A person who devotes their life to following Christ.
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"God, send me anywhere, only go with me. Lay any burden on me, only sustain me. And sever any tie in my heart except the tie that binds my heart to Yours."
--David Livingstone
"To see no being, not God’s or any, but you also go thither,
To see no possession but you may possess it—enjoying all without labor or purchase—
abstracting the feast, yet not abstracting one particle of it;…."
--Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, Song of the Open Road
So, from your definition, would someone that has repented, but has not yet obeyed Acts 2:38 be considered a Christian?
How would you derive that from my definition?
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"God, send me anywhere, only go with me. Lay any burden on me, only sustain me. And sever any tie in my heart except the tie that binds my heart to Yours."
--David Livingstone
"To see no being, not God’s or any, but you also go thither,
To see no possession but you may possess it—enjoying all without labor or purchase—
abstracting the feast, yet not abstracting one particle of it;…."
--Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, Song of the Open Road
a) Believes the bible is the inspired unchangeable word of God
b) Believes that Jesus Christ was the Son of God and died for their sins
c) Has accepted God's call to repentance
d) Believes that their soul's salvation is found only through accepting Jesus' Blood as the covering for their sins.
e) Makes a discernable effort to emulate the Lord and His Apostles in life and conversation.
You'll notice that a great deal of protestant trinnies qualify for my definition. They are sincerely Christians, but are sincerely deceived or sincerely living beneath their privileges.
Roman Catholics, in my opinion, are not Christians. On the rare occasion when a Catholic has elucidated this viewpoint from my lips, the ensuing conversations could only be termed, 'interesting.' Yikes.
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