What is a Christian?

What is a Christian

So what is a Christian?

So you came here searching to understand what is a Christian. Some would simply say, “to believe in Jesus” makes you a Christian. But what does it mean “to believe?” And who, really, is “Jesus Christ?” According to the Bible, Jesus is the promised Messiah foretold in the Hebrew Scriptures. His Hebrew name is “Yeshua”, which means “Salvation”. He is the only begotten Son of God, God come in the flesh, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of a virgin, who suffered, and was crucified for the sins of the world. He died and was buried, and on the third day, He rose again from the dead having the keys of hell and death. Soon afterward He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of the Father, and will soon return to judge both the living and the dead.

Those are the facts about Jesus, but how can you know they are really true so to really believe in Him? The kind of believing which the Bible speaks of means “complete trust”, so that you throw your entire existence upon Jesus in FAITH that He will save you. How can someone do that? And why do you need to be “saved”? The answers can only come from the highest authority, God Himself, by His REVELATION. Real FAITH only responds to real REVELATION from God… about Him AND about you. God communicates to a person through His Holy Spirit and His Word (Jesus Himself, and The Bible, Old and New Testaments). The Creator reveals His existence, His nature, His authority, and His will to people, in a way that makes them sure about Him. A true Christian is not someone who has chosen a particular “religion” because it appeals to him or because it seems reasonable. Rather, he comes to know his Creator by REVELATION, and comes to know Jesus personally as who He actually is: the only begotten Son of God and Savior of the world. REVELATION is also required to see yourself as you truly are in God’s eyes.

Reading the Bible does not automatically bring REVELATION, but when God’s Spirit brings conviction and certainty about His truth, then you can respond with true FAITH. Matthew’s gospel [Matthew 16:15-17] gives a powerful example: Jesus said to His disciples, ”But what about you?” “Who do you say I am?” Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by my Father in heaven. Peter’s answer about Jesus was revealed by God, Himself.

REVELATION from God also can come in other ways, such as visions, and there is general REVELATION from nature which testifies to an intelligent Creator. However it comes, REVELATION is God’s part in the process of becoming a Christian. But REVELATION alone will not make someone a true Christian. Many people receive REVELATION from God in many ways but never become Christians. This is because they refuse to repent and believe; they do not respond with REPENTANCE and FAITH. REPENTANCE means turning around and away from one’s own understanding and way of life, which is sinful and self-centered; and turning to God. It means responding to REVELATION from God recognizing His existence, His perfect holiness and our hopeless sinfulness. When we truly repent, we really understand and agree that we are sinful unto death, that “all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God” [Romans 3:23]; that we desperately need forgiveness and a purification that we cannot accomplish ourselves, because by our very nature we have violated God’s law and His holiness. Only being deeply convinced of these things we can truly respond with a FAITH that trusts completely in Jesus, the Savior who died for sin, and reconciled us to God.

Sin leads to death….do you realize that the certainty of your death is intimately connected with the terrible reality of your sin? The Bible makes these clear statements;”Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men, because all sinned—.” [Romans 5:12] And; ”…it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment” [Hebrews 9:27] Yes, the evidence of the reality of sin is everywhere around and within us because this world is filled with disease and death, which are the direct result of it. Anyone who says “Well, I’m not that sinful!” is simply not aware of his or her true inner condition.

Sin entered the world when our first parents were tested in that ancient Garden. Adam and Eve were made in the very image of God, their beauty, depth, and profound significance, beyond our comprehension. Because of their great significance to God, the test He allowed them to experience would have far-reaching consequences. Eating the fruit of the tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil would change the very nature and fabric of Creation, bringing the death and decay we witness every day. This event was not a myth. The New Testament makes perfectly clear that, ”.. since by a man came death, by a man also came the resurrection of the dead;” [1 Corinthians 15:21].

Are you sensing the truth in these words? Then the Holy Spirit is giving you REVELATION about God and yourself. He is gently calling you to respond with FAITH. Since you have come here seeking, this is His promise: ”And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart” [Jeremiah 29:13]. God desires for men and women to seek and to find Him. In His gentle way He calls us into His love without forcing us, even as He wakes us up to the reality of our true condition.

