Professed Believer

[Motar]

In his commentary concerning Luke 11:37-54, J. Vernon McGee states: "Unfortunately, the greatest hindrance to the cause of Christ today is the professed believer." To whom is McGee referring (in this passage and today), and what observation is he making about the "professed believer"?

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

Probably folks that claim to believe but belong on Jesus' left hand in Matthew 25:31-46.

 

[Goober]

Probably folks that claim to believe but belong on Jesus' left hand in Matthew 25:31-46.

Jesus always spoke about the poor, more often than anything else. I recall someone posted that the poor and charity are mentioned approx 2000 times in the Bible. Not sure how accurate that is.

 

[Spade]

In the "Old Testament" the word "hell" appears the same number of times as "Jesus."

 

[Goober]

In the "Old Testament" the word "hell" appears the same number of times as "Jesus."

Did you do a word count?:smile:

 

[Cliffy]

Gandhi once said something like, I like your Christ but not Christians. I have met exceedingly few who follow his teachings or act the way he taught you should act. In fact. most act just the opposite. But that is also true of followers of other religions too.

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

Gandhi once said something like, I like your Christ but not Christians. I have met exceedingly few who follow his teachings or act the way he taught you should act. In fact. most act just the opposite. But that is also true of followers of other religions too.

Yep. Remember a while back when they were yapping about the Rapture? I think they were right. The Rapture happened last October, or whenever they said it was going to be, all the people who actually follow the teachings of Jesus were assumed bodily into heaven, and nobody noticed coz there was only about six of them.

 

[Spade]

Yep. The answer is zero (0).

Did you do a word count?:smile:

Yep, zero!

 

[Sparrow]

I have notices that the more people profess their belief the less they live their belief. You have to live christianity, not the one man has written, but one Christ taught the one of love.

 

[Goober]

Yep. Remember a while back when they were yapping about the Rapture? I think they were right. The Rapture happened last October, or whenever they said it was going to be, all the people who actually follow the teachings of Jesus were assumed bodily into heaven, and nobody noticed coz there was only about six of them.

7 but I got left behind for other purposes.:smile::smile:

 

[lone wolf]

I'd be inclined to think a "professed" believer is one who cherrypicks quotes from the Bible and uses them as a club

 

[Goober]

I'd be inclined to think a "professed" believer is one who cherrypicks quotes from the Bible and uses them as a club

Not all. They are just more vocal and bring the bad vibes unto all.

 

[damngrumpy]

Christ was a revolutionary, he spoke against Rome for the most part and Rome was a right
wing fascist dictatorship what does that tell ya, The problem we face is most Christians are
Conservatives and Christ was left what does that tell ya. I know many who are Christians
the believe by faith not facts enough said.

 

[Goober]

Christ was a revolutionary, he spoke against Rome for the most part and Rome was a right
wing fascist dictatorship what does that tell ya, The problem we face is most Christians are
Conservatives and Christ was left what does that tell ya. I know many who are Christians
the believe by faith not facts enough said.

I think you are well off the mark on this post.

 

[Cliffy]

I think you are well off the mark on this post.

Which parts? Jesus was a socialist - as left as left can be. I could never understand why so many professed Christians are Cons and Repubs. Seems like an oxymoron to me.

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

*snicker*

The Jesus they talk about in the gospels was not a revolutionary, not a socialist, not a libertarian, not a capitalist. Grumpy, Cliffy, do you even realise you're doing the same thing the "Cons and Repubs" do, i.e., trying to make Jesus fit your political philosophies?

 

[Goober]

*snicker*

The Jesus they talk about in the gospels was not a revolutionary, not a socialist, not a libertarian, not a capitalist. Grumpy, Cliffy, do you even realise you're doing the same thing the "Cons and Repubs" do, i.e., trying to make Jesus fit your political philosophies?

Great post.

 

[Cliffy]

*snicker*

The Jesus they talk about in the gospels was not a revolutionary, not a socialist, not a libertarian, not a capitalist. Grumpy, Cliffy, do you even realise you're doing the same thing the "Cons and Repubs" do, i.e., trying to make Jesus fit your political philosophies?

"Jesus was the first Anarchist." - bumper sticker I saw. In that, he was my hero.

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

"Jesus was the first Anarchist." - bumper sticker I saw. In that, he was my hero.

More attempts to make Jesus fit the speaker (writer, bumper-sticker buyer)'s own political notions. Maybe a better sticker would be "Jesus was the first Rohrschach test."

 

[Cliffy]

More attempts to make Jesus fit the speaker (writer, bumper-sticker buyer)'s own political notions. Maybe a better sticker would be "Jesus was the first Rohrschach test."

Those remind me of sex.