What is a Christian?
Well, what a
confused world we
live in. There seems
to be such confusion
with the American
people on what they
feel defines a
Christian. Before I
get to defining what
a Christian really
is, I’d like to
first point out what
a Christian is-Not.
A true Christian
cannot be supportive
of the ongoing
worldly issues such
‘Homosexuality’ and
‘Abortions’. These
two issues alone
have been so
controversial over
recent years and yet
the Christian
viewpoint always
gets shut down. I
don’t know about you
but I’m really tired
of worldly people
winning over issues
against God.
Here is an example
of how some people
are just confused
about what a
Christian is.
Recently while at
work, I was in a
conversation over
the religion beliefs
of President Obama
and Mitt Romney. I
know, this is not
the discussion to
have at work.
Anyway, a co-worker
made the statement
that “Obama is a
Christian” and so I
had to respond. I
said, “Do you know
that Obama supports
Gay Marriages” and
this co-worker said
“So, I’m a Christian
and I support Gay
Marriages too”. My
initial thought here
was none other than
‘Wow’! so naturally
I changed the topic
over to something
work related as hope
to come back to this
discussion later.
This co-worker did
however; ask for me
to show him some
facts to back up why
I feel so strongly
against Gay
Marriages. I did
show him in the
Bible what God says
about Homosexuality
and said that
according to God’s
word, a Christian
obedient to the word
of God cannot be
supportive on issues
like Gay Marriages
or Abortions.
Our President has
been back and forth
on the issue of
supporting Gay
Marriages since his
race for Office but
here are just a
couple of supporting
quotes which of
course confirms he
is not a Christian.
In 1996 while
running for the
state senate in
Illinois, he says “I
favor legalizing
same-sex marriages,
and would fight
efforts to prohibit
such marriages,”
Again in October
2011 as president
while speaking at
the Human Rights
Campaign Dinner he
says that “Every
single American –
gay, straight,
lesbian, bisexual,
transgender – every
single American
deserves to be
treated equally in
the eyes of the law
and in the eyes of
our society. It’s a
pretty simple
proposition.”
Just this past
January 2012,
President Obama
quoted the following
in support of
another issue
against God –
Abortions as quoted
“I remain committed
to protecting a
woman’s right to
choose”
What does God’s word
in the Bible have to
say about abortions?
Here are just a few
scriptures:
Jeremiah 1:5
“Before I formed
thee in the belly I
knew thee; and
before thou camest
forth out of the
womb I sanctified
thee, and I ordained
thee a prophet unto
the nations” You
see, men and women
think that their
babies were all
because of them. Not
True, God formed us
all in our Mother’s
womb.
Psalm 139:13
"For you (God)
created my inmost
being; you knit me
together in my
mother's womb."
Well, this is pretty
straight forward,
God put us together,
Mother’s and
Father’s get to pass
down traits of them
to the babies which
were created by God.
Sex may be the act
but creation is
given by God!
Psalm 127:3
"Lo, children are a
heritage of the
Lord: and the fruit
of the womb is His
reward" By this
statement alone,
abortion destroys
the God-given reward
given to women.
My point here is
that we need to pay
attention to not
only who professes
to be a Christian
but also to how we
are presenting
ourselves as a
Christian. If our
words and actions do
not match with our
belief in Christ,
then we need to
check ourselves by
prayer and by
reading of the word.
Am I perfect?
Yes…Just kidding…of
course not and none
of us will ever be
perfect until we get
to Heaven! We can
however; change what
we do, what we say
and how we act and
strive each and
every day to set an
example to this
world we live in as
a light for our
Savior Jesus Christ.
Now, to get back to
where I started out,
here is what God has
to say about
Homosexuality.
Leviticus 18:22
“Thou shalt not lie
with mankind, as
with womankind: it
is abomination”.
Leviticus 20:13
“"If a man also lie
with mankind, as he
lieth with a woman,
both of them have
committed an
abomination: they
shall surely be put
to death; their
blood [shall be]
upon them".
