Christians treat it as "interesting" or "worthy of respect" or "occasionally useful".
The problem is that most people that claim to be Christian are not.
Christian means Christ like.
I like your thoughts on the Word of God. That if you are going to believe it then act like you believe it. Don't just say that you believe it.
I find today the hardest thing for me to do is convince someone that I am serious about serving God. I am a fundamentalist but I am not a fanatic. I do believe the Bible. I study it daily, and I don't always take what a translation says. If I have questions I go to the Greek or Hebrew versions. I believe that the original manuscripts were perfect. What we have today has been copied by man and translated by man, and as usual man can mess things up to suit himself.
What do you think? How would you handle text that you really believed to be words from the almighty creator of everything seen and unseen, the master of universe and the decider of the destiny of every living thing?
Study, learn, then share.
2Tim 2:15 (KJS) Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
John 3:16 (KJS) For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
Ephe 2:8 (KJS) For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: [it is] the gift of God:
9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.
God loved us. Jesus died for us. Jesus came to save us not condemn us. We were already condemned.
Mankind is saved by God's grace (unmerited favor) when we take God at His Word.
I believe these passages therefore I teach them daily. I believe it is the only way a person can avoid the following:
Reve 20:14 (KJS) And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
"John 5:39 (KJS) Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me."
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