Romans 4:3-5, “For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness. Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt. But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.”
There is probably not a more misunderstood and abused word in the world than “Christian.” The Bible says Jesus' followers were first called “Christians” in the city of Antioch. The disciples reminded people of Jesus so much, that the heathen world called them “Christians”...
Acts 11:26, “And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.”
So, technically a “Christian” is a born-again believer who is also a disciple of Christ. But practically speaking, as saints we consider a “Christian” someone who has experienced the new birth. Thus, only someone who has been born-again by faith alone in Jesus Christ is a true Christian. So, the latter is the definition that I am going by in this blog.
With that truth in mind, we must differentiate false Christians from true Christians. This all boils down to what is and is not the Gospel. The Roman Catholics have their own unique plan of salvation, which requires obeying Seven Sacraments (water baptism, holy Eucharist, last rights, confirmation, et cetera). Mormons errantly teach that you must be water baptized to get to Heaven. So also do Jehovah's Witnesses, Church of Christ and Lutherans require water baptism to be saved.
Lutherans will play with words, but if you dig closer into their tenets you'll find that Lutherans consider someone lost if they refuse to be water baptized. All of these different contradicting religions cannot be correct! All may be wrong, some may be wrong, but all of them absolutely cannot be right. Either water baptism is necessary to get to Heaven, or it is not, but it cannot be both. So, obviously not all of the members of these different religions can be saved. They cannot all be Christians!
And then there is the Lordship Salvation mess today. Tragically, 90% of Baptist churches have become cults, preaching the Devil's lie that you must turn away from your sinful lifestyle to get to Heaven, which is a works-based counterfeit plan of salvation. Romans 4:4, “Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.” If you are trying to turn away from your sinful bad habits to do your part to get to Heaven, then you are foolishly trusting in your own WORKS instead of God's GRACE. So, you see dear reader, very FEW churchgoers are actually born-again Christians.
Our country's former U.S. President, Donald Trump, revealed recently in an interview that he is as lost as the Devil. Mr. Trump plainly testified that he is trusting in his own goodness to save him. ...
Trump Reveals His REAL Religious Beliefs About HEAVEN!
Listen, NO ONE has ever succeeded in working his way to Heaven. Romans 4:4, “Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.” Mr. Trump is effectively saying that God owes him eternal life because he has been good enough to deserve admittance into Heaven. Trump didn't make any mention of Jesus, nor of faith in Jesus, which is disturbing. I remember back in 2016 that Donald Trump met with a group of evangelical pastors, to secure their vote for the upcoming U.S. Presidential election. The news media reported that Mr. Trump had become a Christian. I was leery when I heard that, because a political candidate will say anything to get elected. Sure enough, I was correct!
That is why we all (every human being other than Christ who has ever lived) needs a Savior. Jesus lived a sinless life. He perfectly kept the Old Testament law. As such Jesus qualified to be the sacrifice for the sins of mankind. 2nd Corinthians 5:21, “For he [God the Father] hath made him [God the Son] to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.” Please don't miss that truth, “in him.” We can only be made righteous “in Jesus.” I love this passage of Scripture...
Philippians 3:9-11, “And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith: That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.”
Our best attempt to turn away from our sinful ways to follow Christ CANNOT save us, or even contribute to obtaining eternal life. JESUS PAID IT ALL!!! I am so sick and tired of bad preachers corrupting God's simple plan of salvation, by embellishing the Gospel with ADDITIONAL requirements nowhere found in the inspired King James Bible. Nowhere does the King James Bible (all modern Bible revisions are corrupt) tell us to repent of our sins to be saved. We are commanded to repent toward God in Acts 20:21. We are commanded to repent to acknowledge the truth in 2nd Timothy 2:25. But nowhere does the Bible command anyone to repent “of their sins” to be saved. Wicked but well-meaning religious men ADDED those extra words. What saith the Scripture? Proverbs 30:5-6, “Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.” And let me say to clarify, the man who BELIEVES ON JESUS has repented. He has changed his mind from unbelief to belief, and is now saved.
I dare say that among everyone who professes to be a “Christian,” that less than 2% are really born-again believers. If there is a born-again Christian within the Roman Catholic cult, they are a stranger and a sojourner, not a bonafide member. The indwelling Holy Spirit would strongly convict a true believer, if they continued to attend such a damnable religious cult like Roman Catholicism that blasphemes God's Word. Catholicism is a prisonhouse of religion!
Please don't make the foolish mistake of assuming that everyone who claims to be a Christian is one, because they very likely aren't.
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