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My dream about people dying

10 مناظر· 02/15/23
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Since I first came to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ and his gospel in 2009, I had a lot of growing in understanding and in faith to do, and things I believed or taught in older videos of mine you may come across on other youtube channels or facebook, are different to what I believe now on certain things. So to clarify to people who likewise are seeking the truth or wonder why I believe things differently, I will outline key areas so as there is no confusion about what to believe nor no confusion about what I believe.

I base teachings off the scriptures, and avoid private interpretation as much as possible.

The key areas I have grown in understanding are:

Salvation through the grace of Christ and his death on the cross for our sins. I used to be more focused on the sanctification walk of a Christian which is to avoid sin, and live a holy life as the Apostles write about, as the way of salvation rather than on the actual gospel of Christ himself where he calls us to repent and accept him as Lord, and he will wash us clean by his blood from our sins, and give us eternal life because we believed in him. The walk of sanctification then happens after we turn to Christ to be born again and God helps us to no longer live in our sins. When Jesus saved me, he just wanted my faith and since then he helped me overcome various sins and be more like the person he wants, but salvation first comes only by accepting him by faith, not by how good you can be as a person.
If people are saved by being a good person, then nobody has any hope, because when you think about it, you just are not good enough. But gladly through the cross our sins are atoned for, not by our works but by Jesus deciding to come down from heaven from the Father, and die for our sins in our place so we would not have to face judgement for them. John 3:16 states that God so loved the world that he sent his only begotten Son that all who should believe upon him would pass from death to life and not face the judgement.

Being a Christian is about living life mindful of Christ and his reality that is now in your heart (seek him if this has not yet come to you). It is not about how pious or monk-like your life is, or must be. In reality Jesus doesn't forbid or judge you for living a normal life, activity, doing sport, having a job, family time, having a business, going to the amusement park, taking a holiday, making money etc. These things are part of life and are not wrong. But what he does examine us for, is HOW we live in our hearts and actions towards him, and towards others. He looks at our heart and behaviour in regard to evil or righteousness. Immoral, mean, unkind, and hurtful ways will not please God at all. He will be looking for integrity, honesty, kindness, self-control, and not having idols in your life instead of your love of Christ. Being greedy, chasing after money, or pursuing your own ambitions above caring about God's kingdom, will cause you to become dark in your heart. Partying, drinking, and carousing will keep you from the love of Jesus. Staying in sexual sin will keep you from God.
When Jesus says in Luke to "hate even your own family in comparison to me" he did not mean to not provide, care, or love them. Nor did he mean to become homeless, quit your job, withdraw from society, and not talk to anyone because they are not Christian. Far from it, he himself ate with sinners, and went to weddings, drank wine, and had good times with his family and followers. But what he means is that if this life which for most is about family, money, property, and retirement, takes up your heart and what you fully focus on as all there is to life, then you cannot follow him. In other words, he means that in order to follow him and be part of God's coming Kingdom in heaven, you need to be able to LOVE and CARE about him and God's kingdom above and not be solely focused on the things of life life only. It would mean your heart shifts to loving the things of God and placing the things of this life in their correct order of importance in your heart. I find that people are so captivated by the cares of this life that they are unable to trust or care about Jesus, least of all follow him and be his disciple.
I used to have a lot stricter idea about living the faith, which caused me to be narrow minded but the Lord showed me that the way of faith is not about being highly strictly religious but about having his Spirit live through me so I can overcome my own sins and live the way Jesus wants us to live and live in his grace through faith.

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