Now this does
NOT mean that
God doesn't love
homosexuals.
God loves everyone
but has given
mankind the right to
choose and what He
wants is for them to
REPENT (turn away)
from that which is
NOT pleasing in
His sight.
Can homosexuals be
saved?
Yes,
but Only IF they
will repent (turn
away) from that
which is wrong.
It isn't the sinner
that is hated; it is
what he or she does
(the sin).
Is there such a
thing as a Christian
homosexual?
No! As
I stated earlier,
you can either be a
Christian, or you
can be a homosexual,
and you can either
be a Christian or
you can support
abortion,
you cannot be both!
1st Corinthians
6:9-11
Know ye not that the
unrighteous shall
not inherit the
kingdom of God? Be
not deceived:
neither
fornicators,
nor idolaters,
nor adulterers,
nor effeminate,
nor abusers of
themselves with
mankind, Nor
thieves, nor
covetous, nor
drunkards, nor
revilers, nor
extortioners,
shall inherit the
kingdom of God
So to answer the
question of the
Title for this
document ‘What
is a Christian’?
A Christian means to
be ‘born
again’ and the
short version means
that you believe in
Christ and stop
living in accordance
to fleshly (worldly)
desires and start
living in accordance
to the Word.
The long version
means you must
first
acknowledge that you
are a sinner and ask
God to forgive you
for all your sins,
Second accept that Jesus Christ died on the cross for you, He rose
from the dead on the
third day and is in
Heaven as your Lord
and Savior. Accept
this as the truth
and ask Jesus to
come into your life
so that from this
day of acceptance
on, His word will
start spiritually
maturing in your
body from the inside
out.
He (Jesus Christ)
paid the price for
you and me (Our
Sins)!
We are made
righteous through
His sacrifice!
Jesus Christ said in
(John
14:6) "I am the
way, the truth, and
the life: no man
cometh unto the
Father, but by me"
·
He didn’t say that I
am one of many
ways…He said that He
is the Only Way!
There are five (5)
main things to
remember about being
a Christian.
1. You must ‘Choose’
to ‘Believe’.
2.
Believe that
God is real in
Heaven and that He
did in fact create
everything including
the Universe, the
Earth and Mankind.
We did not just
somehow evolve out
of nothing including
apes, we were
actually created!
And as you read
earlier, God has
been creating us
over and over all
these years because
the scriptures
mentioned earlier
shows that our
parents only helped
us get into this
world but God
creates us in our
Mothers’ wombs
before we even get
to be born.
3. God really did send His only Son
Jesus Christ to
earth to be born
from the Virgin Mary
to teach mankind the
truth and ultimately
save mankind.
4. Jesus Christ really did die on
the Cross for us to
pay the price for
all of our sins
(Past, Present, and
Future Sins) and
that we are made
righteous only
through His
sacrifice.
5.
Jesus Christ
is because of what
He has done for us
our Lord and Savior
and He will in fact
come back some day
during the ‘Rapture’
for us (Christians)
to take us home to
Heaven.
As an
Add-On
to the five things
mentioned above, it
is our duty as
Christians to be
obedient to the word
applying to every
area of our lives
and to spread the
Gospel of Christ
(Truth) around the
world so that others
may believe and
become saved as a
Child of God.
Romans 3:22
says “This
righteousness comes
through
faith
in Jesus Christ
to all who
believe”
John 3:18:
“He who
believes
in Him
[Christ] is not
condemned; but he
who does not
believe is
condemned already,
because he has not
believed in the name
of the only begotten
Son of God.”
Colossians 1:16-17 The Apostle Paul wrote: "For by Him
were all
things created, that
are in heaven, and
that are in earth,
visible and
invisible,
whether they be
thrones, or
dominions, or
principalities, or
powers:
all things were
created by Him,
and for Him:
And
He is before all
things,
and
by Him all things
consist"
The Gospel:
3:16-17 – “For
God so loved the
world, that he gave
his only begotten
Son, that
whosoever believeth
in him
should not
perish, but
have everlasting
life. For
God sent not his Son
into the world to
condemn the world;
but that
the world through
him might be saved.
