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 Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2012 3:16 pm
Batyah emorhconom esor Batyah Lots of good answers i may say, seems we have some sage one and stage two Christians here. now how many are willing to give up everything to get God's word out there? and before you answer pretend it will happen with in a day. Stages? What do you mean by stages? I have never heard of that before. What are you basing this ranking on? Are you talking about knowledge, spiritual maturity, or something else? You have me so confused. Now for your answer. We are to sacrifice everything we have. "And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me." Matthew 10:38 Paul even states that we should die daily so Christ can live through us. This means we should even sacrfice our will and wants so we can do God's will. there are proximity three stages in being a Christian, 1. Be freed from sin, a.k.a accepting Christ as your Savior 2. Letting God change your inner self, such as thought, will, etc 3. Showing an outer change and doing what Christ did or as Christ commanded, such as coming out of the sin, whether that be leaving say a cult, or no longer partaking in the corruption say at work weather is be sharing dirty jokes or what have you.
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Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2012 3:32 pm
emorhconom esor Batyah emorhconom esor Batyah Lots of good answers i may say, seems we have some sage one and stage two Christians here. now how many are willing to give up everything to get God's word out there? and before you answer pretend it will happen with in a day. Stages? What do you mean by stages? I have never heard of that before. What are you basing this ranking on? Are you talking about knowledge, spiritual maturity, or something else? You have me so confused. Now for your answer. We are to sacrifice everything we have. "And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me." Matthew 10:38 Paul even states that we should die daily so Christ can live through us. This means we should even sacrfice our will and wants so we can do God's will. there are proximity three stages in being a Christian, 1. Be freed from sin, a.k.a accepting Christ as your Savior 2. Letting God change your inner self, such as thought, will, etc 3. Showing an outer change and doing what Christ did or as Christ commanded, such as coming out of the sin, whether that be leaving say a cult, or no longer partaking in the corruption say at work weather is be sharing dirty jokes or what have you. slow down cow polk, I have seen some in a cult have a change of heart , some leave the cult some don't alright ? just because it does not make sense to you does not make it automatically wrong. and yes i am aware of that, but you can see where someone is and its stages not steps there is a difference, and as a Christian you come off very harsh and un Christ like fyi
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Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2012 7:23 pm
Batyah slow down cow polk, I have seen some in a cult have a change of heart , some leave the cult some don't alright ? just because it does not make sense to you does not make it automatically wrong. and yes i am aware of that, but you can see where someone is and its stages not steps there is a difference, and as a Christian you come off very harsh and un Christ like fyi Just gonna put this out there. To be Christ-like would mean we are JUST like Christ. Last time I checked.. I'm no where near there. To be Christ-like is a goal for christians. An Impossible one due to our human condition, but a goal nonetheless. It is not "un Christ like" to disagree with something someone has said. Im not trying to bust your chops or anything, just saying to be Christ-like is kinda sorta impossible >.> Also, what exactly does cow polk mean? I sure hope that wasnt meant to be an insult of any kind. We dont allow that in these parts, ya hear? XD
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Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2012 8:14 am
thrashmetaljunkie Batyah slow down cow polk, I have seen some in a cult have a change of heart , some leave the cult some don't alright ? just because it does not make sense to you does not make it automatically wrong. and yes i am aware of that, but you can see where someone is and its stages not steps there is a difference, and as a Christian you come off very harsh and un Christ like fyi Just gonna put this out there. To be Christ-like would mean we are JUST like Christ. Last time I checked.. I'm no where near there. To be Christ-like is a goal for christians. An Impossible one due to our human condition, but a goal nonetheless. It is not "un Christ like" to disagree with something someone has said. Im not trying to bust your chops or anything, just saying to be Christ-like is kinda sorta impossible >.> Also, what exactly does cow polk mean? I sure hope that wasnt meant to be an insult of any kind. We dont allow that in these parts, ya hear? XD just means to slow your horse haha, or rather stop talking or such razz , Being Christ is impossible, being the way He told us is not
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Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 1:23 am
Batyah thrashmetaljunkie Batyah slow down cow polk, I have seen some in a cult have a change of heart , some leave the cult some don't alright ? just because it does not make sense to you does not make it automatically wrong. and yes i am aware of that, but you can see where someone is and its stages not steps there is a difference, and as a Christian you come off very harsh and un Christ like fyi Just gonna put this out there. To be Christ-like would mean we are JUST like Christ. Last time I checked.. I'm no where near there. To be Christ-like is a goal for christians. An Impossible one due to our human condition, but a goal nonetheless. It is not "un Christ like" to disagree with something someone has said. Im not trying to bust your chops or anything, just saying to be Christ-like is kinda sorta impossible >.> Also, what exactly does cow polk mean? I sure hope that wasnt meant to be an insult of any kind. We dont allow that in these parts, ya hear? XD just means to slow your horse haha, or rather stop talking or such razz , Being Christ is impossible, being the way He told us is not This is a forum for free discussion and exchange of ideas. You're free to civilly express disagreements, but to simply tell someone to stop talking goes against the philosophy of the community we're trying to cultivate here.
