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Do y’all think that Jesus meant for it to be a ‘way of life’ or just another system of faith and worship (a religion).
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My question would be what exactly did Christianity bring to the table that wasn't already there?
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said it His own self ... This!
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Do y’all think that Jesus meant for it to be a ‘way of life’ or just another system of faith and worship (a religion). I think that Jesus was trying to get the Jewish religion back to its roots. In those days the Jewish religion WAS a way of life. I don't think Jesus had any intention of starting a new religion.
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Way of life, Man struggles to keep rules and regulations AKA religion. Jesus came to bring life and freedom in personal relationship with him.
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It’s all about living your religion. You’re obligated to follow the ten simple commandments that seem to be so hard to honor.
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It’s all about living your religion. You’re obligated to follow the ten simple commandments that seem to be so hard to honor. Wasn't that a Jewish thing?
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Do y’all think that Jesus meant for it to be a ‘way of life’ or just another system of faith and worship (a religion). I think that Jesus was trying to get the Jewish religion back to its roots. In those days the Jewish religion WAS a way of life. I don't think Jesus had any intention of starting a new religion. He came to bring a new covenant to the Jews. He also came to save the gentiles, past present, and future. He picked 12 men to spread the word to the Jews and later picked another man to spread it to the gentiles. Christianity is a fulfilling of Judaism. It's not a 'new' religion but a completed one. The Jews rejected it, as was prophesied centuries earlier but the gentiles grabbed for it.
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Do y’all think that Jesus meant for it to be a ‘way of life’ or just another system of faith and worship (a religion). In Matthew 22:36-39 Jesus was asked what was the greatest commandment. He answered by saying: Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’[a] 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ Committing yourself fully- heart, soul, mind - has to be a way of life. Jesus had a lot to say about religiosity, and to the religious leaders of the day - the Pharisees. He called them white-washed tombs, clean on the outside but full of stench and decay on the inside. So for any of us that claim to be followers of Jesus some introspection is a good thing. Am I a white-washed tomb? Am I loving God with heart, soul, and mind?
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Do y’all think that Jesus meant for it to be a ‘way of life’ or just another system of faith and worship (a religion). In Matthew 22:36-39 Jesus was asked what was the greatest commandment. He answered by saying: Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’[a] 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ Committing yourself fully- heart, soul, mind - has to be a way of life. Jesus had a lot to say about religiosity, and to the religious leaders of the day - the Pharisees. He called them white-washed tombs, clean on the outside but full of stench and decay on the inside. So for any of us that claim to be followers of Jesus some introspection is a good thing. Am I a white-washed tomb? Am I loving God with heart, soul, and mind? Excellent post! Thank you.
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Way of life, Man struggles to keep rules and regulations AKA religion. Jesus came to bring life and freedom in personal relationship with him. And there are churches that want to take it back to the former.
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Jesus said that it's God's will that ALL men be saved. For that to be true, it's necessary for the word to be sent to every person who has ever lived, no matter when or where. Everyone, everywhere has to be given a chance. We aren't told how God reaches Amazon tribesmen or villagers in darkest Africa. We are told that God will issue a call for everyone who he knows will answer. How that call is made, we can only speculate. It's still the blood of Jesus that saves them, though, whether they know his name or not.
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It’s still about Salvation which leads to Everlasting Life .
So Dance around it if you Will..
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Do y’all think that Jesus meant for it to be a ‘way of life’ or just another system of faith and worship (a religion). It is a way of life secondarily. It isn’t a system. All other religions and many denominations that are supposedly Christian make it a system. Christianity is a reality. The reality isn’t arrived at through a system nor can it be. When people think of it as a “way” primarily they sink into a system approach, become legalist, whether liberal or conservative, and lose the reality that was revealed in the Garden, through the Law and Prophets through until the end of Revelation.
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Im voting a way of life......where im severely lacking.....
Im a believer for sure.....i wish it showed more than it does......lve got a lot more i need to surrender .... and a lot more that i need to give.....believing is a start....ive been stuck in the start-up mode now for 58 years.
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It's a way of life...because anything else leads to death.
“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” ― George Orwell
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My question would be what exactly did Christianity bring to the table that wasn't already there? Charity and justice just to name 2 things.
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