And blessed is the one who is not offended by me.
(Matthew 11:6 ESV)
Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.
(Matthew 7:13-14 ESV)
But he remained silent and made no answer. Again the high priest asked him, “Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?” And Jesus said, “I am, and you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of heaven.”
(Mark 14:61-62 ESV)
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
(John 14:6 ESV)
Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.
(John 6:35 ESV)
As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.
(John 3:15 ESV)
I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
(Matthew 16:18 ESV)
Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”
(John 2:19 ESV)
“If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple. For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it?
(Luke 14:26-28 ESV)
Sunday, December 13, 2015
Saturday, March 28, 2015
Does it Matter What I believe? (Not finished)
The first question is this: does it even matter what you believe?
Yes it does, because there is little difference between what you believe and what you do,
and what you do really matters.
As long as you are alive, there is no such thing as being neutral. You are always choosing something. Sunday morning, if you believe that God would have you to go to church, you will get out of bed and get yourself there, and others will see this.
If you don't then you will have not been a blessing to others who went to church.
Some people say that Christianity is a licence to sin without any bad consequences, because Jesus paid the price for our sin, and so all you have to do is go back and forth between sinning and repenting and you can do whatever you want.
This is not what the Bible teaches, for several reasons. Here is the first:
The word "repent" actually involves a change of mind.
This is part of the Greek word that is translated "repent" in the New Testament.
You can sin, and you surely can repent, but repentance really means that you want to not sin again.
If you keep doing this sin, then it is really questionable if you are really repenting.
Here is another: Christianity was never advertised as something you do on the side along with your sinning.
(story of John the Baptist here)
(story of rich young ruler here)
(story of Matthew's conversion here)
Here is the main reason you can't keep sinning as a Christian. The new birth.
Yes it does, because there is little difference between what you believe and what you do,
and what you do really matters.
As long as you are alive, there is no such thing as being neutral. You are always choosing something. Sunday morning, if you believe that God would have you to go to church, you will get out of bed and get yourself there, and others will see this.
If you don't then you will have not been a blessing to others who went to church.
Some people say that Christianity is a licence to sin without any bad consequences, because Jesus paid the price for our sin, and so all you have to do is go back and forth between sinning and repenting and you can do whatever you want.
This is not what the Bible teaches, for several reasons. Here is the first:
The word "repent" actually involves a change of mind.
This is part of the Greek word that is translated "repent" in the New Testament.
You can sin, and you surely can repent, but repentance really means that you want to not sin again.
If you keep doing this sin, then it is really questionable if you are really repenting.
Here is another: Christianity was never advertised as something you do on the side along with your sinning.
(story of John the Baptist here)
(story of rich young ruler here)
(story of Matthew's conversion here)
Here is the main reason you can't keep sinning as a Christian. The new birth.
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