Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Good Christian vs. Bad Christian
Christianity is a religion claimed by alot of people. It's foundational belifes are that there is one supreme God that created the entire universe from nothing, created humans, and instigated a perfect relationship with them. We broke the bounderies of that relationship and screwed it up hardcore. So God came down to the planet earth He created, as a human named : Jesus. Jesus was completely human, and also completely God. (Which is difficult to wrap your head around, but its true.) Jesus was on earth to display what that original relationship between God and man was all about. And to make it possible for humans to have that relationship with God again. Jesus did this by living a perfect life and dieing as an innocent man. He then rose himself from the dead and returned to the heavens. Now, Christians are people who are supposed to belive all these things. And Do things the way Jesus did. The problem is some people get thier "Golden Tickets" to Heaven and think that they're set for eternity. They say "Jesus has forgivin me of my sins, now I can tell you how much of a jerk you are and how you need to fix yourself." Two letters: NO. This is wrong. In order to do what Jesus wanted you to do you have to re- instigate that relationship with God. You can do this through prayer, ( having a coversation with God one on one. Not thanking him for your day, and foods. Then forgeting Him. remember, God's real, and made us like Him, And He likes to be treated like anyone else would.) you can also do this by showing the love of someone who's willing to unselfishly sacrifice his life to further someone elses, By not hating people, by not judging. ( What right do you have to tell people they're wrong. "Let He who is without sin throw the first stone." Sound familiar?) by showing support for your neighbors, ( expecially fellow belivers in Christ.) These are just some ways to be a Follower of Christ and not a Poser of Religion. Examine yourself before you examine others, get the stick out of your eye before you try to get the sliver out of your friends. So are there "Good Christians" and "Bad Christians". No. There are People who honestly pursue God like He pursues you. And there are those who go to Hell. I look at myself. Have you looked at yourself? What do you see, and how can you improve?
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4 comments:
You have no proof that you can't go to Heaven if you're a bad Christian.
God sees all sin as one in the same, and doesn't judge one more than the other.
Remember, God has given us grace, and we are saved by grace and not by works. You don't deserve to go to Heaven, I don't deserve to go to Heaven, your pastor doesn't deserve to Heaven.
I think I know where you're going with this one, and I like it(I wrote a very, very similar paper in Bible two years ago), but why so aggro?
Who are you to judge who is a poser and who is not? Even I never blasted the kids at Fairview as being "posers of religion", I just don't think most of them were good Christians.
Everyone's personal walk is different, however, and I've realized it's a bit too hard to judge everyone based on what you see, unless you know virtually everything about everyone. And of course I'm susceptible to the very cynical, but I'm working on it.
Nice read. Remember to space your paragraphs so I don't blow my brains out from the non-stop run-ons.
Ha Ha, Thanks. The reason I wrote this is because my mom wanted me to apply for the scholarship fairview offered. And I had to write an essay on how exceptional of a christian I am.
And like you said. You cant really tell how someone's relationship is with God unless you know pretty much everything about them. And I dont know if I'd get it, because I dont know everything about the other applicants.(the scholarship doesnt mean much to me.) But I didnt like the idea of writing an essay about how good of a christian I am.
It almost feels like a beauty pagent, only for religion. And that bugged me.
"And I had to write an essay on how exceptional of a christian I am."
That is quite honestly one of the stupidest essay prompts I've probably almost ever heard.
Partially because you have to brag i.e. show pride in who you are and it basically assumes that you control how "exceptional" you are.
the other thing is that I'd be willing to say there is no bad Christian, Good Christian. A Christian is a Christian, everyone is on a journey. And if you're truly a Christian God will help you work through what you need to change. (Besides the words bad and Christian in context of what the word Christian should mean, are slightly contradictory)
Exactly, This is what I didnt understand. Is how Im supposed to brag on how Im a better christian than others. It doesnt make sense to me. Also the way I veiw the teachings and life of Christ, and how christians should behave, differ significantly from the people that would read my essay. It bugs me.
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