About a month ago or so, I was asked to give my testimony to our youth group at church. How I have been saved and for how long. Then I was asked to do a little Bible study along with it. I said sure I would do it. I was very excited for this oppurtunity.
So I researched and came up with some scipture that would go along with what I was going to talk about. My Bible study was going to be about what it means to be a new person in Christ. How your old life has died and you have a new life in Jesus.
So I read Romans 12:2, 2 Corinthians 5:17, Galatians 2:20 and finally pulled it together with 1 Peter 4:4-5.
In my mind I was going to speak for the full hour. I anticipated group interaction and a lot of questions. In reality, it lasted only about 10 minutes and was met with silence. Like in the movies when you hear crickets chirping when something boring happens.
I praise God for the oppurtunity to even speak in front of them. I praise God for giving me the courage to do so.
Saturday, May 26, 2012
Sunday, May 13, 2012
What it means to be Christian
What it means to be a Christian. My definition and your definition are probably different, but hopefully some of the points will be the same. To me being a Christian is to believe that the Bible is God inspired and the Word is true! To live out your Christian walk everday, not just on Sunday.
Recently President Obama made a statement regarding same sex marriages. He thinks that they should be legal. He has been quoted as saying that he calls himself a Christian. If he is a Christian, then he can not believe in this. The Bible says in Mark 10: 6-9
6 But ‘God made them male and female’[a] from the beginning of creation. 7 ‘This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife,[b] 8 and the two are united into one.’[c] Since they are no longer two but one, 9 let no one split apart what God has joined together.”
The Bible is full of all kinds of things that we are not supposed to do. I try to follow it as closely as I can, but I am far from perfect.
Ephesians 5:18
Recently President Obama made a statement regarding same sex marriages. He thinks that they should be legal. He has been quoted as saying that he calls himself a Christian. If he is a Christian, then he can not believe in this. The Bible says in Mark 10: 6-9
6 But ‘God made them male and female’[a] from the beginning of creation. 7 ‘This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife,[b] 8 and the two are united into one.’[c] Since they are no longer two but one, 9 let no one split apart what God has joined together.”
The Bible is full of all kinds of things that we are not supposed to do. I try to follow it as closely as I can, but I am far from perfect.
Ephesians 5:18
18 Don’t be drunk with wine, because that will ruin your life. Instead, be filled with the Holy Spirit.
I have not had a drink since 2003. I just choose not to. The Bible tells me not to get drunk, so I don't.
Ephesians 4:29
29 Don’t use foul or abusive language. Let everything you say be good and helpful, so that your words will be an encouragement to those who hear them.
The first part of this was a hard one for me to change. I worked on a shipping dock, with truck drivers around all the time. So changing my speech was very difficult for me. The Bible says not to use foul or abusive language, so I stopped. The second part of that passage is easy for me. I am always encouraging people, lifting them up. I always try to see the best in everyone. It's not always easy, I still struggle with this.
This can go on and on. I am just trying to say is that saying you are a Christian, you have to line up with what the Bible says. You can't believe what the Bible says and then go out and say or do something different. Like I said in the opening, this is just my thoughts on what it means to be a Christian. I love everyone the same. I may not like their lifestyle choice, but that is between them and God!
The first part of this was a hard one for me to change. I worked on a shipping dock, with truck drivers around all the time. So changing my speech was very difficult for me. The Bible says not to use foul or abusive language, so I stopped. The second part of that passage is easy for me. I am always encouraging people, lifting them up. I always try to see the best in everyone. It's not always easy, I still struggle with this.
This can go on and on. I am just trying to say is that saying you are a Christian, you have to line up with what the Bible says. You can't believe what the Bible says and then go out and say or do something different. Like I said in the opening, this is just my thoughts on what it means to be a Christian. I love everyone the same. I may not like their lifestyle choice, but that is between them and God!
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