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I often chose best answers not because they are the best, but because I have to choose a best answer. Please, don't take offense to it.
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Sep 3 |
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How does the New Testament define a Christian and a non-Christian, a brother in Christ and not a brother in Christ? (7) Holy Spirit was God. So here is the question: Is believing that the Holy Spirit is God not a necessary condition for becoming a brother in Christ? Or: Is it possible to be a Christian and a brother in Christ and at the same time believe that the Holy Spirit is not God? |
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Sep 3 |
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How does the New Testament define a Christian and a non-Christian, a brother in Christ and not a brother in Christ? (6) Another thing: that criminal didn’t show any knowledge or understanding of what or who the Holy Spirit was. In fact, the Gospel of John tells us that at that time the Holy Spirit had not yet been sent (as Jesus had not been resurrected yet). It would be way more implausible for us to suggest that the criminal realized that the |
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Sep 3 |
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How does the New Testament define a Christian and a non-Christian, a brother in Christ and not a brother in Christ? (5) characteristic that only God Himself can have – His omnipresence, His ability to hear us wherever we would be. In case with that criminal the situation was totally different: it is quite possible that he didn’t believe that Jesus was omnipresent) Therefore, I have a question here: Is believing that Jesus is God not a necessary condition for becoming a brother in Christ? Or: Is it possible to be a Christian and a brother in Christ and at the same time believe that Jesus is not God, but only the Son of God? |
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Sep 3 |
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How does the New Testament define a Christian and a non-Christian, a brother in Christ and not a brother in Christ? (4) (There is one point here that actually makes that criminal quite different from anyone of us who turns to Jesus in his prayers after Jesus’ ascension: the criminal was still able to see Jesus when he was asking Him about His mercy. We, however, those who believed the gospel after Jesus’ ascension, when we first turned to Jesus we didn’t see Him. That means that we, perhaps, even subconsciously, acknowledged in our first prayer that Jesus possesses a |
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Sep 3 |
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How does the New Testament define a Christian and a non-Christian, a brother in Christ and not a brother in Christ? (3) However, I still have some points that are not that clear to me here. First of all, we don’t see that the criminal had faith that Jesus was God. He did consider Jesus to be a man, a righteous man, the Messiah and, perhaps, even the King and the Son of God; however, we can’t say for sure that he believed that Jesus was God Himself. |
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Sep 3 |
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How does the New Testament define a Christian and a non-Christian, a brother in Christ and not a brother in Christ? (2) Son Jesus Christ”. They never use “Jesus” in the second grammatical person – only in the third one – and teach that praying directly to Jesus is a mistake. |
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Sep 3 |
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How does the New Testament define a Christian and a non-Christian, a brother in Christ and not a brother in Christ? (1) Thank you. Actually, I think your answer is very close to what I am after here. Exactly! It is repenting and asking Jesus for His mercy that looks to me as both necessary and sufficient requirement for becoming a Christian and a brother in Christ. Actually, this one simple requirement puts “Mormons” and “Jehovah’s witnesses” into a very awkward situation as they never call on the name of the Lord Jesus, they never pray to Him. They only pray to God the Father ending their prayers with “In the name of your |
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Sep 2 |
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How does the New Testament define a Christian and a non-Christian, a brother in Christ and not a brother in Christ? @KronoS - Well, at least there should be a list of traits a person's lack of which would definitely exclude such a person from among Christians and brothers in Christ. For example, faith in the existence of God - if there is a person who does not believe that God exists, this person is definitely not a Christian and definitely not a brother in Christ. And that's exactly what I am asking about. Please read my question again. |
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Sep 2 |
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How does the New Testament define a Christian and a non-Christian, a brother in Christ and not a brother in Christ? "I wonder if your desire for clear bright-line criteria here reflects a hidden desire to be among" - Well, I do have this desire and it's not hidden at all. Plus, I do believe that I am already among those who have eternal life through faith in Jesus. Here, however, I want exactly what you said: clear bright-line criteria for a Christian and for a brother in Christ. |
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Sep 2 |
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How does the New Testament define a Christian and a non-Christian, a brother in Christ and not a brother in Christ? "It's not abstract at all to, for example, the crew who run the feeding program in my neighborhood" - Can you, please, elaborate. I don't understand what you mean here. |
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Sep 2 |
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How does the New Testament define a Christian and a non-Christian, a brother in Christ and not a brother in Christ? Thanks for your answer, but it's very abstract. In what way should one take up his cross? To what extend should one follow Christ? Isn't it like everyone has his own situation in life and, therefore, his own cross to take up and his own measure of following Jesus? Plus, I guess there can be a lot of false Christians who claim that they have taken up their cross and are following Jesus. In fact, I have even met some Muslims who say that they are following the steps of Jesus way closer than even some of the Christians. |
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Sep 2 |
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How does the New Testament define a Christian and a non-Christian, a brother in Christ and not a brother in Christ? (2) they do believe what the Bible says, as the infallible word of God, but their understanding of it is different from other Christian's understanding. |
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Sep 2 |
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How does the New Testament define a Christian and a non-Christian, a brother in Christ and not a brother in Christ? (1) I personally do believe in that, but the problem is that in the early manuscripts the word "God" is missing in 1 Tim 3:15-16 and instead of that it has "He who manifested..." But even if the word "God" was originally there, "Mormons" and "Jehovah's witnesses" believe that it should be understood as "god", not "God" (in original Greek manuscripts all letters were in the same case, there were no capital or small letters) meaning that Jesus is god (and is the son of God), but not God (like God the Father). So they say that |
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Sep 1 |
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How does the New Testament define a Christian and a non-Christian, a brother in Christ and not a brother in Christ? Thanks for your answer. So, if I understood you correctly, a person who does not believe that Jesus is God, but believes that Jesus is the Son of God (like "Mormons" and "Jehovah's witnesses") and has all the other things you've mentioned is also a brother in Christ and a Christian, right? |
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Aug 31 |
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How do you define a Christian or a brother in Christ? So, would the good-behaving "Mormons" and "Jehovah Witnesses" be your brothers in Christ then? |
