Christian & Catholic
Out of context: Reply #155
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exador, I hear where you are coming from, but the Bible spells out very clearly what or who a Christian is. It has nothing to do with which church/denomination/movement one is a part of. A Christian, by Biblical definition, is someone who is "in Christ". Someone who has entered into a saving relationship with the living savior at some specific point in the past. Consider what Jesus said to a very religious person:
John 3:1-3, 16-20:
He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the miraculous signs you are doing if God were not with him.”
In reply Jesus declared, “I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”
“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son. This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed."
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There are denominations that have dead religion and do not teach what the Bible says constitutes a Christian. It's a relationship, not religion.