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Monday, September 29, 2008

Are you a kind-of Christian?

This is from TSPOON and I like what he says. make sure you read it all!

How can you tell a no-doubt Christian from a maybe Christian?

Answer:
There will be spiritual results, or hard evidence, in his or her life. In fact, I
propose that what is considered Christianity by many in the United States
today would not even qualify as conversion in the first-century church. And
what is considered normal as far as a Christian was concerned in the first
century would be considered radical by today's standards.

There are a lot of people running around today who could be described as
kind-of Christians. Now, that is not a theologically correct term, because
according to the Bible, you either are or are not a Christian. But I am talking
about people whom you are not really sure about. He or she is sort-of a
Christian or maybe a Christian or could be a Christian or almost is a
Christian. You see some things in their lives that make you believe they
might be followers of Christ. They attend church regularly and talk about
God periodically. Maybe they pray before their meals. But then there are
other things in their lives that seem to contradict this behavior.

Unfortunately, there are a lot of people today who believe they are Christians
yet probably are not. And one of the reasons for that is a lot of shallow and
anemic preaching in our churches today. I fear there may be a generation
of people running around who believe they really know God when, in fact,
they don't really know him at all.

One recent poll indicated that seven out of 10 American adults have no clue
as to the meaning of John 3:16: "For God so loved the world that he gave his
one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have
eternal life." And barely one-third of all adults know the meaning of the
expression "the Gospel."

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