Must Read this christians...take it seriously !?
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If these experiences are true, praise God! \nIf they are not, pray to God.\n\nI try not to judge the religious experiences of other people. \n\nWith love in Christ.
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Galatians 2:17\n17"If, while we seek to be justified in Christ, it becomes evident that we ourselves are sinners, does that mean that Christ promotes sin? Absolutely not!\n\nSIN.\n\nThe Point of it all is SIN, and yes Sin is serious! We need Christ's forgiveness!
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I take a firm stand on the Truth in the bible about Jesus,  not this book or movie which made the terrible scandels against Jesus.... I know they are  fictions but dangerous to  steal the faiths from people. God will judge people who had done that which hurt their faiths.  I stand for Jesus as the Son of God! He is the Lord of my life! God loves you all very mucha dn God can forgive them their sins if they ask Him and to repent, it'd be wonderful.
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I am a member of Christian of Texas. I enjoy reading the daily digest that is sent to me. My 360 link is http://360.yahoo.com/brickcollecter and my favorite scripture is John 3:16 because it explains our entire plan of salvation in one, simple verse. Too many think that it has to be hard to be saved, that you have to prove something. You don't, it's a gift from God, you only have to accept it and declare it! God bless you.
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it is required to be christian!
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let your faith save you!!!
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I agree with you Snowflake...I think that Love is the most important thing of all. We shouldn't use scripture to beat each other on the head, just so we could be right! We are, as Christians, all a work in progress, and our goal should be to become closer to Jesus thru Bible study, prayers for one another, and do just as Jesus does....LOVE ONE ANOTHER!\nThere are so many religions in the world, and personal beliefs as well...how can any of us be 100% accurate in everything we believe? It's not possible...so we study and pray...and in that process, we learn tolerance for others who may not have even accepted basic truths yet. Jesus summed up the 10 Commandments into 2 basic ones; and if we lived those 2 Commandments, we'd have a loving world; instead of the one we now have...love of money and love of power, and hatred, and violence, and all the other evils we have in the world, created by not following these 2 Commandments of Christ. He said, "Love God with your whole heart," and secondly " Love your neighbor as yourself"...that is the whole law! \nAnd as you said, "..."YOU WILL KNOW THEM BY THE LOVE THEY HAVE FOR ONE ANOTHER", "YOU WILL KNOW THEM BY THEIR FRUIT"...that is so right on! When some "well intentioned" enthusiastic or zealous individuals or groups of people, "threaten" others that they are going to hell, point their finger at others who don't agree with them, tell them what and how to believe, whether in the churches or here on Yahoo, that is NOT what God intended, not what Jesus came and gave His life for..it is definitely the wrong approach to leading others to Christ..It is as you said, we should be drawing others to God, not sending them away! With some of the judgemental stuff I read on this forum, and other places, it is no wonder we have much confusion about Christianity...no wonder some people want no part of it. True Christianity is simply changing our own selves, showing true love for others, tolerance for others who don't believe exactly as we do...( who really knows if we are right about everything????) There are many false prophets in this world, and if we gently, and lovingly, by our examples of how we live, result in someone coming to Christ, the Heavens and Angels and God and Christ are rejoicing!!! I would rather do that, than "condemm" someone to "HELL", or judge another, or beat them into submission to accept what I believe. God wants us to come to Him and to Jesus, WILLINGLY! \nI'm coming to the end of my "sermon" ;~)....by saying that if we love all, even those who use scripture to put others down, we will pray for them, too. They need our prayers, too...as they need to overcome their "pride, their judging, and their self righteousness!"\nAmen!
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Good question! Silly Christians.
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Very, very good question. \n\nScripture tells us that we are to give up even our own lives for Christ. There is nothing we should hold before God. But life in this world is plagued with commercialism forever taunting us to "please self" and do away with God and His will. We, as Christians, NEED to get back to that place where NOTHING in this life interests us. That's a hard saying, but I think it's true.
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I agree,.... no one should ever assume they have it all right. Every denomination or every religion is the product of someone interpretting something different than the guy before. Im a Christian and I see other Christians faithfully following doctrines that I have no idea how they can believe it in light of scripture. Im sure many would see some of my beliefs as false too. Fact being, we do not accept anything as truth that we do not understand so we change what we're told into something we can understand. However it doesnt change what IS Truth. I think our best bet is to realise we cant get it all right and just be open to learn.
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I think it is horrible that people of any faith would post such nasty comments. I am a believer in God, but do not call myself a Christian. I have had bad experiences with them like yours. These people are not being very good Christians as they are going against a lot of what the bible teaches, ie tolerance and not judging others. You should ignore these people and keep asking questions. It is how we learn and understand.
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Wow a Christian using scripture in their thoughts on dogma- novel idea that I hope continues. I totally agree- Ephesians 2 8For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9not by works, so that no one can boast. Kinda hard to argue with that scripture too huh? But we must see-as James points out- that good works are a result of our faith. Not that  we need to do them to get into Heaven-but if we follow Christ- and He was a servant to all- then we will do the same. Great point!
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And you believed it??\n\nHA!!!!\n\nNo one should take the Bible seriously, at least not as a scientific textbook.\n\nIt was written by ignorant, superstitious Bronze Age nomads who knew nothing of modern science and biological specifics.
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It is written, "Lean not on thine own understanding" Trust in the Lord... Christ - the Word. Obviously, don't give anything to trolls... don't throw your pearls before swine. Contribute to those in need, as the Lord directs.
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Matthew 15:22 - 28. A Canaanite woman begs Jesus for help with her daughter, who is possessed. He tells her that he was sent only to help the lost sheep of Israel, because:\n"It is not right to take the children's bread and toss it to their dogs." -Mat 15:26 (NIV)\n\nDo any of you "Christians" actually read the Bible, or do you just go around insisting that other people read it?
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I've read quite a bit of it, and the more I read the more I realize how utterly bogus it is when taken literally.\n\nOh, and I think "jackiedj8952" ment to say you needed to have your ears poisoned and be brainwashed by a preacher or someone. That's what she ment by "spiritual ears". \n\nShe's right in a way, you first need someone to tell you that this book is perfect in everyway and if you don't believe in it you will go to hell, because without that it'll just be another book of fantasy and make believe.\n\nI encourage christians to be honest with themselves and go here to give your ex-christian testimony:\n\nhttp://exchristian.net/
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An excellent list. And there isn't a christian that can deny the utter stupidity of the bible when presented with these outright contradictions.\nI mean, how can a "perfect" being's manifesto be so chock full of mistakes?