Bible’s Viewpoint: What Does It Mean to Be a True Christian?

Some feel that being a Christian is simply going to church. In many non-Western countries, Christians are viewed as a Western religion, an American religion, a European religion in the way that they worship, their customs and traditions, their dress, their celebrations, and in their treatment of women. However, the Bible tells us ...

What Did Jesus Mean When He Said, “I am the life”?

John 14:6 Updated American Standard Version (UASV) 6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father except through me. Jesus is “the life,” as he is the only way to the “real life” that Paul spoke of (1 Tim. 6:9), which can only come through Jesus Christ.

What Did Jesus Mean When He Said, “I am the truth”?

John 14:6 Updated American Standard Version (UASV) 6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father except through me. Truth is a representation of things as they are. The life, the purity, and the teaching of Jesus Christ was the most complete and perfect representation of the things of the eternal world that has been or can be presented to man.

What Did Jesus Mean When He Said, “I am the way”?

In the New Testament of the Bible, Jesus is recorded as saying, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me” (John 14:6). This statement is often understood to mean that Jesus is the only way to have a relationship with God and to receive salvation. Jesus is the only way to salvation, and no one can be saved except through faith in him.

EPHESIANS 4:30: Can Born-Again Christians Grieve the Holy Spirit?

"Not to limit speech to wholesome, helpful words makes the Holy Spirit feel grief because of our behavior. We are not saying that you can never say anything negative. Sometimes we are forced to talk about unpleasant things, particularly in solving problems in which people are involved. Teachers, ministers, employers, coaches, lawyers, police, and so on, all find it necessary to tell the truth about someone even if it is unpleasant. Whether you are solving a problem or not, you avoid speaking unwholesome words. Your intent is to build up, not tear down, to unify, not divide." - Max Anders

WHAT SHOULD BE THE CHRISTIAN’S ATTITUDE TOWARD DEATH?

Almost every religion teaches that there is something after death, a hereafter: heaven, hell (eternal torment), purgatory (a place or state of suffering inhabited by the souls of sinners who are expiating their sins before going to heaven), or Limbo. Other religions believe in rebirth as a different life-form. The atheist and Agnostic say that we cannot know.

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