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Old Apr 22, 2007, 07:14 PM
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What Does It Take To Be A Christian?

What Does It Take To Be A Christian?
So many churches say different things,
and I want to know what your opinion is.

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Old Apr 22, 2007, 07:26 PM   #2  
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To accept Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Savior, period.

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Old Apr 22, 2007, 07:28 PM   #3  
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haha that's what i think to
but so many churches are like "do this and do that THEN you'll become a christian"
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Old Apr 22, 2007, 07:45 PM   #4  
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it would be best to start with the Bible, read through it and it gives you a background and foundation as to what Christianity is all about...
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Old Apr 22, 2007, 08:15 PM   #5  
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You know all ( well almost all) all ask the same thing ( besides your check)

1. Accept and/or beleive in Jesus Christ as your savor

2. Be baptised

3. Ask forgiveness

** no certain order posted. now some want you baptised like this or that, and some demand you are baptised in thier denomination to beong to thier church, but in general most hold these as what it takes to be a Christian.
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Old Apr 22, 2007, 08:21 PM   #6  
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How Come You Have To Be Baptised To Be Christian?
Will Jesus Not Love You If You Are Not Baptised?
Will He Put You In Hell Because Of It?
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Old Apr 22, 2007, 09:51 PM   #7  
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[SIZE=3]Fr Chuck is correct #1 & #3 and I don’t mean to argue with his post just add to it. Not all Christian churches absolutely require water baptism then again some say it is absolutely necessary and entry to Heaven depends upon it. The arguments can rage on and on about the subject. [/SIZE]
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[SIZE=3]I believe, and I’m quoting the book of chaplain john chapter something verse something, that it may lie somewhere in between the two positions. Example Battlefield conversion a soldier in battle chooses to give his life to the Lord and minutes seconds or days later he is mortally wounded without benefit of water baptism. Will he make Heaven? I believe so because the main requirements have been met. He believed in Jesus as his Savior, repented and called upon his name.[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=3]Radioactive I think I may have answered your first question above.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=3]In answer to your second question Jesus loves you regardless of and in spite of anything you have or will ever do. He died for you period.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=3]Question 3 I believe is also covered above.[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=3]Baptism is a public testimony to the world that you have died to your old life or symbolically with Jesus. This is demonstrated when you are submerged under the water and when you arise from the water it celebrates your Resurrection to your new life “in Christ” (hence Born Again). [/SIZE]
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[SIZE=3]Others may choose to dispute what I have written but I have come to these conclusions through personal Bible study, Bible study under my college professors and under my Senior Pastor as well as reading the commentaries of a number of very learned men who have written over the last several hundred years to assure that I had not deviated in an extreme manner from accepted Protestant Theology.[/SIZE]
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tawnynkids agrees: You are totally correct. It is a public testimony and Jesus loves you regardless.
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Old Apr 23, 2007, 04:37 PM   #8  
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thanx for the answers but it still leaves me questioning a little.
i mean, i've been baptised and everything on my own freewill,
but after i was baptised i screwed up my life over again.
so does this mean that i lied when i baptised?
can people baptise again?
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Old Apr 23, 2007, 05:11 PM   #9  
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If you truly believed when you were baptised, and the baptism was "valid". You would not need to be baptised again. Just repent of what ever your sins.
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Old Apr 23, 2007, 05:38 PM   #10  
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What Does It Take To Be A Christian?
So many churches say different things,
and I want to know what your opinion is.

A strong desire to be a member of a cult that likes to tell you how to live your life.

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krittengirl disagrees: ouch, can you say bitter and sarcastic. Obviously not answering what the post was asking
DUKE-OF-URL disagrees: no response
RubyPitbull disagrees: Not constructive or helpful to poster.
chaplain john disagrees: As stated above Bitter - didnt address the Question - sounds like this one needs much prayer
Tuscany disagrees: Are you kidding? That does not help this poster at all.
alkalineangel disagrees: You can respect a faith without having to believe what they do.
excon agrees: yup
scottyv : I agree, except it is not a cult...it is a sect.
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