Saturday, 07 March 2009
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I'M A CHRISTIAN
And I don't apologize for that to anyone. If my faith offends you (including the part where Jesus claims that He is the way, the truth, and the life, and that nobody comes to the Father except through Him) then the problem lies with you and your relationship with God.
I'm not worried about my faith offending you. I AM concerned about those who reject Christ, because they are doomed. Equally important is the fact that those who are not in Christ are spiritually dead.
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Seconded-All in favor say I
I agree wholeheartedly.
Although I do try not to be offensive in my flesh, if the gospel offends then that is between you and God.
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Haha, unusually blunt for you, Dad. :)
You go guy!
Well said; Christ never tried to prove himself either, he just stated the facts and if people didn't believe him he just let them go their way. Let the blind lead the blind and soon they will all fall into the ditch! Truth needs no proof because it will eventually all be revealed in the end, and then it will be too late for some, unfortunately.
Never apologize for your faith in Christ!
Amen!
Hey - have you read the Left Behind series? I am curious to know your opinion on them. I am on Book 3 - "Carpathia" right now, and I have found the books so thought-provoking. It makes one sit up and take notice on what it means to be a Christian. Also, just my opinion, but Carpathia in the books - he really reminds me of Obama. I even find myself hearing Obama's voice when he speaks in the book. Eerie.
@willingwench - I read the first book, but I have some rather strong and negative opinions about the series.
Let me sum it up this way. The series imagines a world in which Christians have been raptured out. And yet, notwithstanding the sudden disappearance of all these Christians, all of the foundational institutions continue to function in the world, seemingly without a hitch. That tells me that prior to the rapture ALL of these "Christians" were having absolutely zero positive effect on the world. Instead of being salt and light to a decaying and dark world, the Christians may as well have not been there at all.
If the Christians had been doing their job before the rapture, then none of the world's institutions (government, education, business, etc.) would have continued to operate very well in the sudden absence of people who were living God's way.
Okay....maybe I'm not understanding you ~ but there are many countries who are not Christian and continue to function, in the business, educational and government sense. I don't get from the book that there was no positive affect from the raptured Christians. (In fact, there was an example of a woman who actually came to know Christ through Rayford's wife, Irene - who was among the raptured souls.) And there was definite chaos after they were raptured; however, the world could continue to function. Besides the fact that there are many decent people of other religions in this world; it's just that we are taught to believe that the way to heaven is through Christ.
Hmmm. Then again, the Apostle Paul is pretty clear that we need not to be annoying in our faith. If it isn't somehow self-evidently good, then we're kinda not doing what we're s'posed to do.
That's pretty much Romans 12 in a nutshell.
Christianity is troubling, sure. It's challenging. But if we take the "I can be as offensive as I want" mantle upon ourselves, then we do have to wonder if it is the Spirit that moves our faith, or if it is simple pride.