Jesus is the Truth, the Way, and the Life. Yet all of us on this board claim to be followers of the Truth through Scripture, the Bible both Old and New Testament. Yet there are so many different opinions as to Jesus' Truth on this message board. With so many different opinions about God's Truth, many just have to be wrong and have no truth in them.
On this board every major Christian topic has it's differing opinions. And the opinions are stubborn, it's as if many of us have declared ourselves our own 'little popes or Henry VIII, declaring ourselves and our own personal opinions as 'Jesus' Truth'. Many take snippets from Scripture, out of context, to prove their points. When you do this, you change the meaning of Scripture, mislead others, and you don't profess God's Word and Truth, you profess your word and truth.
No agreement at all on any major Christian issue whether it be Once Saved Always Saved, Merits of Water Baptism, the Rapture, Saved by Faith Alone, Obeying the 10 Commandments.....etc/etc/adnauseum..........
Back to my original question, the title of this thread, "How Can we Presume Ourselves to be Christion?" if we all have different truths?
With many presumed differing truths, many of us don't profess Jesus' Truths. And that's a problem.
“Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and
for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.”
John 18:37 KJV
the truth is Christs word. To be a Christian literally Means you have become a
disciple of Jesus Christ
“Then said Jesus to those Jews which
believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”
John 8:31-32 KJV
Again a “ Christian “ is what people started calling
disciples of Jesus
“and when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And
the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.”
Acts 11:26
it’s just what people call Jesus disciples. It all comes back to what Jesus said when he lived among us he’s the king and judge
“He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day. For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak. And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.”
John 12:48-50
The truth is Jesus and everything he said and did christians re those who trust in him and do this this is what makes us a disciple
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All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father;
neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and
I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and
ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”
Matthew 11:27-30 KJV
it’s about the discipleship of a believer importantly we are students of the lord he’s our teacher again another repeat of the same
“It is written in the prophets, And
they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father,
cometh unto me.”
John 6:45 KJV
If we want to know the truth l we have to do is learn it from Jesus it’s all written down and explained . If you look at the Bible as a whole everything in it points to believing the gospel which is recorded it times by four sources of eyewitnesses
note that no other subject matter in the Bible has four detailed accounts of Christs life while he lived on earth
the truth is found in the gospel according to Matthew , gospel according to mark , the gospel cording to Luke and gospel according to John
biblically l the words in the Bible are “ true “ of course but “ the truth “ is the gospel and everything Jesus preached and did it’s the New Testament word d then you have epistles afterwards testifying to its truth and the prophets beforehand testifying to its truth
in all scriptire everything is meant to lead us to become a disciple of Jesus Christ as he presented himself in the gospel
it’s what the Old Testament promised would come and what the New Testament swears is true
as disciples we aren’t perfect it’s a frame of mind to dedicate ourselves to learning from and knowing him and following after the things he teaches us knowing he’s merciful and that he is calling us to repentance and righteousness so we press on each day learning and growing in him by the word of truth we are born again as children who need to learn
“Of
his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.”
James 1:18 KJV
if we follow scripture it’s going to lead us each one to the four accounts of the gospel and becoming a disciple of Jesus because we do actually believe in him who is truth
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