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1 | Actual process? | Romans | DocTrinsograce | 228157 | ||
Dear sankalpa, This is a wonderful vision you have for Nepal. I have no doubt that God has placed this in your heart. I wish that I could sit with you, showing you the Scriptures, that you might understand more clearly. Nevertheless, I will look for materials to help you. We all live in the context of our own culture, our own history, and our own individual experience. Therefore, the words we hear or read hold meanings that influence the way we think. I can see that happening to you by the way you ask your questions. So I will try to explain. All peoples of the world sense that there is a gap between themselves and God. Thus, the problem they face, is how to draw close to God. Thus we have religion. All the many religions in the world provide people with things to do in order to please their god or gods -- to remove the gap that they sense. Think about this with religions you see around you in Nepal: Hindus, Buddhists, Muslims, and Kirats all have a set of practices and beliefs that are needed for a person to become a good person. They believe that who and what they are can be changed by doing things (practice and belief). They believe that they can be made more acceptable to God by doing those things. They believe that people are able to cross the gap to God. Christianity is the exact opposite of religion. The Bible teaches that the gap between man and God is so vast that people cannot cross it. Religion is man reaching out to God. Christianity is God reaching out to helpless man. The Bible teaches us that God is the creator of this world (Genesis 1:1). He is the judge of all the earth (Genesis 18:25). He is perfectly holy (Isaiah 6:3). The Bible teaches us that the sin committed by Adam and Eve (Romans 5:15) killed every single human being who would ever be born. Man sins by choice and by the motivation of his very nature. Sin fills every aspect of his being from head to toe (Isaiah 1:5-6). His heart and mind is filled with it (Ecclesiastes 9:3, Ephesians 4:17-19, Titus 1:15, 1 Timothy 3:8, 6:5). There remains no good in men (Romans 7:18). Man is basically evil, not good. His heart is as hard as stone (Ezekiel 11:19, Jeremiah 23:29). Man imagines that he is only sick, but the Bible says he is dead (Ephesians 2:1, Colossians 2:13). Man feels he is, at worst, near-sighted, but Scripture says he is blind (2 Corinthians 3:14). Man dismisses his sins as minor, but the Word says he is a slave (John 8:44, Ephesians 2:2, 2 Timothy 2:26). The religions of the world try to shrink the gap between man and God. They do this by minimizing the holiness of God or by minimizing the wickedness of man or by doing both. But in the Bible, God reveals the truth of His holiness and the truth about man's wickedness. Therefore, if anything is to be done, it must be done by God. The thing that God has done is the good news -- the Gospel. The Son of God was born as a human being (Matthew 1:23). He lived a perfectly holy life in every way (Hebrews 4:15). God placed upon Him all of our sins (2 Corinthians 5:21), put upon us His own righteousness (Philippians 3:9), and raises us by the power of the Holy Spirit (Ephesians 1:19-20). The point I am making is that there is nothing a person can do to become a Christian. God must do the work. Your task is to present the truth of the Gospel to people. The Holy Spirit will produce the results. Do you have a church there that you attend? In Him, Doc |
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2 | Actual process? | Romans | John Ryals | 228176 | ||
Hi Sankalpa, Praise the Lord! I've been following your discussion thread and based on your question, I too don,t like he word 'ritual'. If we use the scripture's in 1st Peter, Chapter 5:1-4; this may give some light to your question. It is my believe, that I must lead by example and the Holy Spirit does the rest. As verse 2 states in 1st Peter, Chapter 5, "Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constaint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind," Verse 3, "Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being examples to the flock." I think being a proper example is being a 'True Shepherd'. As for the Baptism, there are three types, the Baptism into Christ, Water Baptism, and the Baptism of the Holy Spirit. Not quite understanding your question as to 'actual process', but if you will reword the question so my simple mind can understand, I would appreciate the discussion fellowship with you. May God Bless You! You stated that you knew how to convert someone to Islam. This means you are well versed in the ways of Islam, Correct? My question, When did you convert to Christianity? With Humbledness, John Ryals |
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3 | Actual process? | Romans | sankalpa | 228177 | ||
Thank you. My goal in life is to understand god. After saying that let me say something about religion. I have always believed that religion should be about peace and self sacrifice, these two things go hand in hand. I started to read about sacred text of many different religions two years ago. Hinduism is vast and confusing. It is highly ritualistic and does not believe in self sacrifice for peace. It calls a man to arm for ridding of evil from this world. Similarly, Islam is also aggressive when it comes to getting rid of evil. Both these religion (though exceptional and beyond me) are violent. When I read about Jesus Christ I could identify with him meaning he embodied my thought of what a true man and a religion should be like. Even though many stories in the old testament are violent, gospel talks about this magnificent man who accepted death even though he had the power to defeat death itself.That to me is the true meaning of life. Now I don't think i have to tell you that our schools and colleges and universities teach more evolution and communism than anything else. So, in some circles when they enquire about my religion i call myself christian because i believe in the gospel. But i haven't been officially converted to Christianity. yes i am very well versed in Islam religion. I have read both the quran and the hadith. I have also seen the actual conversion ceremony. |
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