Christian?
A Christian is someone who…
Has admitted they’re a member of the human race; a sinner; “All have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.” (Romans 3:23)
Has realized that there are consequences to their sin in this life and for eternity; “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” & “God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” (Romans 6:23 & 5:8)
Has accepted Jesus as their Lord and Savior (repented of their sins and committed their life for Jesus Christ); “If you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation.” (Romans 10:9-10)
Unshakable Hope 
I like your blog a lot. In fact, I have not logged into my account for sometime, but you have brought me back.
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Thank you. I hope you’ll start blogging again.
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I am learning to, I have moments where I am with people from my life who are not Christians, and I fall. I left that life behind so I could lift my life out of the darkness it was in. I can not avoid the atheist world
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I agree with you; it’s not possible to avoid an unbelieving world when you’re trying to be a light for Christ. The key is to have some close like-minded friends to help us stay strong.
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I am none of the above. I wouldn’t go as far as saying I’m an atheist but I am far from the Christian my parents raised me as.
I am however open-minded and as well as enjoying a good philosophical debate I have a huge interest and Bill and his condition.
I am also paralysed from the neck down and I’m on a ventilator 24 hours a day as I can’t breathe for myself.
I think I can learn something about strength through reading your posts.
Best wishes
Steven
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Thank you very much for your comments, Steven. I too love good philosophical and theological debates. I don’t have the time anymore, but I used to go into atheist chat rooms just to hear other point-of-views. I’m sorry about your accident and you having to deal with being paralyzed and on a vent etc. If you have time, please read my following post; I think you’ll be able to relate to my outlook before I was a Christian.
https://unshakablehope.wordpress.com/2012/10/18/the-day-i-discovered-hope/
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Commented on the post you have directed me to.
Thank you, a great read
Steven
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Thank you, Steven.
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Steven, I would love to chat with U about where U stand in God’s eyes as to whether U are saved by grace or not… E-mail me at brucermillslast@comcast.net, or look me up on Facebook and become my friend…
Blessings in Christ, bruce r mills
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I concur with your interpretation of what a Christian is …. being more about what we realize, expect, and do about ourselves and our behavoiur…. and not what we realize, expect, and do about others 🙂
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That’s right, in this case, it really is all about us, Chaz.
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Bill,
I have been trying to figure out a simple way to share this on my blog page. I love how you broke it down. Now I have some ideas of how to write it up on my site.
God Bless!
Sincerely,
Jennifer L. McCrary
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I think the easiest way would be for you to start a new page and just copy and paste the contents onto that new page.
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Thanks! 🙂
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Glad I stopped by. Blessings to you!
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Thank you!
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I am saved by the blood of the Lamb, and the word of my testimony–hallelujah, praise His Name, Jesus, forever! God bless you!
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As this post shows, salvation isn’t as complicated as many people make it out to be.
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