Since the day that Adam and Eve were banished from the Garden of Eden and sin and death entered the world, the Father of Creation, in love, has provided hope. Since death was not His highest will or intention for us, but rather Life, even Eternal Life, He made a way to cover and finally, erase, sin from the world. This way involved sacrifice; and the shedding of blood. Expressed with these words, in the Old Testament book of Leviticus, He said; ”..the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul” [Leviticus 17:11].” The first sacrifice was in the Garden, when the Lord God slew an animal to cover the nakedness of Adam and Eve. The final, perfect sacrifice was Jesus, the Lamb of God, the Christ, or Messiah who, shedding His own blood, took away the sins of the world. The following passages of scripture prophesy and describe Him in detail: [Micah 5:2; Isaiah 7:14; Isaiah 53:1-13; Daniel 9:23-27]. Isaiah 52:13 through Isaiah 53 is very explicit about this “Suffering Servant Messiah”. The entire New Testament, especially the four Gospels, is the true history of Jesus’ sacrifice for us.

Again, if you find these words, these scriptures, ringing true deep within, then God really is speaking to you and convicting you of your true condition and spiritual need, and of His hope for you. Because after the final perfect sacrifice of the Messiah was accomplished on a Roman cross some 2000 years ago, His dead body was laid in a tomb; but three days later life was restored to Him, and He was raised bodily from the dead. This is described in the four Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. The resurrection was witnessed by over 500 people; [1 Corinthians 15:6]. And since that time, this true message has changed the lives and brought hope for eternity to many millions of people all over the world.

FAITH can also be your response to the conviction you may be feeling and receiving about these things. Today could be your day of salvation. A new, spiritual birth can occur inside you, as the simple truth of John 3:16 says, ”For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.” And ”Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved” [Acts 4:12]. But make sure that your repentance is deep and sincere and that you fully intend, with God’s help, to turn away from all your sins. God is not mocked. He looks at the heart, and fully knows your intentions. If they are real, He will enter you by His Spirit and give you new life. This means that you, also, will be resurrected from death and receive an eternal and perfect body as the resurrected Messiah did. The gift of eternal life is received by REPENTANCE and FAITH. You can express this response in your own words, based on your conviction of sin, and the death and resurrection of Jesus; or you might use a prayer such as this one:

Father in Heaven, I come to you realizing that I am truly a sinful person, that my sin separates me from you and leads me to judgment and eternal death. I’m asking that you forgive me as I turn from my sins; rebellion, unbelief, sexual immorality, occultism, hatred, cursing, selfishness, and everything you call evil. I do believe that your Son Jesus, came, died, and rose again from the grave and that through Him I can receive your forgiveness and eternal life. So I’m asking you, Father, to completely cleanse me by the blood of Jesus, and write my name in your Book of Life. I gratefully receive this free gift of His righteousness, cleansing, and eternal life as I fully trust that He carried my sins away completely. Thank you, Lord Jesus, for giving your life for me. Help me to live a holy life worthy of your salvation. Amen.

If you have responded in real repentance and faith with this or other prayer, please let us here at Worthy Network know about it; we would love to encourage and help you in any way we can. And know this: ”that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation.” [Romans 10:9-10]

http://www.georgewhitten.com George Whitten

If you have a question about what is a Christian? Please go ahead and ask! God bless!

