Originally posted by willRules
It's part of my personal belief. I have seen God move and work in my life ✅ I realise from scripture, from prayer and through discussion, what God has done for me ✅But anyone who hasn't experienced this themselves will probably just think I'm crazy ✅
That's a personal relationship with God, you don't need organized religion for that.
Originally posted by Shakyamunison
😆 I was giving Jim Jones as example of an evil power monger who was a CHRISTIAN. I was talking about blind faith and how blind faith can leave a person variable to such evil people. WTF are you talking about?
***You do not know what a Chistian is. Jim was NOT a Christian...he was an INFIDEL and CULTIST. There was nothing orthodox about his belief system at all.
Christians do NOT practice BLIND faith...and are commanded to give a ready answer for why they believe. Unbelievers say we practice blind faith because they are ignorant [i.e., as are you] about what we believe and cannot understand it because they are spiritually DEAD. You are a walking sepulchre and cannot fathom the things of God...that is why you rail against them.
Marchello
Originally posted by Marchello
***You do not know what a Chistian is. Jim was NOT a Christian...he was an INFIDEL and CULTIST. There was nothing orthodox about his belief system at all.Christians do NOT practice BLIND faith...and are commanded to give a ready answer for why they believe. Unbelievers say we practice blind faith because they are ignorant [i.e., as are you] about what we believe and cannot understand it because they are spiritually DEAD. You are a walking sepulchre and cannot fathom the things of God...that is why you rail against them.
Marchello
Phew. It is a good thing you can pick and choose who and what is a question, thus freeing you from any uncomfortable connections to people.
Marchello: Oh him? He isn't a real Christian, he doesn't count."
Originally posted by Shakyamunison
I don't thing that Mr. Chick is stupid at all. I think he is a genius. He is a manipulating evil genius. Foolish would not be the word I would use. I would say he uses the "end justifies the means" just like Hitler did.
***I can only respond to what you say in your posts. Too, opinion is NOT fact...they are just opinions and these opinions are only valid in the eyes of those who offer them. I will not even comment on the Hitler equation...it reveals your stupidity. Stupidity is FATAL...ignorance is REDEEMABLE.
Marchello
Originally posted by Marchello
***You do not know what a Chistian is. Jim was NOT a Christian...he was an INFIDEL and CULTIST. There was nothing orthodox about his belief system at all.Christians do NOT practice BLIND faith...and are commanded to give a ready answer for why they believe. Unbelievers say we practice blind faith because they are ignorant [i.e., as are you] about what we believe and cannot understand it because they are spiritually DEAD. You are a walking sepulchre and cannot fathom the things of God...that is why you rail against them.
Marchello
You must have missed my post
Originally posted by Shakyamunison
OK, you don’t do good works to be a Christian; you do good words because you are a Christian. To me, it should all look the same. Now, why do I not see that in what you have written? I think it is because you do not have the Holy Spirit in you, and you are not saved. A Holy person should show that holiness in all things they do. This is of course according too your religious beliefs as you have explained them to me.
Beside actions, there are no differences between one Christian or another.
Originally posted by Robtard
Green is typically considered the color for envy, i.e. "She was green with envy". Juandice has a yellowing effect on the body.
***The operating word here is "color"...to have a prejudicial effect on the meaning. Too, "she was green with envy" is NOT a dictionary definition of the word envy and is not applicable.
Marchello
*["There are literally thousands of denominations; how do you know which one is the true church."]
***The true church is where the presence of Jesus Christ dwells. Jesus said: "...where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them" [Matthew 18:20]. The next question is: Which Christ? The real Christ is He who identified Himself through the prophets. Isaiah wrote: "He was oppressed, and He was afflicted, yet He opened not His mouth; He is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so He opened not His mouth" [Isaiah 53:7]. That's the real Jesus! The Lamb of God who was brought to the slaughter, who did not open His mouth in protest. When we follow Him, we find ourselves on the narrow path that leads to eternal life.
Marchello
*["How do you know your church is the true church? Tell me how do recognize it?"]
***The true Church can be found wherever two or three born-again believers gather together in His name. The Church isn't an organization or institution. It is not represented by any denomination or local charter. The Church is an organism that has been grafted into the olive tree, which is Israel. Therefore, any church, regardless of its name or denomination, can contain the true Church, consisting of born-again believers. This is the Church that Jesus identified and promised to build. We should never be misled into thinking that our organizational structure, denomination, local church, missionary organization, or any other 'religious" entity represents the true Church of Jesus Christ on earth.
In a spiritual sense, we are a building of which the Apostle Peter wrote, "Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ" [1 Peter 2:5]. These "lively stones" are born-again believers. But nothing from this 'spiritual house" is visible. The Church of Jesus Christ would not be destroyed even if every church and Christian institution closed this very day.
Marchello
Originally posted by Marchello
[B]*["There are literally thousands of denominations; how do you know which one is the true church."]***The true church is where the presence of Jesus Christ dwells. Jesus said: "...where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them" [Matthew 18:20]. The next question is: Which Christ? The real Christ is He who identified Himself through the prophets. Isaiah wrote: "He was oppressed, and He was afflicted, yet He opened not His mouth; He is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so He opened not His mouth" [Isaiah 53:7]. That's the real Jesus! The Lamb of God who was brought to the slaughter, who did not open His mouth in protest. When we follow Him, we find ourselves on the narrow path that leads to eternal life.
Marchello [/B]
That sounds like Catholics to me... 😆 or any Christian church. But you wouldn't know because you are spiritually dead. 😉
The true Church can be found wherever two or three born-again believers gather together in His name. The Church isn't an organization or institutionCorrect, it is the belief of having the Christ With in you as stated in the gnostics. It's helpful to be amongsts others of that faith, but can be done alone.
Originally posted by Shakyamunison
That sounds like Catholics to me... 😆 or any Christian church. But you wouldn't know because you are spiritually dead. 😉
That is why Marchello can't ever loose an argument. He believes it seems that he exist in a position of divine right.
"The real Church is the one with Jesus, which also happens to be the one I am in. No other Church can be real then, and no one in them can be real Christians, since real Christians would be like me, because I have Jesus, and if you have Jesus you wouldn't be able to disagree with me."
Horrible, isn't it?
Originally posted by Imperial_Samura
That is why Marchello can't ever loose an argument. He believes it seems that he exist in a position of divine right."The real Church is the one with Jesus, which also happens to be the one I am in. No other Church can be real then, and no one in them can be real Christians, since real Christians would be like me, because I have Jesus, and if you have Jesus you wouldn't be able to disagree with me."
Horrible, isn't it?
Tragic is more like it. 😉