Posted on 03/01/2015 8:43:38 AM PST by EveningStar
Who do I need to prove my faith to—and why should I try? ...
I’m nervous to come out as a Christian because I worry I’m not good enough of one. I’m not scared that non-believers will make me feel an outcast. I’m scared that Christians will ...
Here is why I believe I am a Christian: I believe I have a personal relationship with my Lord and Savior. I believe in the grace offered by the Resurrection. I believe that whatever spiritual rewards I may reap come directly from trying to live the example set by Christ. Whether or not I succeed in living up to that example is primarily between Him and me ...
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Let's see what happens going forward.
‘Pod.
Good news!
Exactly right. Thanks.
Does that include Jeremiah GD America Wright???
What does she say in yesterday’s article in Daily Beast about abortion?
My impression is that salvation can come in a moment. How that changes your political world view takes longer... bu it will change it over time. Its inevitable.
Your politics rest upon a moral foundation that in turn rests upon a spiritual one. Changing at the level of your soul will have moral and eventually political implications, but the political ones come slowly, over time, as your spirit is refashioned and as that works its way into your practical life.
In a church that is growing fast, its not unusual to see Obama stickers in the parking lot, because people don’t change their politics over night. But once you have accepted Christ, once the Holy Spirit has begun to work in and around you, and once you have accepted that there are eternal principles, it is inevitable that your life will change and as that changes, you will see changes in how you see politics. Thats not just true of Democrats, its true of Republicans and whatever else may be your political persuasion. Its not hard to see the difference between Repubs who believe in eternal principles and those who don’t, for instance.
That still doesn’t mean you will see things politically the way every other Christian does, but you will definitely see them differently than you did before.
I think that killing a fatted calf is an appropriate response.
You’re welcome, Brother.
Have you accepted Jesus as your Savior? Look at Christianity as a way of life rather than a religion.
Church is not a rest home for saints; church is a hospital for sinners.
The full transition takes time for some people. Others, like Saul, can be changed in an instant. She will need prayers as she continues her journey. All of us need prayers as we journey. There are many things that I used to tolerate in my own behavior and thinking that I do not tolerate now.
It's wrong to question or make judgements on their salvation.
Hi, ‘pod!
Sounds like the Holy Spirit is working in her life...
I’d give her a pass until proven otherwise...
Quoting Popman: I guess it can apply to being a Christian now...
It has always applied to being a Christian. Maureen, in post #10, sums it up nicely: So everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven.” Matthew 10:32
Rather than all the attacks on her that this thread represents, prayer for Ana Marie Cox would be the presumed Christian response. That is unless we are without sin.
“It’s wrong to question or make judgements on their salvation.”
Who says?
*waves*
I accept her story of her acceptance of Jesus Christ as her savior. She is AT THE BEGINNING of her journey and, I think, she realizes that. We need to realize it as well, especially before we start critiquing and finding fault with what she has written in her “coming out” testimony.
I did think that her ‘coming out’ and possible acceptance of Jesus came when she moved out of Washington: “The only place where my spirituality feels volatile is in my professional life; the only time I’ve ever felt uncomfortable talking about my faith is when it comes up in conversation with colleagues.”
“It does come up: Since leaving Washington, I have made my life over and I am happier, freer, and healthier in body and spirit and apparently it shows. When people ask me, “What changed?” or, “How did you do it?” or, sometimes, with nervous humor, “Tell me your secret!” I have a litany of concrete lifestyle changes I can give them—simply leaving Washington is near the top of the list—but the honest answer would be this: I try, every day, to give my will and my life over to God. I try to be like Christ. I get down on my knees and pray.”
Thus I say, our Lord’s blessings to you Ana Marie Cox on the beginning of your journey.
Very well said. I concur, see my post #37
Eh, it’s in the Bible somewhere.
Judge not lest ye be judged is specifically about judging the salvation of other Christians. It is not a get out of hell free card for sinners to bandy about whenever someone witnesses to them about their sin. And witnessing to someone about their sin is to do no more than help them overcome, unless they are purposefully causing strive within the body of Christ.
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