Debp Posted August 8, 2019 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 52 Topic Count: 1,014 Topics Per Day: 0.15 Content Count: 12,274 Content Per Day: 1.79 Reputation: 16,331 Days Won: 92 Joined: 07/19/2005 Status: Offline Share Posted August 8, 2019 Sometimes people think of being "religious" as doing a bunch of things or rituals. So I prefer to tell people that I have faith in the Lord....that it's about a relationship with Christ through faith, rather than rituals. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blood Bought 1953 Posted August 8, 2019 Group: Royal Member Followers: 13 Topic Count: 48 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 6,726 Content Per Day: 2.89 Reputation: 6,258 Days Won: 5 Joined: 12/03/2017 Status: Offline Share Posted August 8, 2019 When I hear people say they are “ Spiritual”, I immediately assume it is some kind of variation on Oprah’s latest horse hockey.The annual switching from one type of Hogwash to another type of Hogwash. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neighbor Posted August 8, 2019 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 18 Topic Count: 950 Topics Per Day: 0.35 Content Count: 13,525 Content Per Day: 5.02 Reputation: 9,025 Days Won: 6 Joined: 12/04/2016 Status: Offline Birthday: 03/03/1885 Share Posted August 8, 2019 "You are religious" Response might be: I am a bond-servant to Jesus my Lord God and savior. Thank you for noticing, but lets be clear it is by the grace and the mercy extended to me personally though I did nothing to merit it, that I share even in babysitting today, it is all in the name of Jesus. I guess yes that is being that religious, thank you so very much for the kind compliment and testimony. You know, it is for the love of Jesus alone that I am so pleased to be able to babysit. It is indeed part of the religion my creator has encouraged me into obeying and enjoying. I definitely do this in the name of Jesus, even the writing on the wall there that you have noticed is an encouraging reminder to me of a passage from the word of God that gives me such great comfort always. It for me now more than a saying it is indeed a welcomed by me guideline that helps me. How about you? I just realized I do ask of God for the opportunity to find someone each day to talk to about Jesus my Lord, is that person you today? By the way, that saying on the wall is from.... It reminds me of.... , here it is in this part of the Bible right here. To me it has come to mean...., Would you like to have this copy? I will so love to have you keep it as your own. Do you need babysitting again tomorrow or next week at all? ------ Religious? Yes, own it, credit God alone. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustPassingThru Posted August 9, 2019 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 8 Topic Count: 14 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1,979 Content Per Day: 0.99 Reputation: 2,112 Days Won: 1 Joined: 10/23/2018 Status: Offline Share Posted August 9, 2019 On 8/4/2019 at 8:58 AM, ReneeIW said: When did religion or being religious become something bad? The short answer to "when," ...Gen 4:3. Abel's walk with the Lord was by faith in His sacrifice that he obviously learned from his dad, ...while Cain, was also taught the same as Abel, however he decided to do it his way, ...his religious "works" instead of God's way, ...as has been excellently and correctly explained above. Lord bless 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
other one Posted August 10, 2019 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 29 Topic Count: 596 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 56,043 Content Per Day: 7.56 Reputation: 27,785 Days Won: 271 Joined: 12/29/2003 Status: Offline Share Posted August 10, 2019 On 8/8/2019 at 4:29 AM, Blood Bought 1953 said: When I hear people say they are “ Spiritual”, I immediately assume it is some kind of variation on Oprah’s latest horse hockey.The annual switching from one type of Hogwash to another type of Hogwash. by hogwash I hope you don't mean just a figment of their imaginations.... What Oprah preaches is not some off the wall thing.... what she worships and deals with is as real as anything.... and it's evil to the core... Oprah is not just some crazy old lady, she's a very real danger to everyone who follows what she teaches. I agree with Debp in that Christianity is a close personal relationship with the Creator of the Universe.... While I do attend church, most of my worship happens every day as life goes by... in just about everything I do... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willa Posted August 10, 2019 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 68 Topic Count: 185 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 14,224 Content Per Day: 3.34 Reputation: 16,647 Days Won: 30 Joined: 08/14/2012 Status: Offline Share Posted August 10, 2019 Some people use the term religious to mean anything to do with God. Or they mean regularly repeating rituals. Some people used the term spiritual to mean having to do with spiritism, or occult. Neither is true of the way we are to practice our faith. But the things of the Spirit are understood by the Spirit of God, and they are foolishness to the natural mind. So it is no use to try to explain very much to them because they will just think we are weird. Which is true--we are God's own peculiar people. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blood Bought 1953 Posted August 10, 2019 Group: Royal Member Followers: 13 Topic Count: 48 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 6,726 Content Per Day: 2.89 Reputation: 6,258 Days Won: 5 Joined: 12/03/2017 Status: Offline Share Posted August 10, 2019 1 hour ago, other one said: by hogwash I hope you don't mean just a figment of their imaginations.... What Oprah preaches is not some off the wall thing.... what she worships and deals with is as real as anything.... and it's evil to the core... Oprah is not just some crazy old lady, she's a very real danger to everyone who follows what she teaches. I agree with Debp in that Christianity is a close personal relationship with the Creator of the Universe.... While I do attend church, most of my worship happens every day as life goes by... in just about everything I do... “ The Gospel is foolishness to those that perish” On rare occasions , somebody in the audience will be given the microphone and if they refer to Jesus as anybody other than a “ good and wise man”, Oprah will cut them short and the majority of the audience will be offended.I refer to her pablum as Hogwash because I try to be a gentleman in a Christian Forum.The majority Of the