Jerry collins

If your questions comes from the church background or does it come from the biblical tex. The word christian only appears one time in the English text and then it is a incorrect translation. The word Christ appears 572 times and it is not translated. One can get all kinds of meaning for the name of Jesus wtih christ following it is not his title it is a condition. The same for the word christian there is not one christian named in the bibilical text and Saul never saw one during his whole time of taking the good message. the word in the Greed christianous means those being anointed. It was a condition that was occuring to them. further more if you look at the passage again you will the word church it again is a bad translation. the word in the greek ekkleesia meaning the ones invited out of the unrighteous gentiles where they had been scattered by the father after the divorce Jer 3 Jesus was the price paid to buy them back and he was the first to invite them out in Matthew 15:18 she is not an it and her name is not the church. The invitation has been lost for 2000 years because of the church for it became the invitation and thereby destroying the invitation. Jesus did not say that I will build my church the word is ekkleesian being the ones invited out of the gentiles where they hac been scattered by my father because of the divorce. In Acts 11 26 The next word is the word assembled here agaiin another of the churches produced errors in the text in English. the four error in this verse is the word disciples it should be learners. This whole verse need a rewrite and put in all the correct translations and the question that you ask will go away instead of making a theilogy of a mistranslated word. the ones invited out can only be Hebrews of the house of Israel all others are rejected for another reason and that is the anointing can only come from the Holy Spirit and that again is only for the whole house of Israel. It is very simple there is no such thing as a christian in the NT when you learn the greek instead of the corrupted heathen bible of the heathen church of the Lord Jesus Christ. which was produced to deceive the rejected gentiles from the beginning before the foundation oif the earth. Jesus does not love everyone only the children of his two wives. all others are rejected. Amos 3:2 you only have I loveed of all the families of the earth. If the people would learn what the writers had to say their would not have a problem being something that does not exist.

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Roddy Alan

This is another big step for me because I have accepted Jesus in 1982 , and have slide back into the old me..(a place I dont want to be).I truly believe that Jesus died for my sins …my problem is :I feel like Im taking advantage of GOD’s grace…when I sin it seems like its the same sins over and over I feel so bad and seem to run away from Jesus cause Im embarassed that I let him down and that I followed my desire other than his….I know in my heart that Im forgive but I also feel that I dont deserve his forgivness for my sins that I just comitted , AGAIN….Is there hope for me ? I cant seem to fight my temptations….I feel like Im missing something….

Peter

Roddy, We all have the same problem. None of us are perfect, and we all tend to fall into a pattern of sin because we still have the Old Sin Nature fighting against us, and temptation pushing us to go back to our old way of life.

A good father loves his children, and he will love them even if they make mistakes and do dumb things. No matter what they do, they are still family, they are still his children, and he is still their father. He loves them more then they know. That is how it if with God. His children may sin and do dumb things, but He is still their Father and He loves us more than we can understand.

As a Christian you can know, that even if you turn your back on God, God won’t turn his back on you. He is always there for you.

The Bible is God’s thinking. It is the mind of Christ (1 Cor 2:16) and you should study it to show yourself approved unto God a workman that doesn’t need to be ashamed (2 Tim 2:15). And ask Him to give you the strength to follow Him. It will help you to not be conformed to the pattern of this world, but to be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is, His good, pleasing and perfect will. (Rom 12:2)

http://www.worthychristianforums.com/index.php?/user/65308-isaiah-68/ Isaiah

Roddy I have good news!! We all have had trouble with sin, and all have fallen short! Even Paul, who wrote 2/3 of the new testament had problems with sin! So I am going to walk you through a bit of Romans ( the whole book is incredible, but to long to post here! I am going to break down a bit of Romans Chapters 5-8. If you have time I highly suggest reading those chapters, as they explain it more eloquently then I ever could. Here are some highlights!

Its good to remember this, Jesus did not come to save Saints. He came to save sinners!

“Romans 5:6-21(NKJV)

6 For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. 7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die. 8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him. 10 For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life. 11 And not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.”

As you see, it says while we were still sinners! If we struggle, what does Paul say…

“Romans 5:20-21
New King James Version (NKJV)
20 Moreover the law entered that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more, 21 so that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”

Where Grace abounds even more! Not that we are to continue sinning to have more grace as he continues in chapter 6.

“Romans 6:1-2 (NKJV)
Dead to Sin, Alive to God
1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? 2 Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it? “

But even this is hard to do, as Paul states later he even has a hard time…

“Romans 7:15-20 (NKJV)
15 For what I am doing, I do not understand. For what I will to do, that I do not practice; but what I hate, that I do. 16 If, then, I do what I will not to do, I agree with the law that it is good. 17 But now, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me. 18 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) nothing good dwells; for to will is present with me, but how to perform what is good I do not find. 19 For the good that I will to do, I do not do; but the evil I will not to do, that I practice. 20 Now if I do what I will not to do, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me. “

As you see, even Paul did sinful things. He struggled as well, lets see what he says the cure is…

Romans 7:21-25 (NKJV)
21 I find then a law, that evil is present with me, the one who wills to do good. 22 For I delight in the law of God according to the inward man. 23 But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. 24 O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? 25 I thank God—through Jesus Christ our Lord!
So then, with the mind I myself serve the law of God, but with the flesh the law of sin.

