06-04-2008, 10:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Semper Fidelis 
I don't have a problem with posting what the nature of the Gospel is but these "How do I become a Christian thing" with the prayer at the end and the assurance that "...if you prayed this then you're a Christian now..." is bunk. You're a Christian when you're baptized and in a Church.
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I disagree with this last statement. Baptism doesn't make one a Christian anymore than being a cooked piece of food makes the piece of food a cookie.
If you belong to Christ you are his. You must belong to Christ to be a Christian. Quote: |
(Joh 5:24) Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
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(Rom 8:11) But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
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(1Jn 5:11) And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
(1Jn 5:12) He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
(1Jn 5:13) These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
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(Rom 8:9) But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. | |