Often when a Christian gets into the news, or maybe just an AFF thread , for doing something horrible, out come the explanations: this person is not a real Christian.
So let's explore this, shall we? It brings up some obvious questions. What is a real Christian? Do real Christians never do horrible things, ever? Do real Christians never do anything even a little bit naughty? How bad is bad enough to declare the person "not a real Christian"?
Just wondering.
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Hebrews 13:23 Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty
35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
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If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
2 Chronicles 7:14 KJV
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? Micah 6:8 KJV
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. 1 John 3:2 KJV