Romans 8 (NKJV)

Free from Indwelling Sin

1 There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death. 3 For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin in the flesh, 4 that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. 5 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. 6 For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. 7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be. 8 So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
9 But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His. 10 And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. 11 But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.
Sonship Through the Spirit

12 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors—not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. 13 For if you live according to the flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. 14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. 15 For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, “Abba, Father.” 16 The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, 17 and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together.

You see, as we walk in the spirit our sinful fleshly man, weakens and our spiritual man with strengthen.

Also Notice in Romans 8:1 It says “There is therefore NO CONDEMNATION for those who are in Christ Jesus”

Yes we fall but we are not condemned, We may feel the effects of sin, or his gentle conviction guiding us away from sin, but we are not condemned, He is not standing there trying to beat us up.

Remember in Luke Chapter 14 it says

“20 “And he arose and came to his father. But when he was still a great way off, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him. 21 And the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight, and am no longer worthy to be called your son.’
22 “But the father said to his servants, ‘Bring[b] out the best robe and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet. 23 And bring the fatted calf here and kill it, and let us eat and be merry; 24 for this my son was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ And they began to be merry. “

He wants to revive you back with open arms and Party!

One last note, I wrote the following many years ago. I had done some dumb stupid sinful stuff. Right after returning from a missions school called a Discipleship Training School. I had gone on a missions trip and seen god do so many things, and then I did a sin that I had done before, and struggled with for years. So as I came to my senses again, feeling horrible and stupid, and condemned. I wrote this.

The True Meaning Of DTS

DTS What does that really mean?
Does it mean Discipleship Training School? Maybe
But what does it really mean?
There has to be something deeper

Maybe it means Die To Self?
I think that is what the true meaning is
Die To Self what a simple statement
Simple yes, but full of revelation
Simple to understand? Yes
But to follow through with? NO!

Dying To Self
Good Idea But how?
I know what is right
I know what is wrong
I don’t do what is right
But I do what is wrong.
Why?

I want to do right
I want to please my Heavenly Father
I want to do what he wants me to do
In the end I want to hear
“Well done, my good and faithful servant”

But I do not do what is right
I do what I know is wrong
I hear His voice warning me
I hear him pleading with me to stop
I hear him crying as I ignore the voice
I know I am hurting the one who Loves me
I feel little or no remorse or regret
Why? Because my spirit is weak, but my flesh is strong

I say I will go to the ends of the world for you
I say I will die for you
I say I will do what ever you want me to
No matter the cost

But it is easier to go to the ends of the earth
It is easy to be brave for God
To stand up in the face of persecution
Yes even to be a Martyr for Christ is easy
But to Die To Self, that is the hard thing
To Die To Self is a daily thing
To die every day is hard
To fast is hard to pray and read the Word is hard
To spend time with God is hard
This all goes against self

How do die to self?
Can you die to self?
Yes you can!

How?
You need to starve self
Do not exercise self
Daily read the Word
Daily spend one on one with the Father
Fast and pray make your spirit strong
Then you will Die To Self

But do not stop feeding you spirit
Because if you do not you will not die to self
If you do keep your spirit strong,
You will Die To Self
-Isaiah- 1998
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Christine Siruelo

Thank you for these encouraging and universal truths.. I am truly blessed. In Jesus mighty name. Amen….
Nathalie halliman

thank you for these word and i am bless in Jesus name
Dino

Awesome. One of the best and complete descriptions I’ve read. God bless you and your website.
Leslie Padilla

i’ve recently have been saved and God showed me and my ex a revelation ( a quick picture sort of say) of his friends at our wedding..notice how I wrote ex ;( well. Since being saved God has talked to me through other people and has made a covenant with me –showing me he is for me, it is very hard as we are not together he is a good man /christian but has yet to be saved I’ve already asked God in prayer for his salvation and knowing God will deliver him…Its still pretty hard because the enemy peeps in and tries to overcome you but something happens–God does fight for you and what he created no one can take or tear apart…As much as I’m trying to convince myself to move on and date and try to prove he is not for me by laying out facts, it still doesnt work for God, God will make you do something to exercise your faith, he make you committ to a fast or just something you just decide to say ok Lord “I do this one last thing, ha and that one thing leads to another promist for God —and thats how he works..Before we are saved he lets us run around, make mistakes and take the journey on our own, and when your Saved he is in your life for ever ….so no matter how much we think we want to try to run around again, and do certain things..if its not in his will he just won’t let it happen!!!

