Jesus Cross

Yes, it is very difficult to be like Christ, yet that is the challenge all Christians must take. Unfortunately, it can take a lifetime to realize and accept the errors of one's ways, and amend them to conform to Christ's teachings. There are also so many things that can distract us along the way, giving us three situations(as stated in Scripture): 1. The seed on rock, 2. The seed in thorns, 3. And the seed within good ground. Many of us are the first two, and few are the third. However, those of the first two must find a way to good ground, so that they may flower and have life.

I'm 14, a christian, and I know this, most people are just bigots!

You're correct. I remember some time back a vendor where I used to set up had little statues of scenes at church: the gossips, the self-righteous, etc. Every church I've ever been to had these stereo types.

On the flip side, though, are those that try to live by Christ's teachings. You'll find them actually working to not just give people a hand, but a hand up. Look at most of the self-proclaimed "Christians" here and you will see they don't follow, much less understand, those teachings. They act like WWJD means We Want Jack Daniels so they have an excuse for their behavior.

Exactly, and I'm lucky enough to know that. I'm also lucky enough to go to a church that has none of those groups, at least not any more!

Thank you for this:)

Thank you ?

Because none of the others has any moral requirements.

Yes, I do think you have a good point. It's a symptom of our current culture.
From my understanding, we have all been conditioned into believing the things of the anti-christ and unworldly "phenomenon" because it has been normalized through movies and music. Anything other than the bible has become more easily to believe because God has been taken out of many platforms.

One wonders how Jesus would do today.

true and like you said about God being taken out of things, one of those is the public school system in america. people are trying to blame school shooting on guns but its really the families, how the children are being brought up and taught. its the childs fault for shooting someone, but its the parents and schools responsibility to teach and raise the kid in a Godly manner. all these school shooting have been increasing after the 10 commandments have been taken outa of school and making praying in school illegal. when my dad was in school, like 40 years ago, the ten commandments were practiced in memorization and the school played before class, not everyone believed in christianity, not very many people agreed with the bible's teachings but they still respected it and used it as the best way to train a child. and even if the children dont believe it, it has an influence on them just hearing it.

prayed before class* i mean

our country was built on Christian standards, so i wonder why crap is happening now that God is being taken out of the country schools and life. God will judge our nation and it will burn in fire and all those who dont know Christ as savior will burn in hell for eternity with the devil and his angles

why should i show you anything? you have the power to do research on your own, you should rather do that than listent o me because then youll just argue againt me anyways no matter what i say i believe so just look up whatever the heck you want and believe what ever you want. god isnt a physical person like your mom who can be pushed in and outa bed all the time.

i never referenced the constitution. the declaration of independence does mention God tho, and we have "in God we trust" on our currencies, but i suppose that dont mean much. other than that its just the history of the united-states and that it was mostly based on God and most of the early presidents prayed to God for guidance and of course we have thanks giving to remember how God spared the pilgrims and that story in history. proving the bible and God is just like trying to prove anything you learn in history class in school. there no proof except a few places you can visit, some pictures of suposed real people in those days but its mainly based on faith and trust of whats been taught and passed down throw generation to generation. its the exact same thing as the bible, theres no real way to prove anything i suppose, but there are historic places in israel that you can go visit and see, that are also mentioned in the bible, but its mostly based on faith and also the fact that it has been taught throughout he generation from father to son to grandson and so on. someone didnt just write the bible and then get thousands of people to believe it and then pass it down to their children telling them its real

with that being said youll probably ask who wrote the bible. well i believe (as it is written) that is was slowly written over a long period of time by people who were inspired by the hold spirit of the Lord. a lot of it was God instructions that he inspired into men to then be able to write about stuff that they didnt even know about and also to write about future events.

what do you believe? about life, death, our country

do you believe in God? or anything written in world history books?

Sorry, but being a person of faith does not have anything to do with becoming a better person. You do not need read the bible or live according to the 10 commandments to be a good person in life. It is just having a good upbringing, loving parents and having respect for others. I think throughout the world we see what blindly following a book can lead to.

theres not billions of Christians in the world. like 3 percent of americans are true bible believing, fundamental Christians. a lot of people identify with Christianity but there are few believers among them

Welcome to Planet Earth.

says an online stat probably mate by a non caring atheist. there is not that many people who are believers, it doesnt matter if someone says they are a Christian or not.

well my pastor told me differently, and id much rather trust a true bible believing baptist Christian than an online stat or a bunch of lost sinners on imgflip

