There is obviously a difference in our viewpoints.
What is the point of being a christian? In your mind it is being saved, rubber stamped.
To my mind it is walking with Christ.
If you are not in love with Christ and He is your hearts desire, then it is just about staying
safe. But this has never been what the Kingdom is about, and I would wonder if you have
ever really met Christ, listened to His words and know what the Kingdom is.
This is the danger of a one stop theology, which is focused only on the beginning.
Pilgrims progress is the beginning of a discussion about the walk, purification, transformation,
embracing, true companionship into eternity, which is what Jesus is all about.
It is easy to get people to the door with a promise of a bribe, much harder to show
them what the walk actually means. And without the walk, it is all fake, mere lip service,
a blowing in the wind, the seed falling on rocky ground, soon dried up and blown away.
What is the point of being a christian? In your mind it is being saved, rubber stamped.
To my mind it is walking with Christ.
If you are not in love with Christ and He is your hearts desire, then it is just about staying
safe. But this has never been what the Kingdom is about, and I would wonder if you have
ever really met Christ, listened to His words and know what the Kingdom is.
This is the danger of a one stop theology, which is focused only on the beginning.
Pilgrims progress is the beginning of a discussion about the walk, purification, transformation,
embracing, true companionship into eternity, which is what Jesus is all about.
It is easy to get people to the door with a promise of a bribe, much harder to show
them what the walk actually means. And without the walk, it is all fake, mere lip service,
a blowing in the wind, the seed falling on rocky ground, soon dried up and blown away.