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you told me to interact with people.
this is me interacting.
peace
grow up
you are being a smart aleck and you know it. I have read other of your answers in other threads and you have an attitude
you told me to interact with people.
this is me interacting.
peace
Hello fellow believers. Being new here, I wanted to get to know the members and one way of doing that is to get a general consensus on what we all believe. It is just a tool for taking a sample of views from a group of believers to identify where we agree on the basic tenets of the Christian faith.
So, me thinks you should answer all 20 questions..........FIRST,
I'm also wondering why we should be required to justify ourselves as believers to you?
IF you want to "know" the believers here, I suggest you delve into the various Threads on the various Forum Pages, and read the various comments...........
After all, we have zero idea who you are.........you can say whatever you want about who you are, or for what reason you want so much information.......as can ANYONE who joins this Site, so, why exactly, should we bare our souls to you????
Just pointing out that your "request" goes well beyond what any person here should have to provide to any other member here.
grow up
you are being a smart aleck and you know it. I have read other of your answers in other threads and you have an attitude
there are an infinite number of sets of 20 questions. tbh the ones she chose -- i infered from the OP she is SDA or an Judaized offshoot, before i began to reply -- and as i'm writing this, i haven't read any of the rest of the thread yet except your reply that caught me eye. the questions she chose describe an agenda in her thinking.
and you do not?
no actually I don't.
why don't you explain why you think OT rituals should be kept?
you know, as you did in another thread?
Hello fellow believers. Being new here, I wanted to get to know the members and one way of doing that is to get a general consensus on what we all believe. It is just a tool for taking a sample of views from a group of believers to identify where we agree on the basic tenets of the Christian faith.
I have compiled an informal poll/survey with 20 questions that I would so GREATLY appreciate a response to from whoever wishes to participate.
The first half is simple yes or no questions about what you truly believe. The balance is questions that require something other than yes or no.
A simple few sentences will suffice or even quoting the scripture you feel directly applies to what it is you believe. You may also feel free to expound on any question/topic by private message if you wish so as not to get the thread off track. Simply ignore any questions you don't know the answer to or don't wish to discuss. The one thing I ask, at this point, is that you reply from your heart. That you answer only what you are sure of. If you don't know, say "don't know". Please do not go dig for answers on bible gateway before replying. This must be things that you have already studied and decided as Truth, what you believe to be true.
His Word should be written on our hearts.
Please know that I am only trying to gauge what it is the "church" believes as a whole.
They say that there are 22 million 'so-called' Christians in the world. Yet so many are unsure of what they believe and there are so many doctrines
being taught with various applications in Protestant and Catholic churches around the globe. So I would like to take samples of some communities, online and in local congregations. (I will be mailing this to pastors of local churches as well.)
Peace and Love and Blessings to all of you in the name of the Messiah.
1. Do you believe Christians go to Heaven when they die?
2. Do you believe unsaved sinners go to Hell when they die?
3. Do you believe that Jesus died on a Friday?
4. Do you believe that God desires Christians to celebrate His Son's birthday annually?
5. Do you believe that it pleases God for Christians to commemorate the resurrection annually on Easter Sunday?
6. Do you believe that Sunday is a Holy Day?
7. Do you believe the earth is 6000 years old?
8. Do you believe that the Church was formed and began during the events that took place in the second chapter of Acts?
9. Was Abraham Jewish?
10. Do you believe it is okay for openly gay people to serve in any position in the church congregation?
11. Do you believe the OT Law was nailed to the cross and thus made void at the death of Jesus?
12. What is the fourth commandment?
13. What day of the week did John receive the Revelation of the Christ on the island of Patmos?
14. How many 24hr periods (complete days) was Jesus dead in the grave?
15. What does the Word of God instruct on how to perform a wedding ceremony?
16. What does the Word of God instruct on how and when to administer communion? What sign did God say would be between He and His people that would indicate to t
17. How many books are there in the Bible?
18. What sign did God say would be between He and His people that would indicate to the world who are His?
19. What is God's name?
20. What is the Gospel? Define and describe briefly the Gospel of the Kingdom that Jesus preached, the apostles preached and His Church is commissioned to go into the world and preach?
Again, I ask that you answer off the top of your head. I don't need to know you can go look something up. If you don't know, don't answer.
Quote the scripture if you already know it. After you have replied to survey, then, by all means, take the questions and your Bible and OK, I'll bite. Mind you I've only read two other posts in this thread. I'll skip the rest as not to become predjused by others or become judjmental' So here goes.
