What's the difference between a Christian and a "born again christian"?
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A born again christian is a member of a Protestant church that is usually a fundamentalist church. They feel that the only way to have a personal relationship with Jesus is to ask him to come into their hearts in a semi-formal method often in church when they have what is called an "altar call".  The person repents of their past sins, accepts Jesus as their personal savior and promises to amend their life and follow Jesus from that moment on. Now for the dark side. They also tend to think that the only true Christian is a "born again" Christian. \n\nOther committed Christians follow a different POV. We follow Jesus, repent of our sins and amend our lives too.  We make Jesus the center of our life. What we don't' do is annoy the hell (literally or figuratively) out of non-believers by trying to "save" them.\n\nSorry, if this was a bit harsh. But I think it gets the distinction across.
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Christianity! ( not as in organized religion, tho) As an individual that has a personal relationship with Christ. \nWhy? Because it is the TRUTH! Only thru Jesus, can we attain salvation.
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Born agains are the worst.They are usually ex whores,sluts alcoholics and drug abusers...The worst of the lot,but when the spirit of God hits,and you realize the healing effect of it,it makes you want to spread the miracle of what happened.Now,however,most do not know the difference between;witnessing,and being pushy and annoying.the Born again christian is the greatest tool of the devil.they will push you away from God quicker than satan himself.Most totally forget the book of Matthew,where it is very clear about Judging another.i usually just listen to them,then when they least expect it,I go into full attack mode of quoting book,chapter and verse,then they realize I already know God,better than them,and they leave me alone
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Christianity never saw itself as a "new religion". Rather, the early Jewish followers of Christ saw the faith as the natural continuation of the Jewish faith. They continued to go to the synagogues and preached that Jesus was the long-awaited Messiah. In time, the separation became complete as a majority of Jews rejected Christ as the Messiah.\n\nThe main difference is that Jewish people still wait for the prophecies of the Messiah to be fulfilled -- while Christians believe that the prophesied Messiah has been revealed/fullfilled in Jesus Christ.
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Praise God that He took you out of that dead end life.  Praise God, praise God.\n\nThere wasn't one "moment" when I would say I was born again.  It took time...I was in a bible study and over the years, I came to know Him and understand that the bible is God's word.  It's been ten years of bible study, and I am a new person because of the transforming power of Jesus Christ.
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Yes the Holy Spirit guides the born again Christian.
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I like this verse better my friend:\n\nJoh 11:26  and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?" \n\nA Christian is someone who both lives and believes in Jesus. Repent is close but no cigar. We must make Jesus the Lord and Master of our life.\n\nGlad to help :)
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Satan is a lionon a lease, he has no ability excep it be granted of God'\nI don't know if you are a born again believer but if you are you have Gods promise that all things will work together for your good.
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Christ died to cover all sin past, present and future. That doesn't give you a license to sin though. If you love God and have truly been "born again" then you will find all sin as offensive once you see it as sin. Once a person who is "born again" realizes that they have sinned they have a conviction burning inside of themselves to ask for forgiveness, and to permanently separate themselves from the sin forever. I would say that all of us struggle with sin but some of us have chosen not to fight it and instead just simply give in to it. I think that is the difference also in someone who loves God (the one that struggles and hates the sin) and someone who just wants to get to heaven (the one that seeks forgiveness knowing that they will in the future seek out to do the same sin again and again). I don't want to go to heaven just for the sake of going to heaven. I want to go to heaven to be with the One that my heart desires. I want to know God as I am known and see His face. The only way that I can see His face is to hate sin in the way that He hates sin.
