do you miss me - i dont !!
whats up with this guy all he wants to do is talk about god how boring and dumb right ????!!!
Well first off i had my fill of what its like not to love god and be hateful and resentful of bad things that have happened to me in the past--- this was like a temporary experiment because i accepted jesus christ as my personnel savior when i was 8 years old.
Later in life I made bad choices and the consequences of my actions were not favorable so as a human which we are i dismissed this as purely a result of my own doing thus i could undo what was done. Help in this case was avoided at all cost due to pride and overconfidence in ( the Self) Hence we start the experiment --
Later findings conclude that with the blind actions and attempt to control the actions result had led to a never ending depth of unsolved problems and questions left unanswered. But an unforeseen equation was thrown in this, being personal health questions of witch could not be answered by health professionals. Later leading to an eventual brake down of emotion simply for the need of help.
Furthermore leading back to the foundation that was instilled in me at the age of 8 to 16 this being the bible the true word of god.Continuing study reveled what a pice of garbage (for lack of a better word) my life had become and i decided to stop the hate and sickness before it led to my total destruction ( this being done by asking forgiveness and putting forth effort)
This being done i have found i am changed - to say the least - for the better. in many ways.......... how will this be received by those who knew my old self -- i can only imagine it will be dealt with in shock. Be assured if they come to me I will be all to happy to discuss in detail how they may find this end result for themselves. your NEW friend Jason.
I say I am but am I?
Question: "What is a Christian?"
Answer: Webster's Dictionary defines a Christian as "a person professing belief in Jesus as the Christ or in the religion based on the teaching of Jesus." While this is a good starting point in understanding what a Christian is, like many secular definitions, it falls somewhat short of really communicating the biblical truth of what it means to be a Christian.
The word Christian is used three times in New Testament (Acts 11:26; Acts 26:28; 1 Peter 4:16). Followers of Jesus Christ were first called "Christians" in Antioch (Acts 11:26) because their behavior, activity, and speech were like Christ. It was originally used by the unsaved people of Antioch as a kind of contemptuous nickname used to make fun of the Christians. It literally means, "belonging to the party of Christ" or an "adherent or follower of Christ," which is very similar to the way Webster's Dictionary defines it.
Unfortunately over time, the word "Christian" has lost a great deal of it significance and is often used of someone who is religious or has high moral values instead of a true born again follower of Jesus Christ. Many people who don't believe and trust in Jesus Christ consider themselves Christians simply because they go to church or they live in a "Christian" nation. But going to church, serving those less fortunate than you, or being a good person does not make you a Christian. As one evangelist once said, "Going to church doesn't make one a Christian anymore than going to a garage makes one an automobile." Being a member of a church, attending services regularly, and giving to the work of the church cannot make you a Christian.
The Bible teaches us that the good works we do cannot make us acceptable to God. Titus 3:5 tells us that it is "not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit." So, a Christian is someone who has been born-again by God (John 3:3; John 3:7; 1 Peter 1:23) and has put their faith and trust in Jesus Christ. Ephesians 2:8 tells us that it is "by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God." A true Christian is someone who has repented of his or her sin and put faith and trust in Jesus Christ alone. Their trust is not in following a religion or a set of moral codes, or a list of do's and don'ts.
A true Christian is a person who has put his or her faith and trust in the person of Jesus Christ and fact that He died on the cross as payment for sins and rose again on the third day to obtain victory over death and to give eternal life to all who believe in Him. John 1:12 tells us: "But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name." A true Christian is indeed a child of God, a part of God's true family, and one who has been given new life in Christ. The mark of a true Christian is love for others and obedience to God's Word (1 John 2:4; 1 John 2:10).
