Is everyone a Christian by default ?
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Is everyone a Christian by default ?
There was a man sent from God whose name was John
He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe.
He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light.
There was the true Light which, coming into the world, enlightens every man. (John 1:9)
It seems that some people express their (Christian) Light more than others.
He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe.
He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light.
There was the true Light which, coming into the world, enlightens every man. (John 1:9)
It seems that some people express their (Christian) Light more than others.
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Re: Is everyone a Christian by default ?
Is everyone Christian by default?
Is that a trick question? Is it a serious question?
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Is that a trick question? Is it a serious question?
Yeah. Just like some people get an education and become very successful in the world, while others with the same education end up homeless. There are Billy Grahams among us, and then there's me. Go figure.LittleHamster wrote:It seems that some people express their (Christian) Light more than others.
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Re: Is everyone a Christian by default ?
FL,Furstentum Liechtenstein wrote:Is everyone Christian by default?
Is that a trick question? Is it a serious question?
Yeah. Just like some people get an education and become very successful in the world, while others with the same education end up homeless. There are Billy Grahams among us, and then there's me. Go figure.LittleHamster wrote:It seems that some people express their (Christian) Light more than others.
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Don't sell yourself short. Even though you're Canadian, God can still use you.
John 5:24
24 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.
“A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves.”
-Edward R Murrow
St. Richard the Sarcastic--The Patron Saint of Irony
24 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.
“A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves.”
-Edward R Murrow
St. Richard the Sarcastic--The Patron Saint of Irony
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Yes and Canada now has Burger King too!
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Re: Is everyone a Christian by default ?
We ALL have the potential to be Christian, yes.
I do NOT believe that some are predestined to damnation.
I do NOT believe that some are predestined to damnation.
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Re: Is everyone a Christian by default ?
As usual, PaulS, your post is confusing Oh, Paul, thank you so much for your contribution!PaulSacramento wrote:We ALL have the potential to be Christian, yes.
I do NOT believe that some are predestined to damnation.
What's worse than being Canadian? Being American and living in a U.S. State full of Canadians! LOSER! Thank you so much for your kind words, dear Bother in Christ!RickD wrote:FL,Don't sell yourself short. Even though you're Canadian, God can still use you.
??? ??? ??? ??? I can't think of anything rude to say about Burger King...Thanks to 1/137, I am becomming politically correct!!!...I've always enjoyed Burger King...the first time I was in Paris, I went to the Burger King on Les Champs Élysées...fond memories...B. W. wrote:Yes and Canada now has Burger King too!
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Hold everything lightly. If you don't, it will hurt when God pries your fingers loose as He takes it from you. -Corrie Ten Boom
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If they had a social gospel in the days of the prodigal son, somebody would have given him a bed and a sandwich and he never would have gone home.
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Re: Is everyone a Christian by default ?
"Bother in Christ"?
Am I really a bother to you?
Oh woe is me! I have no reason to carry on anymore!
Am I really a bother to you?
Oh woe is me! I have no reason to carry on anymore!
John 5:24
24 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.
“A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves.”
-Edward R Murrow
St. Richard the Sarcastic--The Patron Saint of Irony
24 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.
“A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves.”
-Edward R Murrow
St. Richard the Sarcastic--The Patron Saint of Irony
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O! Woe is me! I misspelled BRother! And I've hurt the heart of my dear Brother in Christ!RickD wrote:"Bother in Christ"?
Can I ever be forgiven by you?
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Hold everything lightly. If you don't, it will hurt when God pries your fingers loose as He takes it from you. -Corrie Ten Boom
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If they had a social gospel in the days of the prodigal son, somebody would have given him a bed and a sandwich and he never would have gone home.
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Re: Is everyone a Christian by default ?
What did Mother Teresa say when she saw the homeless man ?.............."I see Christ in Beggars Clothes"
My next question would be, where on the Furstentum-RickD-B.W.-Sacramento Scale of becoming a Christian does one actually become a "Christian" ?
Is it the guy who goes to church every Sunday or is it the guy who raises the dead and walks on water?
My next question would be, where on the Furstentum-RickD-B.W.-Sacramento Scale of becoming a Christian does one actually become a "Christian" ?
Is it the guy who goes to church every Sunday or is it the guy who raises the dead and walks on water?
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Re: Is everyone a Christian by default ?
As Paul. S. said in another thread...
"A Christian is anyone that puts His faith in Jesus Christ as the Son of God, Lord and saviour and the grace we have THROUGH Him.
