Charlie Coleman wrote: > At 07:47 PM 1/25/2007 -0300, Ricardo Aráoz wrote: >>> You are a Christian based on what is in your heart. If you go to a >>> Christian Church every Sunday, donate a lot to charity, help the poor, and >>> offer kindness to strangers, by all outward appearances you are a >>> Christian. However, if while you're doing all that, you are bitter in your > ... > >> Fair enough, there is a buddhist saying that a rose will give you its >> perfume without meaning to be good. I like to interpret it as that it is >> it's nature, that if you are 'good' then you'll have no choice but to do >> 'good' (and vice versa). >> Now, according to your beliefs, does a 'christian' have to believe in >> exactly the same god you do, in exactly the same manner (e.g. let's say >> you don't believe in angels and he does. Or he believes in everything >> except that Mary was a virgin)? What latitude does he have? If he >> accepts god in his heart and he accepts god in his heart and 'knows that >> the grace of god alone is what can save him', is he a christian? > ... > > Well, based on past messages I apparently haven't been able to communicate > my points very well. But I'll give it a try... > > I think the key core of being a Christian is realizing that you can't save > yourself, believing God came to Earth as Jesus Christ, believing He died on > the cross for our sins, believing He rose from the dead, and believing you > can ask Him into your heart to accept God's gift of salvation. > > I think that's the key things. I think the other beliefs come as a person > grows in maturity as a Christian. That doesn't mean they'll necessarily > agree on all things with me; as I've said before, I may have incorrect > interpretations. But, so far, what I've been posting is where I am in my > faith now. >
So if someone believes in everything else, god, angels, hell, heaven, can't save yourself, etc. But he doesn't believe that this guy Jesus rose from the dead then he isn't christian. Is that what you're saying? _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
