Three ways to live a Christian life

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The first is the simplest, it is simply accepting the grace of the Lord. That grace tells us that through Christ, all our sins will be forgiven. We need nothing more.

The second way studies all the word, and we learn that we need to forgive others if we want to be forgiven, that we also need to want to not sin, to repent of our sins. So we add these things to our walk, and grit our teeth as we determine, with all our will, to follow every instruction.

The third way is to fill yourselves with the Lord and listen to His Holy Spirit within you, a Holy Spirit that has been fed the word. The Holy Spirit leads to grace, to the gospel, it directs our actions.

I call the third way the prayer scarf way, because I use a prayer scarf to help me live this third way, the scarf is not necessary, but it helps me explain. It is a large scarf of the finest wool, and a group of Christians blessed it for my use.

I put the scarf over my head with prayer, so I am alone with the Lord under this blessing blotting out the world. Then I glory in the presence of the Lord, filling my whole body with this love, and I listen.

I think the third way is the best way. I will listen to your feedback.
 
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First you say we need nothing more, then you say we need something else, too.

Which is it? :unsure:
 
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Blik said:
The first is the simplest, it is simply accepting the grace of the Lord. That grace tells us that through Christ, all our sins will be forgiven. We need nothing more.

The second way studies all the word, and we learn that we need to forgive others if we want to be forgiven, that we also need to want to not sin, to repent of our sins. So we add these things to our walk, and grit our teeth as we determine, with all our will, to follow every instruction.

The third way is to fill yourselves with the Lord and listen to His Holy Spirit within you, a Holy Spirit that has been fed the word. The Holy Spirit leads to grace, to the gospel, it directs our actions.

I call the third way the prayer scarf way, because I use a prayer scarf to help me live this third way, the scarf is not necessary, but it helps me explain. It is a large scarf of the finest wool, and a group of Christians blessed it for my use.

I put the scarf over my head with prayer, so I am alone with the Lord under this blessing blotting out the world. Then I glory in the presence of the Lord, filling my whole body with this love, and I listen.

I think the third way is the best way. I will listen to your feedback.
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Its through his blood. redemption and forgiveness of sins is through his blood. Col 1 .
There is no verse that says " repent of sins "
 
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Its through his blood. redemption and forgiveness of sins is through his blood. Col 1 .
There is no verse that says " repent of sins "
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Are you saying that you don't believe in any of the three ways I mention because you believe that Christ forgives without repentance?

If there is no phrase "repent of sins", there is scripture telling us we must repent.
Luke 13:5
No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.”
 
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Blik said:
Are you saying that you don't believe in any of the three ways I mention because you believe that Christ forgives without repentance?

If there is no phrase "repent of sins", there is scripture telling us we must repent.
Luke 13:5
No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.”
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what's the context of Luke 13.5 please ?
 
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what's the context of Luke 13.5 please ?
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When people reported that some Galileans has sinned, Jesus said they were not more sinful than all the people who live in Jerusalem, that unless they repented they would die.

I do no believe that God's word can be challenged according to context or time they were given. We need context and time in order to discover what the words meant to the men who wrote what God told them, but not to determine the authority of the Lord.
 
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Blik said:
The first is the simplest, it is simply accepting the grace of the Lord. That grace tells us that through Christ, all our sins will be forgiven. We need nothing more.

The second way studies all the word, and we learn that we need to forgive others if we want to be forgiven, that we also need to want to not sin, to repent of our sins. So we add these things to our walk, and grit our teeth as we determine, with all our will, to follow every instruction.

The third way is to fill yourselves with the Lord and listen to His Holy Spirit within you, a Holy Spirit that has been fed the word. The Holy Spirit leads to grace, to the gospel, it directs our actions.

I call the third way the prayer scarf way, because I use a prayer scarf to help me live this third way, the scarf is not necessary, but it helps me explain. It is a large scarf of the finest wool, and a group of Christians blessed it for my use.

I put the scarf over my head with prayer, so I am alone with the Lord under this blessing blotting out the world. Then I glory in the presence of the Lord, filling my whole body with this love, and I listen.

I think the third way is the best way. I will listen to your feedback.
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I kinda know what your trying to say saint but I just can't embrace a 3step program😕😕
 
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I kinda know what your trying to say saint but I just can't embrace a 3step program😕😕
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I understand. Instead of reading this post as a program to follow, how about just reading it to see how you are a Christian?
 
