abelcainsbrother wrote: ↑Fri Nov 22, 2019 11:32 pm
1.You must be born again to become a Christian.You cannot save yourself nor act like a Christian and truly be one.
John 3:3
Many think that Christianity is just another religion,amongst a long list of other religions and they are all kinda the same they just believe in different gods and Jesus is just another kind of god people believe in.This is not true though as you can simply join a church of any other religion I'm aware of,learn the laws and rules you must live by the rest of your life,learn the religious rituals you must perform,etc and change yourself to become one. You cannot do this in Chistianity.Why would you choose some other god over Jesus? The choice is obvious from a religion view point.
2.Jesus paid for your salvation in full.
God has already did everything for you in his salvation plan for you to be saved.There is nothing you can do to add to it.All you have to do is have faith and believe in Jesus for your salvation and be saved.This is how you recieve the gift of salvation and it is not much effort on your part at all because Jesus really already did everything for you.It is really too easy for people to accept,but it is true nonetheless.
Romans 5:16-21
3.You don't really decide when it is time to be saved,God decides,when it is time.Unless the Holy Spirit is drawing you to Christ you cannot be saved.If you have not ever experienced this then I suggest you try churches,etc until it happens,because until it does,you cannot be saved,no matter how hard you pray.
It is not about you,but about God's plan for your salvation and how everything has already been done for you to be saved.You cannot necessarily wait until you're on your death bed to be saved,because the Holy Spirit may not draw you then,which means you cannot be saved.I mean it is not impossible that a peron could be saved whe they are on their death bed,but the Holy Sprit must draw you,another way of saying this is the Holy Spirit must convict you and draw you to Christ to be saved.
John 6:44
4. It is when you have been born again that you are changed into a Christian,and not until then,no matter how you might act like a Christian,etc or what you might do.
A person can put on an act like they are a Christian and not really be one.Only God truly knows who has been saved or not,which is why he is the judge and not us.The closest we can tell is by their fruit,but even then it is not a sure thing.It is important for you to know for yourself and not be putting on an act which is what being a hypocrite is really all about.A hypocrite is somebody putting on an act like they are a Christian when they really are not.It is not somebody who says one thing and does another,otherwise we'd all be hypocrites.
2nd Corinthians 5:17. Galatians 6:15
5.Out of all other gods out there only Jesus truly showed you love like no other god out there by actually fulfilling everything for you so that you could be saved.None of them did.From a religious point of view Jesus is the easy choice even if you don't know much about religion.If we just take each religion on face value,and honestly without any strawmen,there should be no reason why you would choose some other god over Jesus based on the love and sacrifice he showed you.
The other gods may talk a good game about love but when the rubber hits the road they never put it all on the line for you like Jesus did with his actions and not just words.
John 3:16 John 3:19 Hebrews 12:1-4
Very Good explanation and I would agree on the Majority but I do have a small problem with number 2.
The only thing Jesus did was pay the Blood sacrifice for our sins so that we would not have to pay it any longer. Jesus did not pay everything in full, sad but true.
Hebrews 10:26 "For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,"
one you accept the sacrifice you are accepting the Law of God and acknowledging Gods authority over you and this means God's 10 commandments.
Jesus never said, nor was it implied anywhere in scripture, that his sacrifice was the end of the Laws of God. in fact, as far as I can tell, the heavens and the earth is still going strong and Christ has not Come again to receive his children.
Matthew 5:17-19 "17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven."
so if Jesus paid everything in full then we would not have to ask for forgiveness, there would be no sin and there would be no need for a hell.
Salvation is not given it is earned. you just can't say you believe in Christ and say you are saved because if that were the case 98%of the world would be going to heaven...
To receive salvation one must completely give themselves over to the service of God and to submit to His authority.
As the life of Christ was his Doctrine so we must, as followers of Christ, our lives must reflect the doctrine of Christ from the time we are reborn until the time of our mortal death without any regrets.
Then and only then are you truly saved, not before...
why do you think that God sent Jesus to walk among us and to die for our sins? Because God made note that the sacrifices given in the past were in vain because people would give the sacrifice, as prescribed, but never follow through with their vow to never do it again because they believed that all they had to do was to give sacrifice and all would be forgive.
once you ask for forgiveness then it is forgiven, but if you continue to do the same things then you never really meant your first vow to change your ways....
when someone tells me that it is impossible to obey the commandments I always ask the " how is impossible?" They say that the will continue to sin regardless because they cannot help it... this is giving in to the lusts of the flesh and therefore they have never fully understood the meaning behind the sacrifice of Christ nor his doctrine.
salvation is earned by the life we lead not Give by the words that come out of our mouths.
When God wakes a person up he shows them the world as he sees it not as the way our blinders show us every day.
I know this because God woke me up almost 6 years ago and I haven't looked back since...