and Thank God for that!!! your always learning about him, yourself, your purpose, and you dont ask why things happen or turn out the way they do…your faith in him lets you keep moving so that he is the only one in control.

God Bless!

Leslie Padilla
Roy B

Does the bible really teach “FAITH ALONE” doctrine? Which specific verse in the bible can we find justification by “Faith Alone”? How do you explain the following passages in the light of “Justification by Faith ALONE”?

1. For he will repay according to each one’s DEEDS: to those who by patiently doing good seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life. (Rom 2:6-7)

2. For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous in God’s sight, but the DOERS of the law who will be JUSTIFIED. (Rom 2:13)

3. What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have WORKS? Can that faith save him? If a brother or sister has nothing to wear and has no food for the day, and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, keep warm, and eat well,” but you do not give them the necessities of the body, what good is it? So also FAITH of itself, if it does not have WORKS, is dead. (James 2:14-17)

4. For we are what he has made us, created in Christ Jesus for good WORKS, which God prepared beforehand to be our way of life.(Eph 2:10)

5. All scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for refutation, for correction, and for training in righteousness, so that one who belongs to God may be competent, equipped for every GOOD WORK. (2 Tim 3:16-17)

6. Just so, your light must shine before others, that they may see your good DEEDS and glorify your heavenly Father. (Mt 5:16)

7. In Christ Jesus, then, I have reason to be proud of my WORK for God. For I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has wrought through me to win obedience from the Gentiles, by word and DEED. (Rom 15:17-18)

8. The saying is sure. I desire you to insist on these things, so that those who have believed in God may be careful to apply themselves to good DEEDS; these are excellent and profitable to men. (Titus 3:8)

9. See how a person is justified by WORKS and NOT BY FAITH ALONE. And in the same way, was not Rahab, the harlot, also justified by works when she welcomed the messengers and sent them out by a different route? For just as a body without a spirit is dead, so also FAITH WITHOUT WORKS IS DEAD. (James 2:24-26)
http://www.graftedbygod.com/ Brad-What is a Christian

We are Christians by believing that Jesus Christ was the Son of God. That he was both God and Man, and that he died on the cross taking the penalty of our sins upon himself. We cannot be saved by anything we do other than believing that God has redeemed us through His Son, repenting of our sins and following him.
Great article!

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Sorry Brad believing does not make one a christian for the word in Acts 11 is not even translated. The verse has four errors in that one verse. the word is christianous meaning those being anointed. it is not something that you can be or become it is a process that is occuring and on going. No where in scripture excepted in the corrupted English text from the Catholic frame of mind. It was heathen church and has always been the corrupted church out of which came the modern christian church corrupted because of her mother. Jesus said he came only for the lost sheep of the House of Israel. That narrows it down to the Hebrews only. Salvation is by race and race alone. Jesus did not die for the sins of the whole world he died to remarry his divorced wife of Jer 3 by fulfilling Deut 24 then he could proclain O barren wife you have more children than the Married wife, Isa 54:1 read the book of Hosea when God told Hosea to go down and buy back Gomer. No repentance no confession of sins, on believing just buy back Gomer and take her home and love her. He was acting out the drama for the whole world to see. It is all about the wife and her children. the whole OT the message is the same. In the NT the language changed but the message is the same Just the wife and her children.
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Jerry Collins

Romeo angeles

Thank you! and may GOD bless your ministry.
Mary Jeandoss

This is an awesome response to those who need to know Jesus and why he had to die for us. When they have that knowledge they can received the good gifts that God has for them. Instead, we should not doubt who Jesus is and what he did for us. His blood is covering our sins. We should thank him and acknowledge that we are sinful even when we don’t realize that we are sinning.

