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5 things I've learned about God and Christianity.

Acts-dicted Posts: 9027 **9/12/15 6:08 am**

5 THINGS I'VE LEARNED ABOUT GOD AND CHRISTIANITY

1. God isn't mad at me.

Jesus and God aren't a spiritual Good Cop/Bad Cop. The Father loves me completely and sent Jesus to show me exactly how He feels about me.

The whole world has been reconciled to God by the death of Jesus who took away the sin of the whole world and all of God's judgment on that sin.

The only sin that He can't forgive is rejecting Jesus - the Cure.
I received that reconciliation when I believed that Good News.

I have peace with God.

2. I'm not an outsider, hoping to work my way "in" with God.

When I believed, I was "born" into God's family, into Christ and He made me 100% righteous. I'm already in Heaven, seated with Him!

I am "in Christ".

3. I'm not trying to keep God happy by "living right".

Christianity is about Jesus setting me free from a system of ever-growing religious rules people had to keep to try to please God.

Christianity is about believing the truth about what Jesus did and letting that truth set you free. Jesus "lived right" and give me His righteousness! My faith in Jesus pleases God.

The righteous live by faith.

4. My sin, failure and weakness should not be my focus.

Jesus took all sin, failure and weakness onto Himself on the cross and took it away. He took away all of God's frustration, anger, wrath and punishment for it as well.

My focus should be on Jesus, who He is, what He has done and who He has made me. Focusing on Him will empower me to walk out of my sin, failure and weakness. The victory that overcomes the world, including my sin, weakness and failures, is my faith in Christ.

I keep my eyes/thoughts/focus on Jesus.

5. Fear isn't a fruit of the Spirit.

Christ is living His life inside me and He isn't afraid of anything. He isn't motivated or moved by fear. There is no fear in love. Christ fills me with

His very own love, respect and honor for the Father.

Love is what moves me. Love is what constrains me.

He is the perfect love that casts out all fear.

He loves me and fills me with love, not fear.
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I'm not saved because I'm good. I'm saved because He's good!

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Re: 5 things I've learned about God and Christianity.

Acts-pert Poster Posts: 15570 **9/12/15 1:34 pm**

Acts-pert Poster Posts: 16509 **9/12/15 3:06 pm**

Yeah, but......

I agree with all but #3...

Hon. Dr. in Acts-celeratology Posts: 6042 **9/12/15 8:02 pm**

I am trying to live right because I don't want God to have to correct me, even though He loves me.

I am trying to live right because I don't want to jeopardize the blessings in my life, the anointing, and the fellowship I have with God.

Does anyone remotely think that Demas had the same relationship with God after he had forsaken Paul, "having loved this present world"?

Re: I agree with all but #3...

Hon. Dr. in Acts-celeratology Posts: 6385 **9/12/15 8:38 pm**

Acts-pert Poster Posts: 16509 **9/12/15 8:48 pm**

I get what he's saying. We have commandments to obey. When Jesus tells us to do good to those who persecute us or to love our enemies, we have to put forth an effort to do those things. They do not come naturally just because we are saved. Our natural self tends to fight back when someone persecutes us. It happens here on this forum. So, we have to strive to live right by attempting to obey the commandments. Our natural self tends to not want to be healthy. We have to strive for good health. However, salvation is not attached to this. Pleasing God is attached to it.

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