BASIC
Basic Christianity is a family serving God. Basic Christianity is about forgiveness. Basic Christianity is about the Love of God.
It was His love for the creation that led Him to sacrifice His Son. And His Son is Our Savior - Jesus Christ. Simply said, everything about our family of believers revolves around Jesus. However, main-line Christianity has moved from being centered around Jesus to being centered around buildings, money, and denominationalism.
We need to return back to New Testament Faith. We need to return to the Faith that allowed the Disciples to lay down their lives so that they would sign the New Testament with their blood.
First who were the Apostles:
From Luke 6: 13 & following, Acts 1: 26, and Acts 14: 14:
He chose twelve whom He also named apostles: Simon Peter, Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot; 16 Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot who also became a traitor and later Matthias, and Paul.
Years ago, the realization came to me that history says that 12 of 13 men died willingly (were martyred for their faith) because they believed that Jesus Christ was raised from the dead. The fourteenth Apostle Judas Iscariot killed himself when he realized what he had done. We are not certain if the Apostle John was martyred, some believe that he was also martyred.
Men do not willingly die peacefully for their cause by the dozen(s). As men we are willing to fight for what we believe, but to surrender to the authorities knowing we will be killed is not what men do. We go down fighting . . . at least that is what we do until we encounter Jesus Christ and submit to His Deity and the guidance of the Holy Spirit.
The only reason that the Apostles signed their faith in their blood is that they KNEW the Truth and the Truth had set them free from this world.
We need that freedom in our lives.
It was His love for the creation that led Him to sacrifice His Son. And His Son is Our Savior - Jesus Christ. Simply said, everything about our family of believers revolves around Jesus. However, main-line Christianity has moved from being centered around Jesus to being centered around buildings, money, and denominationalism.
We need to return back to New Testament Faith. We need to return to the Faith that allowed the Disciples to lay down their lives so that they would sign the New Testament with their blood.
First who were the Apostles:
From Luke 6: 13 & following, Acts 1: 26, and Acts 14: 14:
He chose twelve whom He also named apostles: Simon Peter, Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot; 16 Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot who also became a traitor and later Matthias, and Paul.
Years ago, the realization came to me that history says that 12 of 13 men died willingly (were martyred for their faith) because they believed that Jesus Christ was raised from the dead. The fourteenth Apostle Judas Iscariot killed himself when he realized what he had done. We are not certain if the Apostle John was martyred, some believe that he was also martyred.
Men do not willingly die peacefully for their cause by the dozen(s). As men we are willing to fight for what we believe, but to surrender to the authorities knowing we will be killed is not what men do. We go down fighting . . . at least that is what we do until we encounter Jesus Christ and submit to His Deity and the guidance of the Holy Spirit.
The only reason that the Apostles signed their faith in their blood is that they KNEW the Truth and the Truth had set them free from this world.
We need that freedom in our lives.
posted by Wayne, "El Guero" | 7:53 PM
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