What makes Christians and Christianity different?

[theanointedwinner]

we get bored of the past, like the past is stagnation

the healthy mind would look toward the future, and enjoy the everlasting present

read what I comment on the immeasurable thread, or I can tag you there Melach

 

[Sunlight77]

What makes those two different, well perhaps the many different beliefs and interpretation that is placed between the two.

 

[dcontroversal]

If God is real, why is the world so bad? I see Christians and I wonder if their God is like any other God like Buddah or an Egyptian God. I grew up around many Christians, but they really hurt me badly in a lot of experiences. I don't want to open up to them or talk about things or go to church because the Christians I know turn angry very quickly. I used to get very upset, but now I feel so used to it it's like I'm numbed to it. I don't think about God the same way at all. How is the Bible and God and Christians different than other religions is what I'm trying to say I guess?

a. Not everyone that claims to be Christian actually is a Christian
b. We are all sinners and fail
c. Do not judge ALL by the actions of a few or even sometimes many
d. God is real and is allowing history to play out...NO ONE gets by with anything and ALL will be judged and pay the proverbial piper
e. God cannot be compared to any of the false gods you named or implied
f. The bible is entirely different than any other religious book ever assembled and BIBLICAL Christianity surpasses any and all religions

My next post will have a little bit on the bible to show how it is different than any other religious book

 

[dcontroversal]

THE BIBLE​

This book is not the work of one man and or a Shakespearian play.....It was written over a period of 1600 years by some 40 odd authors. It contains the verbiage of Kings, priests, slaves, Roman soldiers, tax collectors, fishermen, thieves, Pharaohs, the rich, the poor, lepers, demon possessed, angels, Satan and every other gambit of human background. It accurately predicts the rise and fall of world kingdoms and even names the leaders of some centuries or more in advance of their coming and exactly what they would do in their reign. It is full of overwhelming proof of divine influence and even speaks to modern flight, modern weapons, nuclear war, genetics, more than 4 dimensions, modern mathematics, medicine, astronomy, and has hundreds of prophetic utterances that have come to pass exactly as they were given without error.​

Not only does it contain narrative, but it also contains allegory, metaphor, symbolic, prophecy, parables, poetry, acrostic psalms, prayers, and the words of a donkey while being written in four languages (some Chaldean in Daniel and Aramaic in Matthew) and containing language beyond human comprehension.

ABOVE all....It contains the divine words of the one true God concerning the human condition and the eternal destinies of men based upon said choices in this life I.E. a person's destiny is sealed based upon their acceptance and or rejection of the irrevocable gift of life found in Christ.

What I have said here does not even scratch the surface concerning the validity of the word and the value without price that can be placed upon the pages and pages of wisdom that can be gleaned from the truth found therein.....it is tragic that men devalue it to the mere works of men which states multitudes about their bias, reckless abandon and lack of honest evaluation.​

 

[theanointedwinner]

everyone have free will, yet order still exist

even if by the invisible hand, or emergence or whatever

community is a beautiful thing

 

[oyster67]

Acts
4:10 Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, [even] by him doth this man stand here before you whole.
4:11 This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner.
4:12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.

 

[pottersclay]

The practice of kindness is not studied by most.

 

[Deade]

but who gave it?

to say world is bad because two humans sinned in the beginning and continue to do so. God wasnt forced to curse all of humanity and animalkind and the earth itself with disease, pestilence, pain, suffering, lack of clean drinking water, etc. etc.

the real answer is: God chose to make everything our enemy. why? i dont know. but i definately pin it all on God, always everything can be traced back to God. God could destroy the devil right now if He wanted to, but He chooses not to, therefore the reason the devil exists and does what he does, is because of God. i dont know why, but i believe God has a purpose for that too, show His holiness in the end. or something like that. teach us a lesson.

No Melach, there are no enemies on the earth. The devil is just a tool for us to overcome. That makes him the adversary. Christ defeated him, so must we. Everything was right at first, but all was put into mankind's dominion (Gen. 1:26) and we messed it up. The longer our Lord tarries, the more messed up we make things.

i love you so much. this calms me down to not worry and think why this why that.

its not for us to know what God has done from beginning to end. amen. God does what He pleases, saves and damns who He wants.

but what does it mean He has put eternity into man's heart?

God has not damned anyone yet. He just let them be destroyed, but all will live again. Some just love evil to their hurt. God is not done with anyone yet. He will not allow evil to continue forever.

What it means to have eternity in our hearts, means just that. All major religions address eternity, because God made the abstract appealing to us. It is a spiritual thing we don't fully understand yet.

 

[oyster67]

Romans 3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

 

[Melach]

THE BIBLE​

This book is not the work of one man and or a Shakespearian play.....It was written over a period of 1600 years by some 40 odd authors. It contains the verbiage of Kings, priests, slaves, Roman soldiers, tax collectors, fishermen, thieves, Pharaohs, the rich, the poor, lepers, demon possessed, angels, Satan and every other gambit of human background. It accurately predicts the rise and fall of world kingdoms and even names the leaders of some centuries or more in advance of their coming and exactly what they would do in their reign. It is full of overwhelming proof of divine influence and even speaks to modern flight, modern weapons, nuclear war, genetics, more than 4 dimensions, modern mathematics, medicine, astronomy, and has hundreds of prophetic utterances that have come to pass exactly as they were given without error.​

Not only does it contain narrative, but it also contains allegory, metaphor, symbolic, prophecy, parables, poetry, acrostic psalms, prayers, and the words of a donkey while being written in four languages (some Chaldean in Daniel and Aramaic in Matthew) and containing language beyond human comprehension.​

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ABOVE all....It contains the divine words of the one true God concerning the human condition and the eternal destinies of men based upon said choices in this life I.E. a person's destiny is sealed based upon their acceptance and or rejection of the irrevocable gift of life found in Christ.​

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What I have said here does not even scratch the surface concerning the validity of the word and the value without price that can be placed upon the pages and pages of wisdom that can be gleaned from the truth found therein.....it is tragic that men devalue it to the mere works of men which states multitudes about their bias, reckless abandon and lack of honest evaluation.​

can i put this on a notepad?

 

[Leastamongmany]

God seperates us from the unbieliver and unrighteous. True christians shine with Him like a BEACON!🙏

 

[dcontroversal]

can i put this on a notepad?

Sure feel free migo