5 principles of true Christianity:
1. Non-denominational - simple Christian, no any additional, no brands
1 Cor 1:10- 15
Galatians 3:28
Acts 13:20
Non-denominationalism simply being a Christian…
2. Non-membership to the denomination.
1 Cor 12: 27 – membership to the body of Christ, not to man-made religion/institution
Romans 12:5 – individually members one of another
Matt 15:3,6,9
-people insist to follow manmade practices, instead of God
Matt 4:4
John 3:3 born again here is a verb not a noun. Don’t say born again Christian.
Born again here is not an organization or denomination…
U must hv a relationship with God…
3. Non-obligatory.
Matt. 22:37-39
-loving the Lord with all your heart, soul and mind
-you are not obliged to love, it’s not love anymore
-people obliged you to do things which is not in Scripture, but just practices
-God gives us freewill to love Him
How luv works:
Gal 5:22
Rom 5:5
You can luv God without being religious.
1 Cor 6:12 (niv)
- Only God can obligate and master us..not people!
- But many times God does not obligate us
*non obligatory
Luke 9: 51 – 56
- Jesus rebuked His disciples on their intention to destroy those who didnt receive them
- Disciples tend to be obligatory
4. Open.
Luke 9:49-50
- a 2 way process, exchange of information based on Scripture
5. Discipleship.
Matthew 28:19-20
Great commision
God doesn’t want us to be a robot, parrot… He wants learners who will make other learners…
Hebrews 11:35-40
-sufferring and endure for God
Let us repeat the biblical nature of being born again. The term "born again" is used by Jesus first in John 3:3. In that verse it is a VERB - an action word NOT a NOUN. Nicodemus understands what Jesus is saying because he repeats in in the next verse (v.4) and uses the word "born" as a VERB again. In verse 5 of the same chapter Jesus repeats the term "born" again as a VERB. In v.6 it still is a VERB and in v.7 the term "born again" appears again as a VERB. In v.8 still it is a VERB.
Let us use this term as it SHOULD BE USED. Creating another unbiblical use of the term is a practice that is appalling today. People have taken the term "born-again" and used it as a NOUN. It has become something it was not meant to be in the Bible. It describes something that happens to a person and not a kind of Christian as many make it out to be and so the term "BORN AGAIN CHRISTIAN" has resulted as a misuse of how the verb has been said in the Bible.
Indeed a man must be "born again" to see the Kingdom but it is not how certain people use it today. Lets use terms as it is used in the Bible and not make our own terminologies of biblical words. Let's keep the word "born again" biblical.
#kuyapas
1. Non-denominational - simple Christian, no any additional, no brands
1 Cor 1:10- 15
Galatians 3:28
Acts 13:20
Non-denominationalism simply being a Christian…
2. Non-membership to the denomination.
1 Cor 12: 27 – membership to the body of Christ, not to man-made religion/institution
Romans 12:5 – individually members one of another
Matt 15:3,6,9
-people insist to follow manmade practices, instead of God
Matt 4:4
John 3:3 born again here is a verb not a noun. Don’t say born again Christian.
Born again here is not an organization or denomination…
U must hv a relationship with God…
3. Non-obligatory.
Matt. 22:37-39
-loving the Lord with all your heart, soul and mind
-you are not obliged to love, it’s not love anymore
-people obliged you to do things which is not in Scripture, but just practices
-God gives us freewill to love Him
How luv works:
Gal 5:22
Rom 5:5
You can luv God without being religious.
1 Cor 6:12 (niv)
- Only God can obligate and master us..not people!
- But many times God does not obligate us
*non obligatory
Luke 9: 51 – 56
- Jesus rebuked His disciples on their intention to destroy those who didnt receive them
- Disciples tend to be obligatory
4. Open.
Luke 9:49-50
- a 2 way process, exchange of information based on Scripture
5. Discipleship.
Matthew 28:19-20
Great commision
God doesn’t want us to be a robot, parrot… He wants learners who will make other learners…
Hebrews 11:35-40
-sufferring and endure for God
Let us repeat the biblical nature of being born again. The term "born again" is used by Jesus first in John 3:3. In that verse it is a VERB - an action word NOT a NOUN. Nicodemus understands what Jesus is saying because he repeats in in the next verse (v.4) and uses the word "born" as a VERB again. In verse 5 of the same chapter Jesus repeats the term "born" again as a VERB. In v.6 it still is a VERB and in v.7 the term "born again" appears again as a VERB. In v.8 still it is a VERB.
Let us use this term as it SHOULD BE USED. Creating another unbiblical use of the term is a practice that is appalling today. People have taken the term "born-again" and used it as a NOUN. It has become something it was not meant to be in the Bible. It describes something that happens to a person and not a kind of Christian as many make it out to be and so the term "BORN AGAIN CHRISTIAN" has resulted as a misuse of how the verb has been said in the Bible.
Indeed a man must be "born again" to see the Kingdom but it is not how certain people use it today. Lets use terms as it is used in the Bible and not make our own terminologies of biblical words. Let's keep the word "born again" biblical.
#kuyapas