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Blik said:
When people reported that some Galileans has sinned, Jesus said they were not more sinful than all the people who live in Jerusalem, that unless they repented they would die.

I do no believe that God's word can be challenged according to context or time they were given. We need context and time in order to discover what the words meant to the men who wrote what God told them, but not to determine the authority of the Lord.
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Repent from what?
 
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Blik said:
When people reported that some Galileans has sinned, Jesus said they were not more sinful than all the people who live in Jerusalem, that unless they repented they would die.

I do no believe that God's word can be challenged according to context or time they were given. We need context and time in order to discover what the words meant to the men who wrote what God told them, but not to determine the authority of the Lord.
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But your determining by what process ? it doesn't look like its context.
 
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But your determining by what process ? it doesn't look like its context.
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You may search for context is scripture, I search for the word of the Lord. When the Lord's word makes a statement of eternal truth I believe it regardless if it was made in the year 6000 AD or 30 BC, to Jews or to gentiles.
 
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Blik said:
You may search for context is scripture, I search for the word of the Lord. When the Lord's word makes a statement of eternal truth I believe it regardless if it was made in the year 6000 AD or 30 BC, to Jews or to gentiles.
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Whilst that sounds noble and good . You would be in disobedience if you were still performing animal sacrifices, refusing to go to the gentiles and building an Ark .

2 Timothy 2:15

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15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
 
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Poppycock.
There is one way to live a Christian Life. That is to live in the light of what Christ did for us. The rest is produced as a result of that understanding.
 
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Blik said:
I understand. Instead of reading this post as a program to follow, how about just reading it to see how you are a Christian?
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Pauls conversion had nothing in common with your post. Thief beside jesus promised paradise after a 2 minute coversation with the lord....nothing in common.

The badge of honor for any christian is the badge of humility. The badge of humility comes with conviction.
A sinner in need of a savior.
 
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throughfaith said:
Whilst that sounds noble and good . You would be in disobedience if you were still performing animal sacrifices, refusing to go to the gentiles and building an Ark .

2 Timothy 2:15

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15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
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It is still true that when the Lord states something as true in His word, we are not to discard it in the name of context, we are to listen to the Lord. If we listen to the Lord in regard to animal sacrifice, we know it was the blood of Jesus only that ever saved, we are to use Christ's blood.
 
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Blik said:
It is still true that when the Lord states something as true in His word, we are not to discard it in the name of context, we are to listen to the Lord. If we listen to the Lord in regard to animal sacrifice, we know it was the blood of Jesus only that ever saved, we are to use Christ's blood.
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We always have to check who's mail we are reading. Those following the bible before the new testament were not reading what we know today .
 
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We always have to check who's mail we are reading. Those following the bible before the new testament were not reading what we know today .
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We are so blessed to have some mysteries explained to us through Christ. They sacrificed blood because God's word told them to, without the slightest idea of why. Such faith in the word!

That is what I mean about listening to 'context". It is wise to see the context and know the culture and times, the history, of the time a scripture was written in, but we are to accept God's word as His word, not a word tossed about by what the context is.
 
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throughfaith said:
We always have to check who's mail we are reading. Those following the bible before the new testament were not reading what we know today .
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That is not what scripture tells us. We are told that all scripture is inspired by the Lord, and God is one not divided by new and old testament or anything else. We are told all scripture is truth, so if you read the truth in the old testament you are reading the truth in the new testament. Christ is in the old testament and Christ is in the new testament, it is the same Christ. The only difference is that in the old testament they were not told what the sacrifice of blood really meant, they had to take it on faith. We are told in the new testament.
 
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My point still stands. Again :
Luke 17 .
And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go shew yourselves unto the priests. And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed.
This is a command by the Lord Jesus. Who to ? You ? Is this direct command for you to follow today?

How about this command by the Lord Jesus?
Matthew 10 .
5¶These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:

6But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

Are you going to follow this direct command or not ? Would you not be mis applying the verse if you did? Wouldn't it be obvious that you would be taking a command Jesus gave 2000 years ago to his Jewish diciples before the cross ,and bizarrely applying them to yourself randomly ?

See Atheists have a point sometimes, unfortunately, when they mock us on the way we ' cherry pick ' the bible. They see how some apply the bible to suit .They take the point too far of course but they see what's going on with the Liberal interpretation.
 
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