World does not believe that Jesus was God in Flesh.Oprah has done many good things over the years.She will be shocked someday to discover giving away cars did not impress God that much.That, as well as all of her other good deeds are filthy rags.Her beliefs come straight from Hell.Its a shame her vast influence is taking many people to hell with her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1to3 Posted August 10, 2019 Group: Royal Member Followers: 22 Topic Count: 138 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 4,175 Content Per Day: 1.22 Reputation: 3,070 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/28/2014 Status: Online Share Posted August 10, 2019 you tube video : Religious but Lost - Dr. Charles Stanley (Audio) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasoned by Grace Posted August 16, 2019 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 4 Topic Count: 27 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 309 Content Per Day: 0.18 Reputation: 350 Days Won: 0 Joined: 08/07/2019 Status: Offline Share Posted August 16, 2019 (edited) Well, I have the same problem calling myself a "Christian" as opposed to calling myself a "follower of Christ". For me for many ,many decades I have seen the unbearable treatment "Christian TYPES" force on others, believers and non-believers. It's just horrid what I've seen and heard countless times from mostly leadership people who everyone trusted, and then they betrayed people in the harshest most cruel ways imaginable- IT BREAKS MY HEART TO EVEN TALK ABOUT IT or bring it back to memory. What is even sadder is that these CHRISTIAN TYPES have not only betrayed their church, but they have also betrayed their God by daring to even claim His Sons name. I've seen and heard non-Christians berated and condemned that they were going to hell in the most unimaginable display of pure satanic dominium over the CHRISTIAN TYPE. It was shocking to see someone's spirit crushed like that. I will never call myself a Christian again, after 42 years, as I don't want anyone to ever connect me to a such a false abomination to God that the "church" and "Christianity" has become, and is even becoming worse worldwide as each day passes. I have been sold out to God for 42 years, and gone to church for 42 years, and raised my children in the church through their high school years, and now I regret it and wish there would have been something more real that truly reflected the love of Christ and His true teachings. But now I see the false church for myself as a foreshadowing to greater things in the future beyond even the false church who has betrayed Christ and His teachings, and leading people by the millions to destruction. God says there is a remnant who He has called out to know the truth, and live it out each day in the quietness of their hearts and lives, bringing true, unselfish love into the lives of strangers and other true believers. I'll take that any day over what I have experienced in the past. I'd rather be one of the remnant if God would allow me to. Edited August 16, 2019 by Seasoned by Grace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blood Bought 1953 Posted August 17, 2019 Group: Royal Member Followers: 13 Topic Count: 48 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 6,726 Content Per Day: 2.89 Reputation: 6,258 Days Won: 5 Joined: 12/03/2017 Status: Offline Share Posted August 17, 2019 1 hour ago, Seasoned by Grace said: Well, I have the same problem calling myself a "Christian" as opposed to calling myself a "follower of Christ". For me for many ,many decades I have seen the unbearable treatment "Christian TYPES" force on others, believers and non-believers. It's just horrid what I've seen and heard countless times from mostly leadership people who everyone trusted, and then they betrayed people in the harshest most cruel ways imaginable- IT BREAKS MY HEART TO EVEN TALK ABOUT IT or bring it back to memory. What is even sadder is that these CHRISTIAN TYPES have not only betrayed their church, but they have also betrayed their God by daring to even claim His Sons name. I've seen and heard non-Christians berated and condemned that they were going to hell in the most unimaginable display of pure satanic dominium over the CHRISTIAN TYPE. It was shocking to see someone's spirit crushed like that. I will never call myself a Christian again, after 42 years, as I don't want anyone to ever connect me to a such a false abomination to God that the "church" and "Christianity" has become, and is even becoming worse worldwide as each day passes. I have been sold out to God for 42 years, and gone to church for 42 years, and raised my children in the church through their high school years, and now I regret it and wish there would have been something more real that truly reflected the love of Christ and His true teachings. But now I see the false church for myself as a foreshadowing to greater things in the future beyond even the false church who has betrayed Christ and His teachings, and leading people by the millions to destruction. God says there is a remnant who He has called out to know the truth, and live it out each day in the quietness of their hearts and lives, bringing true, unselfish love into the lives of strangers and other true believers. I'll take that any day over what I have experienced in the past. I'd rather be one of the remnant if God would allow me to. This discussion must hinge on one’s definition of what “ being religious” means......To me, a “ Religionist” is anybody that imitates the behavior of a True Christian and is clueless about the Source of it.He does things because he thinks he “ has” to .The True Christian’s behavior is simply the natural outflow of the indwelling Holy Spirit.A True Christian is not ate up all of the time worrying about sin and behavior.He knows he is forgiven because of the finished work of the Cross.The Religious Man is working for that forgiveness, constantly trying to earn it and keep it every hour of every.He is miserable .Always forced to avoid the things he wants to do , and forcing himself to perform those things he does not enjoy.Yes,He is trying to do things that only those with a New Heart can do.He May even have “ a zeal for the things of God,”yet without knowledge .A religious person has a head knowledge of Christianity, but no “ Heart” knowledge.Therein lies the difference between joy and misery.And we all know “ Misery loves Company”. Trusting , not trying separates the Religious Man from The Christian Man.Religions says “ do”, Christianity says “ done”. God bless 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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