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There have been some good answers so far but let me add another perspective. When a person becomes a Christian, they become a different person with a new nature-the nature of God. With this new nature comes a whole new set of desires. A Christian wants what God wants. As someone once said, "if it pleases you to please God then you can do what you please." \n\nOf course there are times in the life of a Christian when we let our human desires over-rule what God wants. But when you do something wrong, which the Bible describes as sin, then a true Christian will immediately feel bad about it and repent. Repent means to change your thinking and thus your actions. So a Christian will immediately acknowledge it as sin, reject it, and receive God's forgiveness. Since Christ died for all of our sins, He thus secured God's forgiveness for us. Therefore, as Christians we are forgiven. \n\nHowever, this is NOT an excuse to keep on sinning. And as a true Christian you should not want to continue in a life of sin.  For additional info you might check out the chapter entitled Your Means of Exchange: The Cross-Forgiveness in the book, Introducing The New You.
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It is possible, although when you are truly born again, God gives you a new nature.  So you don't feel the same way about sin as you did before.  II Cor. 5:17
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No, i dont think so, but he/she could be sure if they do the following:\nWebster’s Dictionary defines a Christian as “a person professing belief in Jesus as the Christ or in the religion based on the teaching of Jesus.” While this is a good starting point in understanding what a Christian is, like many secular definitions, it falls somewhat short of really communicating the biblical truth of what it means to be a Christian.\n\nThe Bible teaches us that the good works we do cannot make us acceptable to God.\nA true Christian is a person who has put his or her faith and trust in the person of Jesus Christ and fact that He died on the cross as payment for sins and rose again on the third day to obtain victory over death and to give eternal life to all who believe in Him.
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Both believe in the same basic premise of how to become a Christian.  Both believe in Baptism (although most Baptist churches dunk, whereas Methodist as a rule sprinkle).  Baptism has nothing to do with becoming a Christian.  To become a Christian, all you have to do is believe that Jesus is the son of God, came to this earth, lived a perfect, sinless life, died on a cross for your sins and was resurrected to conquer death.  Baptism is an outward sign to the world of your committment.\nAs for the difference, the Methodist church follows a holiness doctrine which says that once we are saved, the Holy Spirit works in each of us toward becoming holy(like Christ).  Either way, both are Christian churches which is what really matters.\nBTW, I grew up going to Baptist churches, but now I go to Methodist.  But I just label myself as a Christian.
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None at all.  Born again is a term that Christians use to show that their life has restarted. Simple as that.
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Through Jesus Christ- He is the only, way, truth and life and nobody comes to the Father but through Him -John 14:6\n\nThat is to be born again in the Spirit of God- to believe in what Jesus did for you on the cross- that he died and rose again- and those who believe in Him, repenting of sin are given eternal life in the kingdom of Heaven- not to mention a wonderful relationship with Jesus Christ. One must believe in Jesus Christ-\n\nJohn 3:3 "Unless you are born again, you cannot enter the kingdom of God"
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i prefer the term "beliver" which is what i am. i dont think there is a difference in non and un because,for example,  if someone was to say they were a non believer as opposed to an un believer it means the same thing i beieve that god created us and that he sent his son to die on the cross for our sins and that the only way to get to heaven is through jesus. once you accept him into your heart that is where he dwells inside you. and then once you have jesus you have to obey God and his rules and commandments. you do not have to go to church to be saved. church does not save you God does. the different denominations take different parts of the bible and focuse on them rather than stick to the basics. other denominations disregard part of the bible all together and others write their own version. that is why i prefer just to be a christian rather than a babtist, southern babtist, catholic, or lutherian or whatever. besides the bible is clear on so many things that i dont understand how so many different religions came about. the things that are unclear are trivial. its best to be just a believer.
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April, salvation is a gift that you have to receive but I believe you can also later reject it. Look at the parable of the sower were seed was sown on different ground. Jesus said IF you remain in me I will remain in you. I would loved to believe in once saved always saved but there are just to many warnings in the bible. We still have free will once we are saved, God is not going to drag anybody into heaven. I know the devil sure doesn't give up once your saved. I also don't believe it's something that you can loose just like that for committing a sin and dieing at that moment. I believe you are in danger when you make a conscience decision to go back to the world. I believe that this is easier for a new christian than a more mature one. I don't believe a christian has to live in fear of loosing their salvation.