Thank you for these words.
Ronald Brooks

The Lord only adds the saved to His church. Those added to it must be saved according to His requirements. Jesus says in Mark 16:16, “He that believes and is baptized shall be saved.” Men today say that all you have to do is “to accept Christ as your personal Saviour” and you will be saved. This is one of the reasons men say that everyone has the right to freedom of religion. In Romans 6:1-4, one first comes into contact with the cleansing blood of Christ which He shed in His death. Baptism is a burial. If you have never been buried by baptism, the blood of Christ cannot cleanse you of your sins. In John 1:5-10, God is light and darkness is sin.

Baptism is the beginning of a new life. Those who have been baptized without first understanding the gospel must be baptized again. If you walk in darkness(sin), you cannot have fellowship with God. While walking in the light a Christian has unbroken fellowship with God because he is being cleansed of all his sins by the blood of Christ. The vast majority of people do not know what the will of the Lord is. They are not following the will of the Lord. If they were there would be only the church Christ established, the church of Christ, Matthew 16:18.

Peter tells us also, in 1 Peter 3:21, “Corresponding to that, baptism now saves you-not the removal of dirt from the flesh, but an appeal to God for a good conscience-through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,” This will be the only standard of judgement on Judgement Day and not what we think or what men think. In John 1:48, Jesus says “The word that I have spoken will judge him in the last day.”

Since Jesus is both Lord and God, His commands must be obeyed, John 20:24-29.

Jerry collins

First of all the Lord did not have a church and there never has been one in the NT, See Acts 7 for the church in the wilderness did not exist the word for church should have been translated in Matthew 16;18 I will homebuild the wife of me, being the ones invited out from among the unrighteous gentiles where they had been scattered by my father and the gates of hell shall not prevail against her. She is not an it and her name is not the church. 80 times the word church appears strike it out and write in the ones invited out from among the gentiles. She the ones being invited out are only Hebrews of the house of Israel, salvation is by race and race alone, All the books in the NT are written only to the house of Israel. Peter writes to the ones scattered among the cities of Asis James writes to the 12 tribes, the book of Hebrews is to the Hebrews They are all written to the Hebrews of the House of Israel. thier world is every thing to the father in John 3:16 If you are not born of your mother Sarah then all other children are rejected and sent away even to these last days Gentiles are just a bag of bones waiting to die. Who has warned them of the wrath to come and they are of their father the devil.
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Jerry Collins

Gerald Collns

Jesus came only for HIs people of the OT no others. they were the Hebrews that were scattered after the divorce Jeremiah 3 Jesus died only to be able to remarry his wife who had been divorced. It was to fulfill the law of Deut. 24 He was beaten for the healing of HIS people from their desiere to worship idols. He did not come for gentiles none allowed at anytime. The wife was not even present when the buying back took place for he had to make an invitation to invite them out of the unrighteous gentiles where they had been scattered by the father. The buying back does not allow for a choice. See Hosea. Repentance was not necessary see Matthew 28:19 Baptising them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. No repentance required The whole NT is only to the lost sheep of the House of Israel Hebrews only. The church offers all of the other many ways to be saved from those SINS that can only be found in the OT for in Matthew 1:28 at that time there was no NT do this test Answer all the questions in 1:28 without using the NT for you would have to wait for 350 years to have one
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In your prayer you ask that your name be write in the book The book of LIfe was filled in before the earth was cast and in the book are only the names from the only family that God has ever known of all the families of the earth (Amos 3:2) He is talking to the House of Israel who is the wife taken as one of the sisters lishted. No Gentiles are listed in the book because they beleived for he never even heard of beleif it does not exist in the Greek. In fact the word is not even in the language at all. The death that Jesus died was to remarry his divorced wife of Isa 50 to fulfill Deut 24 Again there is no repentance listed except in the English text. Jesus said himself that he came only for the Hebrebs of the house of Israel known as sheep. Matthew 28:19 does not have any repentance required no confession of sin no acknowledgement of the blood before they were baptized in the Name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirt. Jesus only dispatched his learners to the Hebrews that were known as ethnee the righteous gentiles of the OT who had been scattered. What sins was the angel talking about in Matthew 1:28 when there was no NT testament yet he was only read to be born in just a few hours. Where is there an offer of salvation to be accepted by any one who will beleive? Salvation was by race and race alone then grace was evident for the children of the divorced wife. Read of the divorce in Jer 3 and the plan to rescue in Isa 50-55 Hebrews only Read matthew 16:18 where the church destroyed the invitation to the ones scattered to be invited out from among the gentiles where they had been scattered. The church has never existed in the eyes of God for all its self righteousness when the transslators destroyed the invitation. The church and the ekkleesian are diabollically opposed to one another. The theology of the church is not bible text based at all. it is al wrong it is the biggest cult of the cults in superimposing it self over the invitation and to destroying it and the message of the divorced wife and her children tha Jesus said he came for only. The church is the heathen church of the Lord Jesus Christ for the purpose of deceiving the rejected unrighteous gentiles of this earth. For all of your fine words your theology does not agree with the Ot people that God reconfirmed on Mount Sinai and he would be their God. No gentiles at the foot of the mountain. Jesus married the two sister who became whores and he divorced one and remained married to the other. the punishment was only for 2520 years he came only for those children that had been scattered. he had to died because he divorced his wife. not for the sins of the world. The message of the OT is completely lost in the corrupted church since its beginning.

