I'm short on time so I am not going through the thread to read everything on it. If what I say has already been said this is why.
I don't think anyone can say what a "true Christian" is. I for one consider myself to be a christian but I don't do as normal christians do. I believe in an aposostolic way of christianity. I believe the scriptures tell us to follow certain feasts and festivals from the Old Testament. I believe the OT is there not to be done away with and only refer to the NT. I believe the OT verifies what was said in the NT and was not intended to be done away with. I believe it was wrong for the "church" to change the day of worship from Saturday (sabbath) to sunday. So I would say I'm a more traditional christian, living my life more like the appostles and Jesus did. I believe God does not change His mind. Some of these things are not traditionaly seen as normaly christian. So, most christians would characterize me as unusual, they may even ostrasize (? spelling) me. Push me away, but that strengthens my faith. I feal that the more opposition to me the more I must be doing something right. The devil doesn't want me to succeed, he wants me to fail. That's why it is hard. So what is a christian? There are as many answers to that question as there are questions to ask, lives to live, ways to interpret. This is what was ment in the Bible about not judging one another. Nobody has an answer, we all believe we are right and wrong. That's why they have been fighting about this for centuries. [And most christians (by the way) are not going to be able to talk sweet and kind words all the time. Try not to use this as a spring board for denying there faith, it's kind of lame.] Word up. -Z
This message has been edited by Zachariah, 06-07-2004 11:52 PM
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