Are You A True Christian?

I dreamed I stood upon a hill, and, lo!
The godly multitudes walked to and fro
Beneath, in Sabbath garments fitly clad,
With pious mien, appropriately sad,
While all the church bells made a solemn din --
A fire-alarm to those who lived in sin.
Then saw I gazing thoughtfully below,
With tranquil face, upon that holy show
A tall, spare figure in a robe of white,
Whose eyes diffused a melancholy light.

"God keep you, strange," I exclaimed. "You are
No doubt (your habit shows it) from afar;
And yet I entertain the hope that you,
Like these good people, are a Christian too."
He raised his eyes and with a look so stern
It made me with a thousand blushes burn
Replied -- his manner with disdain was spiced:
"What! I a Christian? No, indeed! I'm Christ.

From The Devils Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce
CHRISTIAN, n. One who believes that the New Testament is a divinely inspired book admirably suited to the spiritual needs of his neighbor. One who follows the teachings of Christ in so far as they are not inconsistent with a life of sin.

Are you a True Christian? Do love love Jesus, God, the Holy Spirit and the teachings of the Bible? Is Jesus your Personal Lord and Savior? Do you display any of the fruits of the Spirit as described in Galatians?

5:22 ~ But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 5:23 ~ Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

These are not trick questions and the reason I ask them is because I get a lot of emails, guestbook entries and forum messages from those who wish to convert me to Christianity. However, the word of self proclaimed Christians can not be trusted here because according to Jesus many of them will give false testimony:

Matthew 7:22 ~ Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?

7:23 ~ And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

7:24 ~ Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:

Christians are so fond of lecturing others on the importance of adhering to the Bible's teachings regarding ethics, manners, and morals. Glibly and profusely, they quote Jesus, throwing in a liberal sprinkling of Old Testament morality.

All too often, though, they are more than happy to ignore or dismiss a lot of what the Bible itself preaches.

Luke 14:33 ~ So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.

Their approach seems to be one of selective morality: what they like, they'll expound; what they don't like, they'll ignore. For example:

Mathew 6:19 ~ Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:

6:20 ~ But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:

6:21 ~ For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

Maybe you don't want to believe that such counsel is as radical, personal and nonnegotiable as the words of the New Testament plainly state and many Christians have become adept at compartmentalizing economics and faith but, however much you would like to keep them seperate, the gospels establish a real connection between the two and requires a continual reckoning from each of you concerning the obstacles you place in the way of their unity.

If you are overly concerned about your security and other financial matters just remember Luke 12:16-21.

The moral of the story is about security, with Jesus offering you a redeeming lesson: he is your security, the only security you need. To make anything else, especially money or worldly goods, an ultimate or even important concern or to let anything else deflect you from recognizing that he is all you need, is not only idolatry but a fatal flaw.

The Christian gospel is, at its heart, about loyalties, faith, dependencies and a message of free grace. In it, Jesus set down some specific guidelines for those who would be his disciples: declutter, divest, deaccumulate, resist the urge to overly consume. Ask yourselves whether you believe that Jesus saves or money saves, whether money talks or the gospel does. Jesus was sure you couldn’t have it both ways: "You cannot serve two masters".

The point of the above is to illustrate the unimportantance of money to a real Christian and that the Bible makes it quite clear that a true follower of Jesus should be extremely poor.

A real Christian will be content with just the clothes on their back and enough food to live on and will give that which they own to anybody who asks.

Are you one of the false prophets or a false Christian that Jesus warns about in Matthew 7:15, Matthew 24:23-24, Matthew 7:22-23 and 1st John 4:1 or are you a 'true' Christians and willing to follow edicts:

Give to everyone that asketh thee; and from him that taketh away thy goods ask not again. Luke 6:30

Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away. Matthew. 5:42

But love your enemies, and do them good, and lend never despairing; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be Sons of the Most High: for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil. ~ Luke 6:35

In Matthew 10 Jesus instructed his twelve disciples to:

provide neither gold nor silver, nor brass in your purses, nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, not yet staves, for the workman is worthy of his meat.


Don't you think that if that teaching was morally right for the followers of Christ 2,000 years ago, then they have same relevance to his followers today?

Let me sum it up for you:

So, how is your walk with the Lord? Do you try to follow Jesus and his words closely? Do you want to follow them more closely? Are you in fact a True Christian or one of those who, by following the wrong dogmas, denominations, creeds or doctrines have lost touch with Christianity, forgeting the precepts and the guidance of the founder and source, Jesus.

Can you prove to me ~ or perhaps more importantly, to yourself ~ that you are a True Christian By following Matthew. 5:42:

Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.

I'm asking for money and before you turn away and refuse, reread the previous verses. Should you still refuse, no doubt rationalising your refusal to obey such simple, clear-cut biblical edicts, I have to call you a fraud, for that's exactly what you are.

You are not a True Christian.

Push The Cross To Donate To My Wife's Wheelchair Fund

WWJD? Jesus has given you the best answer to the "how much" question when he urged the rich young man in Matthew 19:21 to rid himself of whatever stood in the way of acknowledging that Jesus alone sufficed.

The costliness of Christian discipleship boils down to just that: detaching yourselves from material goods, from prestige, power, advancement, or whatever else stands in the way of attachment to Christ.

Are you will to pay the price for your faith?

Nor am I asking for all your goods, only 0.5% of the purchase price of £GB2400. So, for a mere £GB12 / $US18 you can demonstrate that you are a real Christian, one who is willing to follow the words of his Lord. There is also the added fillip of doing a good work.

This is not for my own personal gain and money received will go towards buying my wife a new wheelchair. I am doing this to see if you are a real Christian or a False Prophet who is just talking the word but does not live by the word.

This page receives around 1500 hits a month and, as you can see by the table below, very few of those who have viewed the page is a True Christian.

Before rationalizing your refusal to contribute and hitting the back button on your browser and leaving, please remember your responses to the quotations prior to this request. Please reread the biblical quote above.



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