Your Life And The Christian Message

By Marvin May


When you hear the word Christian, what comes to your mind? Maybe that image of church-goers or those who carry with them the cross chanting the prayers of God. Or maybe the name of someone you know. Whatever you cook up in your mind, it's clear: Christians are the followers of Jesus Christ (hence why it has Christ in its name). But the label of Christian doesn't make you necessarily a Christian right away. There are things that can signify you are. So then, what is a true Christian? What are marks of that?

Everything about Christianity revolves around Christ; from his birth to his death, from his miracles to his powers and so on and so forth. They have established something known as "Creeds" which are doctrinal confessions and main writings followed by Christians. The creed most followed in the present is the Apostle's Creed which is also used by Catholics. It establishes everything about Jesus such as "being conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary".

False prophets are known to be just like people. They're the regular type you see on the streets. But to distinguish a false prophet from others, you have to look at their personalities. False prophets don't usually follow the principles of God. They'd take bits of those principles and make their own doctrine. This is almost similar to how Antichrists function. False prophets use this supposed gift to have their own gains. They are not there for the people. They are just there to get whatever they want in the most deceptive manner. They'll fool even the most innocent for their personal gain.

A true Christian fears God. He doesn't fear him like He's some crazy monster lurking in the deep. What this means is he knows how God is powerful and he acknowledges his authority on life. It is a powerful acknowledgement to know God is up there, looking over at the people of the World. Of course, there are times when people will push away a true Christian from what he believes but the true Christian will always stay true to his allegiance. That means he will stick to the word of God and stay strong even if the discouragements are strong. He has faith in God even in times of hardship for he knows God has plans.

In the world today, there are many false prophets out there. You'll see them on TV: pastors claiming God talked to them so they can be presidents, ordinary people who have the hands of God and many more. Now even false prophets have access to the internet so it's easy for them to get more people to believe in them by spreading their messages online. Just Google some prophets and you'll see so many websites that have "End of the World" prophecy. Youtube has its own false prophets too. No matter what you do, false prophets will always come up everywhere. They'll do everything in their power to make their own mark in people's minds. What you can do is to stay true to your beliefs and ideals and shun whatever a false prophet wants you to believe.




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