Jerry Collins
Jerry Collins

lets put john 3:16 in the correct context of the NT. Jesus came to die for his wife Aholah (ez23) whom he divorced in Jer 3 and put the plan down in Isa 50 when he said where is the bill of divorcemen that I gave your mother Aholah when I divorced her for her Adultery. without repeating the next 3 chapters Jesus came only for the children of Aholah when he came. He said I came only for the children of Aholah Matthew 15. So he came only for the one family that he has ever known AMos 3:2. When John said that ye must be born from above not again as in the corrupt English text. and it is not an offer based on faith alone but rather it is salvation for the Hebrews out from among the gentile dogs. Peter confirms this in his writings you are a chosen people a purchased people a holy nation a royal priest hood and are once more the people of God Peter1-2 quoting EZ,Hosea, Isa 53 and by his stripes you are healed. Not based on beleiving or confession or repentance but on race and race alone of the family of Hebrews
Jerry Colins

Jesus came for his wife Isa 50 Her name was Aholah. She was divorced in Jer 3 Reedeemed in Isa 53 Rejoiceing in Isa 54 O barren wife you have more children than the married wife Aholibah. EZ 23 Not where did Jesus die for the sins of the whole world or for all mankind what ever that is. God hate Esau before he was born and he rejected him, Canaan was 1-2 years old when God rejected him Ishamel was 13 when God rejected him, The boys of Keturah were only 10=15 when God rejected them, Moab and AMmon were rejected when they were born On was killed by God when he got married and then God killed his brother Jesus said the Pharisees were of their father the devil, Paul said beware of the dogs Canaanites John in Rev said the dogs would be out side the gate of the city
The writings of Paul in the book of Romans is only to the ekkleesias and the ethnee go and coulnt all the (WE-You-us brethren) and then tell me it is to the gentiles snakes Jesus rescued the clildren of Aholah out from among the gentiles where they had been scattered by the father. They were the lost sheep that Jesus said he came for only God said to the House of Israel you only have I known of all the families of the earth. And all of this was done that he could remarry Aholah and get her children. The invitation is in Matt 16:18 and is repeated 80 more times but the church has destroyed the invitation to the children of the House of Israel. They were rescued without faith believing repentance or confession. It was the word of the Lord Jesus to get the only ones he wanted. The righteouss ones by faith shall live. God considered the gentiles as being dead as an open grave with dead men bones. It takes no praying when you have been purchased back (see Hosea and Gomer) and take her home and love her.
In Romans 9 paul is talking to the ethnee the righteous gentiles which are different than the ethnoon and he said to the ethnee that if you shall confesss with thy mouth thou shall be rescured.
The whole NT is only to the ethnee who are being ekkleesias
Go to the OT and read the play book and then watch the replay and see what God did for the ones he chose from the foundation of the earth. It took nothing on their part to be once more a purchased people for Jesus was the price maid to get the treasuse in the field The Hebrews of the House of Israel.

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