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A Christian in Name Only, Also Called a Cultural Christian a True Christian

(and not one in name only) will have to be a disciple of Christ as well. That is, he has counted the cost and has totally committed his life to follow Jesus. He accepts the call to sacrifice and follows wherever the Lord leads. The Christian disciple completely adheres to the teaching of Jesus, makes Christ his number-one priority, and lives accordingly. He is actively involved in making other Christian disciples (Matthew 28:19–20). A true Christian disciple is a believer in Christ and possesses new life through the indwelling Holy Spirit. Because he loves Christ, a Christian will also be an obedient disciple (John 14:15). Paul describes the reality of being a Christian disciple: “I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the…

Watchman: Daily Devotional, Peter Had Just Been Commended for His Perception of the Revelation of God That Jesus Is the Messiah. Then Peter Became an Instrument of Satan

Daily Devotional: Matthew 16:21-23 (NIV) 21 From that time on Jesus began to explain to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests and teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life. 22 Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. “Never, Lord!” he said. “This shall never happen to you!” 23 Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men.” According to a study of Jesus’ historical biography, this turning point occurred just before the transfiguration. Three of the disciples would witness Jesus’ glory. Their eyes would corroborate what their hearts had…

Watchman: Daily Devotional, Sheep Need a Shepherd. They Cannot Survive on Their Own. They Need Someone to Guide Them to Pasture, Water, and to Protect Them From Predators

Daily Devotional: Matthew 18:12-14 (NIV) 12″ What do you think? If a man owns a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go to look for the one that wandered off? 13 And if he finds it, I tell you the truth, he is happier about that one sheep than about the ninety-nine that did not wander off. 14 In the same way your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should be lost. We frequently divorce this parable from children. Jesus was preaching about how valuable children are to God. He was giving an illustration that everyone in the audience understood. Sheep require a shepherd. They are unable to survive on their own. They require someone to lead them to pasture and water,…

HNewsWire: Wuhan Corona-virus — China Was Warned in 2017,That a Deadly Virus Could Escape Its Level 4 Bio

-hazard Lab… I have seen a lot of delusional assumptions and outright disinformation being spread by people in regards to this potential pandemic. First, the notion that it was caused by Chinese citizens “eating bats” or being exposed to a live animal market is rather ridiculous. We’ve seen NO hard evidence whatsoever that this is true, and I believe the narrative is a cover for the fact that the city of Wuhan where the virus outbreak began is the home of not one but TWO level 4 biohazard labs… Staff in biohazard suits hold a metal stretcher by the in-patient department of Wuhan Medical Treatment Center in Wuhan, China. (AP Photo/Dake Kang) As the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak escalates, the only lab in China which is equipped to study and deal with such deadly and emerging infectious diseases is located…

BY NATURE CHILDREN OF WRATH–THE AUGUSTINIAN CULT EXPLAINS WHY THESE WERE BY NATURE CHILDREN OF WRATH BY TEACHING THAT THIS MEANS IT IS REFERRING TO ALL MEN

The Augustinian cult explains why these were by nature children of wrath by teaching that this means it is referring to all men because they have a sin nature that all men inherit from Adam. But, since this is a doctrine that is never taught anywhere in the Bible. By nature children of wrath is most certainly NOT referring to a sin nature. By nature in this passage refers to their being Jews who were under the law. And in this message I intend to prove it to you. When Luther rejected Johann Agricola’s statement that “The Decalog belongs in the courthouse, not in the pulpit. So to the gallows with Moses” calling it antinomianism. It begs the question, isn’t this what Paul wrote in 1Tim.1 when he said, “Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man”? Doesn’t this mean…

WHAT MAKES 1 COR.15:1-4 THE PERFECT SERMON FOR ALL TIME?

Roberta O’Hara: Found in 1Cor.15:1-4 is the perfect sermon for all time! It’s perfect because it tells the whole story about why Jesus came. And it just happens to be the gospel that Paul preached where he wrote, “Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures” Now before the death of Jesus that Paul began with in this passage, He came. In Gal.4:4,5 Paul said, “But when the fulness of…

Heartwarming: Shopper Snaps Photo As Walmart Employee Fulfills Man’s “Request”

HNewsWire: While shopping at Walmart, a man walked up to a female employee with a request. She immediately took the man’s arm and led him down an empty aisle, not realizing another shopper was following them. When the stunned shopper saw what the pair was doing, she pulled out her phone and quickly snapped a photo. Brittany Walton (Photo Credit: Facebook) Brittany Walton was busy doing her job behind the customer service counter at a Walmart Supercenter when she was interrupted by another associate. When Walton was told a man needed some help with his shopping, she didn’t hesitate to leave her post. As soon as she heard the man was blind, she knew what she was going to do, never imagining she would catch someone’s attention, let alone be caught in a photograph that captured what she did. Meghann Shaw…

WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE THE KINGDOM OF CHRIST

There are many voices today calling for the kingdom of Christ to come. Saying that we must all be working toward that end if we are to live as Jesus and the apostles taught us to. By fighting against those people that are destroying our cities and countries. But, Jesus said otherwise as the meme below shows. In reading an article https://newswithviews.com/the-divided-church-in-america/ about what the church is supposed to be doing one of the main problems I noticed is that first and foremost he does not rightly divide the word of truth. He combines the kingdom Jesus preached with the kingdom Paul preached. And you can’t do that without changing the whole purpose for this dispensation of the grace of God. Jesus preached the kingdom that was promised to Israel under the law, the “rod of iron”, gospel. The gospel that…

THE DISPENSATION OF THE GRACE OF GOD WHERE SIN IS NOT IMPUTED

Imputed. This word is so full of meaning for the church. As it was also for Israel when she was under the law. It begins a new chapter in God’s dealings with all mankind. And closes the chapter, for now, on God’s dealings with Israel under the law. When sin is imputed means to have the sins you have committed held against you, or to make you accountable before men, by the law. Because while the the Old Testament was in force sins that were violations of the law were imputed to the Israelite who committed them.But, God was careful to let Israel know that as it had always been and always will be, men are only ever held accountable for their own sins. And that sins committed by another will never be imputed to someone else. Saying through the…

ADAM TELLS US ALL WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT OURSELVES AND HOW TO HEAR THE SAVIOR

It all begins with the first man and the first woman. Adam and Eve. If we can’t prove it from the events describing their experiences then it is not true. It’s really that simple. So can we prove that Adam’s nature changed from a Godly nature to a sin nature from the events that took place with these two people? No. It says nothing about a sin nature anywhere in the Bible as it relates to these two people. Or anyone else for that matter. Can we prove from these events described anywhere in the Bible that Adam was spiritual when God made him? No. In fact, Paul taught plainly that he was not spiritual when God made him. He said he was only natural. Flesh and blood. And if these things were true for the first two people then…