1&2 no! We sleep and wait for the resurrection or judgment before heaven or hell.
3. I don't trust the Roman calendar that far back it had been changed several times. I believe it may have been Thursday.
4. It's only a custom. I don't believe Jesus was born Dec. 25th.
5. Absolutely.
6. We should treat every day as a holy day but the RCC did Change the Sabbath day from Saturday to Sunday long ago.
7. No, I believe the Biblical accounts for real time starts in the Garden of Eden.
8. No, it started when people came to believe in Jesus as the Christ. The Second chapter of Acts was about the first significant part of Church history were miracles happened to the public at the Jewish Pentacost celebration.
9. No their was no Jewish identity until the Israelites fled from Egypt and Moses received the Law from God.
10. NO!
11. Only for those who become saved.
12. Remember the Sabbath day and keep it Holy.
13. Pass
14. Only 1 complete day from midnight to midnight.
15. Pass
16. When we gather in his name.
17. Pass
18. That we keep His Commandments"A new commandment I give to you Love God with everything else in the world and to love our neighbor as our selves. If we can do that we will keep all of the rest.
19. There are too many to list ie. Yawah, Elohim, Al Shaddi... Etc.
20. The Good News.
what we have here is someone who believes just like others who want to keep half the law because they cannot keep all of it
listen: I'm not interested in this conversation with you. you are here to preach at us and I'm not interested
you already told me that Jesus came to continue Judaism and did not start a new religion
However, Jesus came to FULFILL the law; not keep it going like you and at least one other person here would like to teach
I am sure you have found that person by now so you can have some fellowship with her
I am not of your persuasion. I am putting you on ignore which means I will no longer see or respond to your posts. I don't need to argue with someone who does not believe the fact that following any part of the law is not faith.
Baty,
you have to realize at some point in your 'walk/postings', that many have already been
where you are and that you, to some are like a 'bill-board', so very visible -
just know, that we who Love Yeshua, Love You!!!
the agenda is as I have stated repeatedly.
to find out what Christians believe.
I am NOT SDA or HRM or some judaized offshoot man-made religion.
Labels are for boxes. quit trying to pigeonhole me into some denomination or worldly religious group.
I am a follower of and believer in Jesus the Messiah and worship only the One True God.
I am redeemed by the blood of the Christ, the Passover Lamb and my works are not worthy to be counted as righteous.
I am of the seed of Abraham and a member of the church of the God of Israel.
I seek first the Kingdom of God and pray that His will be done here on earth as it is in Heaven.
I will stand on the Truth and defend to the death the Gospel of Jesus Christ which is the Gospel of the Kingdom of GOD.
goodbye
I NEVER said Jesus came to continue Judaism. Ready comprehension is important.
the agenda is as I have stated repeatedly.
to find out what Christians believe.
I did not want to give my answers first as it may influence the way people answer themselves.
i apologize -- i hope not to be offensive. but, i did guess from the OP that you had a certain focus on the law, in particular, the sabbath - and the Hebraic origins of our mutual faith in the revealed person of the LORD Jesus Christ. is that so?![]()
that makes sense
and it's not incompatible with what i was thinking, too - i just made inferences from the introductory post about some of the facets of what you probably believe.
this makes sense to me too.
obviously, i didn't mind answering the questions. it was an enjoyable exercise - i took it as a quick closed-book quiz haha
i don't think it's a bad idea - even if the survey were a guise - it's not unwise to sort out what the prevailing thoughts are among us, who are all strangers to you. welcome to CC
but it also makes sense to me how several people have expressed that they'd like to hear the 'stranger' who has just arrived to sojourn with us give their own answers first, too.
hub and I hope and pray that 'when you feel that you must 'step on toes' that you are without question
why you feel led to do this and feel free for doing this is only for 'Christ's sake' alone...
surely you must know by now, that all who Love our Saviour MUST suffer for His sake???
it's our job...
offence is a word that no longer becomes a part of our ego, but to be accepted with joy...
okay. more clear now.
question - what does that mean to you? what happens to the commandments God wrote with His finger in stone?
are they void? do we obey them? do we only use them as a guide and it doesn't matter if we break them 'cause we're under grace now so the blood of Christ covers our screw-ups? I just wanna be clear on what mainstream Christianity believes in how to treat God's Laws.
Not trying to argue or create rifts, just merely wishing to understand other's views and how they approach interpreting the verse in Colossians (2.14) about the decrees against us being nailed to the cross.