What is a real Christian?

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Taodeching

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I have to say I have come here and I am shocked that some Christians who claim the name of Christ have forgotten how to be a Christian and forgotten what being a Christian is really about.


Some seem to think once one converts to Christ that is it and now live your life caring about number one, continuing to live like the old men not renewed.


Let’s review. A Christian is one who is bought with a price (1 Corinthians 6:20) which means as a Christian you are a bond servant/a slave to Christ as Paul opens his letters Romans 1:1, what does that mean? Let’s look one who is subservient to, and entirely at the disposal of, his master; a slave notice it doesn’t say one who has their own personal opinion about things.


As Christians we are told by Christ: “And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment. And the second, like it, is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.” Mark 12:30-31


Many evangelical and non denominational Christians here are great at the first part of that verse but lately with all that is going on have failed at the second part.


I have seen lies, gossip, and down right selfishness with the vaccine, and virus. Some deny the virus and pandemic, while others set a bad example complaining about vaccines and I bet mask. So as Christians are we suppose to spread Gossip and lies (conspiracy theories)? Let us look to the Master to see how He told us to live:


Therefore, putting away lying, “Let each one of you speak truth with his neighbor,” for we are members of one another. Ephesians 4:25



Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice. Ephesians 4:31



Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking, 1 Peter 2:1


So the Master, our Master if we say we are Christians says no lying and what are modern day conspiracy theories, post things about the vaccine that can not be substantiated, and some saying the pandemic does not exist but nothing but lies and gossip.


So many people who claim Christ want to live for themselves but forget to love others. How can any Christian worth their salt love others in this pandemic?


Put away conspiracy theories, put away lies, love your neighbor by getting the vaccine. We as Christian have no personal choice we are only to do the will of the Master.


Can we be real Christians putting our life aside and love our neighbor and stop gossiping? Are is the Christian life to hard?

I challenge everyone who claims Christ to stop posting conspiracy theories, lies about the pandemic, lies about the vaccine for one month. If your a Christian that should be easy
 
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Yes, but honestly,.. do you know anybody who loves God and their neighbor perfectly? Seems to me that we fall short of that as well.
 

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A real Christian.

A true Christian. In their heart they think about heavenly things rather than having pride, lying, cheating, greedy, lustful, hateful ~ Though we live inside of the body of flesh that has all of these things in the heart. In their heart they will by the spirit have thoughts that produce love: forgiveness, compassion, mercy, joy, peace, goodness, gentleness, faithfulness, trust towards God and Jesus inwardly by and through their heart.

It is a constant battle for a Christian inwardly to make the decision to live by the spirit, or to live by the flesh because they both battle each other constantly and will always be fighting to the very end of our life. In which the focus should always be on the Lord Jesus Christ, and God and heavenly things that are good, pure, true mediate on those things.

And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise.
 

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A true Christian is someone who has been born again by the Spirit of God. They believe that Jesus is the Messiah, God in the flesh, come to earth to save those who believe in Him. As a result of being born again and given new hearts, a true Christian loves God and the church.
 
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I have seen lies, gossip, and down right selfishness with the vaccine, and virus. Some deny the virus and pandemic, while others set a bad example complaining about vaccines and I bet mask. So as Christians are we suppose to spread Gossip and lies (conspiracy theories)? Let us look to the Master to see how He told us to live:

Therefore, putting away lying, “Let each one of you speak truth with his neighbor,” for we are members of one another. Ephesians 4:25

well here's a truth, a "Christian" isn't your idea of what a Christian ought to be, especially seeing that you rate Christianity according to the world's views on a virus? really? they disagree with your views on a virus and they're are not Christian, WOW. you can't be for real.
 
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Desire Of All Nations

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Governments in the western hemisphere(sadly, the U.S. is one of them) are using a man made flu with a 99% survival rate to scare people into giving up their constitutional rights for the sake of safety and security. A pandemic is more along the lines of bubonic plague, which Covid isn't. That's not a conspiracy theory. Infanticide, government overreach, and media corruption are far bigger problems.

Masks also don't protect anybody from Covid(which the medical "experts" like Fauci admitted to), and now a half baked vaccine with side effects worse than any Covid symptoms is being enforced on the public by the same people who use "my body, my choice" to support the murder of kids before and even after birth. That's also not a conspiracy. And speaking of murdered children, do you realize Big Pharma use the cells of murdered children to make that witch's brew? Where is the neighborly love in that?

Professing Christians of all people shouldn't be trying to virtue signal people into getting chemicals they can't even pronounce or identify injected into them, let alone using the name of Christ to do it. I don't have problem keeping a respectable distance if someone wants to feel safe, but i'm not risking my health or my conscience for others to feel safe. Following biblical health laws have kept me safe so far, and i'm not going to change that.
 
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Professing Christians of all people shouldn't be trying to virtue signal people into getting chemicals they can't even pronounce or identify injected into them, let alone using the name of Christ to do it. I don't have problem keeping a respectable distance if someone wants to feel safe, but i'm not risking my health or my conscience for others to feel safe. Following biblical health laws have kept me safe so far, and i'm not going to change that.
And that is called... YOUR CHOICE.... the table turns two ways.... The vaccine is a choice... NOT a Christian debate topic.
 

talico

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I challenge everyone who claims Christ to stop posting conspiracy theories, lies about the pandemic, lies about the vaccine for one month. If your a Christian that should be easy
How about just telling any lies?
Is it true the children of the God most high do not lie
and it is only the children of the devil who lie?
Is it true that is how you can know them apart?