Real Christianity In An Artificial World.Matt.16:16-24In this passage, we are given insight into the battle we are engaged in and into the weapons with which we are to fight this battle. My friends, we are in the fight of our lives! If we are to do what the Scriptures say and "stand", v. 11, 13, 14, then we must know how to prepare ourselves for this battle. Here, Paul reveals some aspects of the battle in which we find ourselves in every day. What does it mean to be a Christian? The answers you get to that question depend on the persons asked. Some people believe that belonging to a Christian church makes you a Christian. Others believer that baptism or confirmation is what makes one a Christian. Still others believe that being religious and morally clean is enough to allow one to wear the name Christian. But wait! Not everyone who claims to be a Christian is one! How can I say that? Because Mormons, Jehovah's Witnesses and Roman Catholics claim to be Christians. But, according to the Bible, they aren't! So what does it mean, then, to be a Christian? To answer that question, let's look at the word Christian itself. This word literally means "The Christ Ones". This name was first given to the followers of Jesus in a place called Antioch, Acts 11:26. History tells us that it was a term of contempt! The people of Antioch, who were pagans, were offended by the clean lifestyles and the preaching of the believers and gave them the name "Christian" as an insult. Instead of insulting these believers, it perfectly summed up the image they were attempting to project to their lost neighbors. You see, just going to or joining a church cannot make you a Christian.
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Coming from Arab, Alabama, and growing up in Tampa, Fla. I moved with my family to Georgia in 1969. I was saved by God’s marvelous Grace in September 1972 at Blue Springs Baptist Church located down the road from North Cobb High School in Acworth, Ga. Called to preach at 16...
