Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Real Christians or False Converts?




I remember reading a statistic (I'm not much on statistics but this was fascinating) that recorded that only 4% of professing "Christians" are true Bible believing Christians. "Bible believing" meaning a non-compromising adherence to the non-negotiables (fundamentals) of Biblical Christian faith such as the Deity of our Lord Jesus Christ (John 1:1; John 20:28; Hebrews 1:8-9), the Virgin Birth (Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 1:23; Luke 1:27), the Blood Atonement (Acts 20:28; Romans 3:25, 5:9; Ephesians 1:7; Hebrews 9:12-14), the Bodily Resurrection (Luke 24:36-46; 1 Corinthians 15:1-4, 15:14-15), the inerrancy of the Scriptures themselves (Psalm 12:6-7; Romans 15:4; 2 Timothy 3:16-17; 2 Peter 1:20), and the Second Coming of Jesus Christ (Zechariah 14; Matthew 24:4-31; Luke 17:20-37; Revelation 19). "Bible believing" meaning that one wholly believes that the Bible is true (including those tough and essential Doctrines, such as the doctrine of election and justification is by faith alone in Christ alone apart from works, to name a few), is breathed out by God (Divinely inspired), is the only written Word of God, is immutable, is inerrant, is infallible, is authoritative, and is relevant in any society or culture (that it doesn't need added to or detracted from). "Bible believing Christian" meaning also that the Christian is truly born-again (repentance, justification, regeneration, etc.) according the Scriptures and is separated (sanctified) out of the world. I could go on and on here, but this is a sufficient introduction to this most important concept. For a clear view on salvation and what being born again looks like go to the Word of God first and then pick up the book Justification and Regeneration by Charles Leiter at Monergism Books (Click Here). Look at this article: Are You Born Again?" (Click Here!).

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