha,

perhaps the people concerned with you weren't christian in the first place?

if you want to find out what is going on in today's church, pay our website a visit. it may help you discern between christian and Christian.?

Take care, it is a minefield out there.
Yours in Christ,
Halfgospel

[BUTCHA]

halfgospel
 welcome brother checked out the sight, pretty cool will read more later. got to find more easter eggs , ya know the one with the most eggs win

[Shylynne]

Mat 7:20  Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.

Jam 3:17  But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, [and] easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

Gal 5:22  But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Gal 5:23  Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
Gal 5:24  And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
Gal 5:25  If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.

[Willowbirch]

So many wonderful, true posts!

[Brother Love]

Was Jim Jones, a Christian?

[Shylynne]

LORD, HELP ME NOT BE SMUG OR HOPELESS

Lord, it is so easy to feel superior. What a temptation! I rarely recognize the feeling as one of superiority, but it is. I see others and silently say, "If he had faith, he would not struggle. If she loved God, she would not waiver. If he had a prayer life, he would be stronger. If she spent time studying the Bible, her doubts would disappear."

Then, in the security of my self-confidence, I rejoice in the strength of my faith and the depth of my love. I smile when I consider my prayer life and my knowledge of Your word. I reassure myself by thinking of the many things I do for you.

Later, as I reflect on these times, an ugly awareness stares at me. I see the Pharisee who felt spiritually superior because he was not like the wicked tax collector.

Who am I to measure the faith or the love of another person? Is knowledge of Your word measured by the ability to dissect verses or by clinging to the message? Are the notable ways to serve Christ restricted to my list of godly works? Am I to forget that You were thrilled when a widow gave a penny? Or that You note the cup of cold water given in Jesus' name?

My dark days descended on me. Desperate illness struck my family, and one that I loved died. Injustices destroyed my career. My dreams for my children turned into ashes. Neither time nor money permit me to serve You in the ways that I did.

Each day I know struggle and weakness. Evil mocks my strength. I wavier because my faith was in me, not You. And I am afraid as I learn to trust You instead of me. Suddenly, my Bible knowledge became "book knowledge." In that moment I understood the difference between having Bible knowledge and laying a foundation upon the Rock.

Troubles easily become despair, and despair easily becomes hopelessness. What a temptation!

Father, let me now see others thru the same eyes of love and grace and mercy that you see me. amen


http://www.westarkchurchofchrist.org/chadwell/artic123.htm

[ollie]

"Father, let me now see others thru the same eyes of love and grace and mercy that you see me. amen"

Wonderful!

[BUTCHA]

Was Jim Jones, a Christian?

I DOUBT HE WAS
 ROMAN CATHOLIC