NOTE-1:
Believing is
everything!
Unfortunately, Jesus
is not walking the
earth anymore, so we
cannot just go visit
Him and so we have
no choice but to
“Believe” however;
please note
also that
Jesus did not leave
us empty handed, He
left us a comforter
(Holy Spirit) to be
with us in His
absence.
The Holy
Spirit lives inside
of us (each one of
us) to help us grow
in our relationship
with Christ and to
help us Grow in our
knowledge and
understanding of the
Word of God. You see
the Bible is a
Living book because
it is the very Word
of God and the Holy
Spirit helps that
Word to live inside
of us and we grow,
that Word becomes
visible on the
outside of us to
shine our Light to
the World!
NOTE-2:
The world teaches
that ‘Seeing is
Believing’.
This is why so many
people are lost
because
if they are not
following Jesus
Christ
then they are
following Satan.
That may sound mean
but that is the
truth because Satan
loves to deceive
people and cause
them to not believe
in God or Jesus or
the Bible so Satan’s
deceitful plan is
working through
Scientist, News
Media, Wrongful
Teachings in our
Schools, Television,
Music and many forms
of Technology.
This is
destroying our
children as much as
the adults!
As Christians grow
in Faith and
Understanding of
God’s Word, the more
it hurts to see
those we love around
us living in the
world and the more
we see the
corruption all
around the world.
I am personally
going through this
now with my 17 year
old teenager who
grew up hearing the
Word but has been
listening to
so-called friends
who do not know of
or believe in God.
Now, I hear things
like “how can you
prove the Bible is
better than any
other religion
Bible” or “How do I
know that God is any
different than the
Muslims God or the
Jehovah Witnesses
God or even the
Buddhist” and
finally I am hearing
“People can believe
Science because
their research and
discoveries are
based on things that
people can See
and Touch”.
My brother’s
life is a miracle
from God and yet my
daughter can’t see
that as physical
proof enough. Even
though the Bible is
something she can
See and Touch, that
doesn’t seem to be
enough to prove God.
If I am having a
difficult time with
this as a Christian
than many other
Christians must be
going through this
too. I really feel
for today’s
teenagers who don’t
have Christian
parents because they
are even more lost
than my daughter.
Our children need
help and guidance
and we Christians
need to constantly
be finding ways to
help them to see the
truth and not the
world.
It is time for all
Christians to STAND
TOGETHER against the
evil that is
destroying our
children and our
Countries and get
Biblical Values back
into our Families
across the Globe!
·
Christians need to
stop hiding in the
shadows and stand up
for our Creator
against a corrupt
world!
·
Christians need to
unite and send in
mass complaints to
our State
Congressmen and our
President!
·
Christians need to
have rally’s in the
streets and on the
front lawn of the
white house
·
Stand strong against
Gay Rights and
Abortions and Push
back on Biblical
Values.
·
Stand Against
Government invasion
of privacy and
destruction of our
constitution
·
If Muslims can push
their beliefs into
the great USA, then
why can’t Christians
do it?
·
If Jehovah Witnesses
can go door-to-door
pushing their
beliefs, why can’t
Christians?
·
If Hollywood can use
Television Shows,
Commercials and Talk
Shows to push their
rights, why can’t
Christians do the
same thing?
·
IT IS TIME FOR A
Great Revival all
around the World!
·
STAND UP CHRISTIANS!
Mark 16:15
“And he said
unto them, Go ye
into all the world,
and preach the
gospel to every
creature. He that
believeth and is
baptized shall be
saved; but he that
believeth not shall
be damned.”
John 3:17-18
“For God sent not
his Son into the
world to condemn the
world; but that the
world through him
might be saved”.