"So you'd rather trust what another Christian says, even if they're wrong?" if a Christian is making a statement based on biblical Scriptures im gonna believe it no matter what, even if i dont agree or think i like it, bit if its in the bible its correct.

well the only answer i have for knowing that the bible is perfect and mistake free would be to give you a verse from the bible that says so. so that wont help you. as far as mistakes like the fire breathing dragon its been used as a metaphor and also to describe the devil or anti Christ but im not 100 sure on that. and for the stars falling that could either just mean what we call shooting stars, unless youre referring to johns vision of heaven and the events that are to still take place before the end of the world

According to a recent survey in the United States, eighty-five percent of the people questioned said they were Christian. However, when questioned further under criteria of a evangelical Christianity that salvation only comes through faith in Jesus alone and that the truth and concepts in the Bible are totally inspired and should be their guide for living, only eight percent said that they could then be called Evangelical Christians.

Another survey said that less than 10 percent of Christians believe in absolute truth.

Yet another another survey of Evangelical Christians said that one third believed that Jesus sinned.

About half believed that you can find God through other religious.

Many think there is no hell.

These survey were taken in America but much of the world would say things that are equally revealing. These surveys help confirm a theory that I have that only a tithe (10 Percent) of those that identify with Christianity are actually born of the Holy Spirit and thus will be found worthy to leave in the Rapture.

why do i need to prove to you that hell is real? you already dont believe it, obviously and you know that no matter what i say or use it aint gonna change your mind idiot. why does the bible need to prove a 10 percent number done by a survey, you dont believe the bible anyways so what the heck to asking for scriptures for?

well i cant prove hell is real other than what the bible says.

then i guess you have your mind up. good luck in the future, ill still be around following your memes and stuff but i cant win this argument, im too immature in the Christian faith right now to fight against all of your facts so im just gonna leave this post. nothing personal, i understand you believe differently, we just like to always win a conversation right?

The thing with satan is that he is the master at deception. He is a wolf in sheeps clothing. He is the false peace. Most of the time, wiccans use their power through satanic rituals unknowingly because of the deception the anit-christ uses unto innocent people.

He doesn't have the proof,because I have the proof that Satan doesn't exist

So,according to Christianity,God is an omnipotent and omnipresent being,or in other words,God is everything,and Satan is a being opposite of God.So,if God is everything,and Satan is the opposite of God,then that has to mean Satan is nothing,or in other words,he doesn't exist

That,of course,makes the whole christian phobia of Satan and his deceptions even more hilarious that it already is

This isn't a valid argument. Nowhere in scripture or Christian teachings is it found that Satan is an opposite and or equal entity to God. Instead, he is revealed to be a fallen angel, inferior in all aspects to God, and a creation of God who owes his own existence and subsistence to him. You're equivocating Buddhist dualism with the concept good and evil, two ideas in conflict with each other.

i would love to read that in the bible. can you post the verses please?

Christians teach that all of creation (universe) was created by God, that his presence can be found everywhere, and yet be independent of creation as well.

God is everywhere, but not in everything. God is not in sin, but he is still there when you cry out for help because you messed up. Just because you can't hear him, doesn't mean he isn't there!

Octavia,
God is everywhere you truly seek him, and nowhere where you truly don't. I don't think pandering to idle curiosity is in his list of things to do, but when life brings you to the point where you're crying out for him, you'll likely find that he is there waiting to be discovered with arms wide open. The search must be genuine however. Asking for someone to show a being that is spirit to you is like asking someone to point out a thought, or the wind. I could point out the the effects of the wind, the effects of a thought, but those would never confirm the existence of such. I could equally point out the effects of God, but the casual seeker will always find ways to explain them away. It's the heart that must do the seeking, not the eyes or the head.

look around you. God made everything to show us that there is a creator, a loving God who made all of this for us. psalm 19: 1-5 says "The heavens declare the glory of God;
the skies proclaim the work of his hands.
2 Day after day they pour forth speech;
night after night they reveal knowledge.
3 They have no speech, they use no words;
no sound is heard from them.
4 Yet their voice[b] goes out into all the earth,
their words to the ends of the world.
In the heavens God has pitched a tent for the sun.
5 It is like a bridegroom coming out of his chamber,
like a champion rejoicing to run his course.

well obviously you didnt see god make the mountains. as far as i know, they've been around longer than you. and its as simple as i believe it, and its written in the bible that i believe, just like how you dont believe it. easy as that

well no, but im sure the bible has better advice than i can give myself. and yes i believe that we should use the bible to get advice from and to help with our thinking of problems in life