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Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 2:00 am
Oh gawd! Please don't rank me as a Christian!!
I will probably brake the negative chart rankings emotion_0A0 emotion_sweatdrop
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God has commanded us to love him with all our hearts and to love others as we love ourselves.
If we do this; we will long to do his will, and if we love each other then we will want to share the love of Christ with them rather than let them perish.
" But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you." (Mathew 6:33)
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Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 7:07 am
SinfulGuillotine Batyah thrashmetaljunkie Batyah slow down cow polk, I have seen some in a cult have a change of heart , some leave the cult some don't alright ? just because it does not make sense to you does not make it automatically wrong. and yes i am aware of that, but you can see where someone is and its stages not steps there is a difference, and as a Christian you come off very harsh and un Christ like fyi Just gonna put this out there. To be Christ-like would mean we are JUST like Christ. Last time I checked.. I'm no where near there. To be Christ-like is a goal for christians. An Impossible one due to our human condition, but a goal nonetheless. It is not "un Christ like" to disagree with something someone has said. Im not trying to bust your chops or anything, just saying to be Christ-like is kinda sorta impossible >.> Also, what exactly does cow polk mean? I sure hope that wasnt meant to be an insult of any kind. We dont allow that in these parts, ya hear? XD just means to slow your horse haha, or rather stop talking or such razz , Being Christ is impossible, being the way He told us is not This is a forum for free discussion and exchange of ideas. You're free to civilly express disagreements, but to simply tell someone to stop talking goes against the philosophy of the community we're trying to cultivate here. agreed, and being taken out of context is also rude smile
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Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2012 10:56 am
Batyah SinfulGuillotine Batyah thrashmetaljunkie Batyah slow down cow polk, I have seen some in a cult have a change of heart , some leave the cult some don't alright ? just because it does not make sense to you does not make it automatically wrong. and yes i am aware of that, but you can see where someone is and its stages not steps there is a difference, and as a Christian you come off very harsh and un Christ like fyi Just gonna put this out there. To be Christ-like would mean we are JUST like Christ. Last time I checked.. I'm no where near there. To be Christ-like is a goal for christians. An Impossible one due to our human condition, but a goal nonetheless. It is not "un Christ like" to disagree with something someone has said. Im not trying to bust your chops or anything, just saying to be Christ-like is kinda sorta impossible >.> Also, what exactly does cow polk mean? I sure hope that wasnt meant to be an insult of any kind. We dont allow that in these parts, ya hear? XD just means to slow your horse haha, or rather stop talking or such razz , Being Christ is impossible, being the way He told us is not This is a forum for free discussion and exchange of ideas. You're free to civilly express disagreements, but to simply tell someone to stop talking goes against the philosophy of the community we're trying to cultivate here. agreed, and being taken out of context is also rude smile Admittedly, I am not familiar with the term "cow polk" (I'm assuming it's some sort of regional slang) so perhaps it came off as sounding more condescending to me than you intended. If that's the case, then I apologise. It's my job as a crew member of this guild to do all I can to make sure all members are being treated with basic common respect. But again, if you meant no disrespect, then I apologise for calling you out.
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Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2012 8:59 am
First and foremost, I see my "job" as a Christian to spread God's love. This includes speading the Worrd and educating people about Christ's teachings, obviously, but also treating all people with love, kindness, and compassion. The junkie and the prostitute are as much God's children as the priest and the choirboy, and in fact, it's those that society has chewed up and spat out that need our compassion more than anyone.
I'd say that my second duty as a Christian is to do my best to look at myself objectively (or as objectively as possible) and to always be aware of my human failings, and to never stop striving to better myself as a human being, and as a follower of Christ. Just because Christ-like perfection is out of reach for us lowly humans doesn't mean that we should ever give up trying our hardest to emulate our Saviour the best we can. smile
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Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2012 8:07 pm
Batyah thank you for who ever invited me. personally I wonder how many people know their Bible and their faith enough to do the job Jesus commanded us to do. Ok, first question, anyone even know what our job as Christians is? Well, I believe the job of Christians first and foremost is to love God with all our heart, mind, and body, and then to love our neighbor as we love ourselves. Also, the concept of "knowledge of faith" eludes me. I think it less a knowing and more a doing. Something that grows while we are doing God's will, and faith is only interesting, engaging, and useful when lived out. The only thing that needs to be "known" as a Christian is love. If we are wrong about what love is, we are wrong about who God is.
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Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2012 5:25 pm
Gjornia X Batyah thank you for who ever invited me. personally I wonder how many people know their Bible and their faith enough to do the job Jesus commanded us to do. Ok, first question, anyone even know what our job as Christians is? Well, I believe the job of Christians first and foremost is to love God with all our heart, mind, and body, and then to love our neighbor as we love ourselves. Also, the concept of "knowledge of faith" eludes me. I think it less a knowing and more a doing. Something that grows while we are doing God's will, and faith is only interesting, engaging, and useful when lived out. The only thing that needs to be "known" as a Christian is love. If we are wrong about what love is, we are wrong about who God is. hope in humanity restored smile
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