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October 29, 2008 · Filed under Article · Tagged , , , , , , , ,

Many people don’t really know about Christianity, or they think it’s “religious” and “not for them”. Christianity is based on a few simple principles: (1) We are all sinners (no one is perfect) (2) We deserve to go to hell for our sins (3) God sent His only son, Jesus, to die for our sins (4) If we believe in Jesus and that he is the son of God and acknowledge that we are sinners, we will go to Heaven

Commonly misunderstood, good works don’t get you to Heaven. Believing in Jesus does. Faith, however, does produce good works.

John 3:16
For God so loved the world that he gave his One and Only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

John 14:6
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”

Acts 4:12
Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.

Romans 5:8
But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Ephesians 2:8-9
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith–and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God–not by works, so that no one can boast.

Learn more by reading the Bible, going to http://www.biblegateway.com, or http://www.riovidafoundation.wordpress.com

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What does it mean to be a Christian?

June 18, 2008 · Filed under Article · Tagged , , ,

(From http://www.christinyou.net)
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A CHRISTIAN? There is much confusion among the general public, as well as the religious community, concerning what it means to be a “Christian.”

Does it mean assenting to a particular belief-system?
Does it mean consenting to a prescribed morality pattern?
Does it mean changing and improving one’s behavior?
Does it mean joining a church organization?
Does it mean practicing regular rituals of worship?

Even those who call themselves “Christians” seem to have much difficulty articulating and verbalizing what it means to be a Christian. Their ambiguous explanations often convey an amalgamated “mish-mash” of affirming the above-mentioned activities.

What is needed is a clear Biblical restatement of the basic spiritual reality of being a Christian. That will be our objective in this study.

In order to do so, we will divide the study by differentiating what is involved in becoming a Christian initially, and what is subsequently involved in being the Christian one has become. Thus we can consider both the commencement and the continuance of what it means to be a Christian.

Becoming a Christian We are not referring to “getting religious,” or “joining a church,” or “believing and reciting correct creedal doctrines.” The issue we address is “becoming a Christian.”

What must one do to become a Christian?

In one sense, there is nothing anyone can DO to become a Christian. Everything necessary to become and be a Christian has been done by Jesus Christ, which is why He exclaimed “It is finished!” (John 19:30). It is only by the grace-activity of God in Jesus Christ that the opportunity of becoming and being a Christian is afforded to mankind. “For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, that no one should boast” (Eph. 2:8,9). There is no human performance or effort that can effect the spiritual reality of becoming a Christian… READ MORE

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