Two Types of Christians
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Can there be other groups too?..
One for instance could be the Christian that knows they are alive to God because of Christ's finished work and they live from their new creation in Christ - which has been created in righteousness and holiness. These Christians are conscious of Christ living in and through them to bear His fruit.
One for instance could be the Christian that knows they are alive to God because of Christ's finished work and they live from their new creation in Christ - which has been created in righteousness and holiness. These Christians are conscious of Christ living in and through them to bear His fruit.
Both...most of the time I try to keep my attitude in check and the way I look at things...and I don't know if I would call it climbing the social ladder but I hope I will be a big influence on a lot of people because I have a huge burden for the lost! I can't stand the thought of anyone going to hell...it's depressing thinking about it.
The first group will come out ahead, in the sense that they would be commended, but after commending them, they would then be told what more is needed.
Mark 10:
17 And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?
18 And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God.
19 Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.
20 And he answered and said unto him, Master, all these have I observed from my youth.
21 Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me.
Mark 10:
17 And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?
18 And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God.
19 Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.
20 And he answered and said unto him, Master, all these have I observed from my youth.
21 Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me.
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o gee... if I am going to try and overcome by resisting, it's over
I have to dig into the new life Christ has given me to make it
do Christians climb some sort of Christian social ladder? I'm not getting your two choices
if a person is trying to come out ahead in either of your 2 options, what is it they are ahead of?
sorry...I'm a pain with all the questions...you should see inside my head...or maybe not...LOL!
I have to dig into the new life Christ has given me to make it
do Christians climb some sort of Christian social ladder? I'm not getting your two choices
if a person is trying to come out ahead in either of your 2 options, what is it they are ahead of?
sorry...I'm a pain with all the questions...you should see inside my head...or maybe not...LOL!
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2 types: dead and alive
Dr. A. J. Gordon was a preacher from England who came to a very dead, dull, formal, liturgical
church in downtown Boston, Massachusetts. He was a fiery preacher, because God touched his
life. He didn’t wear a robe, which was unusual for that very formal church and he preached
“Jesus” to those people with great zeal and great fervor and those people sat out there shell-shocked and after one month, they were ready to fire A. J. Gordon and send him back across the Atlantic Ocean to England. Then one Sunday he preached a sermon he called “The Funeral of the Church There in Boston.” This is what he said, “Ecclesiastical corpses lie all around us. The
caskets in which they repose are lined with satin and are decorated with solid silver handles and
abundant flowers. Like the other caskets they are just large enough for their occupants with no room for converts. These churches have died from the disease of respectable formalism and have been embalmed in self-complacency. If by the grace of God this church is alive, be warned to our opportunity or the feet of them that buried thy sister churches will be at thy door to carry thee out. This church is dying soon.” After he preached that sermon he put a casket down at the front of the church and opened it and asked everybody in the church to walk by and see their dead church. As they walked by, they looked in the casket and you guessed it–there was a mirror, because a dead church is comprised of dead members. God did something special in the life of A. J. Gordon and his church on that Sunday and that church became a great beacon for Jesus Christ in New England.
Dr. A. J. Gordon was a preacher from England who came to a very dead, dull, formal, liturgical
church in downtown Boston, Massachusetts. He was a fiery preacher, because God touched his
life. He didn’t wear a robe, which was unusual for that very formal church and he preached
“Jesus” to those people with great zeal and great fervor and those people sat out there shell-shocked and after one month, they were ready to fire A. J. Gordon and send him back across the Atlantic Ocean to England. Then one Sunday he preached a sermon he called “The Funeral of the Church There in Boston.” This is what he said, “Ecclesiastical corpses lie all around us. The
caskets in which they repose are lined with satin and are decorated with solid silver handles and
abundant flowers. Like the other caskets they are just large enough for their occupants with no room for converts. These churches have died from the disease of respectable formalism and have been embalmed in self-complacency. If by the grace of God this church is alive, be warned to our opportunity or the feet of them that buried thy sister churches will be at thy door to carry thee out. This church is dying soon.” After he preached that sermon he put a casket down at the front of the church and opened it and asked everybody in the church to walk by and see their dead church. As they walked by, they looked in the casket and you guessed it–there was a mirror, because a dead church is comprised of dead members. God did something special in the life of A. J. Gordon and his church on that Sunday and that church became a great beacon for Jesus Christ in New England.
There are Christians by title and there are Christians by heart thre are Christians of the law and Christians of grace there are Christians of Love and Christians who lack Love there are Christians of fire and there are Christians of water
What I mean by Christians of fire and water is this- there are those who when you speak to them or you are around them they resemble that fire of God you read about so often in the scriptures. These children of fire ignite the passion in peoples hearts there words and there desire in Christ are clearly filled with this fire they make that spark they ignite the flame in the lukewarm and in the cold they are the ones who without even meaning to and by only acting on what God places in their hearts bring life into peoples souls.
And then you have the children of water these children of God resemble living water they are tender and calm souls they are deep with compassion and love and their words like living water heal the wounded and the broken and give life from within like a well that overflows and never ends they are the last to speak and the first to listen they are the first to give aid and help and the last to throw stones. They are more prone to see and know and radiate the beauty and serenity of God's heart and love, and they still the waters of a heated war.
The kingdom needs both children of fire and water some are one or the other others are both
What I mean by Christians of fire and water is this- there are those who when you speak to them or you are around them they resemble that fire of God you read about so often in the scriptures. These children of fire ignite the passion in peoples hearts there words and there desire in Christ are clearly filled with this fire they make that spark they ignite the flame in the lukewarm and in the cold they are the ones who without even meaning to and by only acting on what God places in their hearts bring life into peoples souls.
And then you have the children of water these children of God resemble living water they are tender and calm souls they are deep with compassion and love and their words like living water heal the wounded and the broken and give life from within like a well that overflows and never ends they are the last to speak and the first to listen they are the first to give aid and help and the last to throw stones. They are more prone to see and know and radiate the beauty and serenity of God's heart and love, and they still the waters of a heated war.
The kingdom needs both children of fire and water some are one or the other others are both