Beyond that is politics and human doctrine."
I see many "Christians" that attend church out of habit and many follow only on a very superficial level.
"A Christian is anyone that puts His faith in Jesus Christ as the Son of God, Lord and saviour and the grace we have THROUGH Him.
Beyond that is politics and human doctrine."
I see many "Christians" that attend church out of habit and many follow only on a very superficial level.
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Re: Is everyone a Christian by default ?
Yes well, being a Christian is different things to different people, heck according to some people HERE unless you believe EXACTLY like they do you are either not a "true" Christian or you don't take the bible seriously.LittleHamster wrote:As Paul. S. said in another thread...
"A Christian is anyone that puts His faith in Jesus Christ as the Son of God, Lord and saviour and the grace we have THROUGH Him.
Beyond that is politics and human doctrine."
I see many "Christians" that attend church out of habit and many follow only on a very superficial level.
Of course if you study the history of Christianity you will see that it has always been an ever evolving religion, not the CORE belief mind you ( That of Salvation in Christ) but of the many different doctrines.
Not every Christian agrees with Calvinistic views of predestination, not every Christian agrees with observing the Sabbath, not every Christian agrees with that the Lord's supper means ( what happens to the wine and bread), not every Christian agrees about how to read the WHOLE of the Bible, not every Christian agrees on the rapture issue, not every Christian agrees on what Hell is, if there is a purgatory, etc, etc, etc.
Some Christians are very devote and ritualistic in their worship and others are not, some believe that going to Church is indispensable, other disagree.
I don't think it is right for any Christian to Judge the FAITH of another, heck, HOW CAN we?
That is up to God.
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Re: Is everyone a Christian by default ?
political correctness != lieFurstentum Liechtenstein wrote:As usual, PaulS, your post is confusing Oh, Paul, thank you so much for your contribution!PaulSacramento wrote:We ALL have the potential to be Christian, yes.
I do NOT believe that some are predestined to damnation.
What's worse than being Canadian? Being American and living in a U.S. State full of Canadians! LOSER! Thank you so much for your kind words, dear Bother in Christ!RickD wrote:FL,Don't sell yourself short. Even though you're Canadian, God can still use you.
??? ??? ??? ??? I can't think of anything rude to say about Burger King...Thanks to 1/137, I am becomming politically correct!!!...I've always enjoyed Burger King...the first time I was in Paris, I went to the Burger King on Les Champs Élysées...fond memories...B. W. wrote:Yes and Canada now has Burger King too!
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-- 1 Thessalonians 5:21
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Re: Is everyone a Christian by default ?
Sorry about that littlehamster,LittleHamster wrote:What did Mother Teresa say when she saw the homeless man ?.............."I see Christ in Beggars Clothes"
My next question would be, where on the Furstentum-RickD-B.W.-Sacramento Scale of becoming a Christian does one actually become a "Christian" ?
Is it the guy who goes to church every Sunday or is it the guy who raises the dead and walks on water?
The topic was hijacked. Call this professional bantering in a good natured jolly way between friends...
On a scale from 1 thru 10 - to enter all you need to be is a 1 and the the Lord freely drives you the next higher scale. However, we often take the keys from him and drive in reverse a lot. But God's grace will lead us all home to that eventual 10
It has all to do with the Lord working within and not so much other things. Often this working within will have us to do his will to others outside as per Eph 2:10
Do you see this?
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You have spent all this time with us, yet you still must ask? Don't you already know? You must know, because you posted the answer:LittleHamster wrote:My next question would be, where on the Furstentum-RickD-B.W.-Sacramento Scale of becoming a Christian does one actually become a "Christian" ?
What else can there be to becoming a Christian?LittleHamster wrote:As Paul. S. said in another thread..."A Christian is anyone that puts His faith in Jesus Christ as the Son of God, Lord and saviour and the grace we have THROUGH Him.Beyond that is politics and human doctrine."
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EDIT FOR B.W. Okay, I just learned today that Burger King is buying a Canadian junk food chain in order - probably - to pay less U.S. taxes. Sadly, I worked freelance for another U.S. company that did just this. I'm sorry that your great country is being screwed by its own people.
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Re: Is everyone a Christian by default ?
Ok. My theory is that everyone is a Christian however, not everyone is a saved Christian.
and I don't know why.
But thanks for all the info. I will keep investigating........
and I don't know why.
But thanks for all the info. I will keep investigating........
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