Originally posted by Illmatic67
Originally posted by helen670
Abstract......i know that ''love'' alone is not a first class ticket to ''heaven'''
There is alot to consider........living a life like Jesus Christ taught..........He suffered........we suffer
He prayed............we pray
He loved His enemies................ummmmmmm lol..(we love our enemies)
He fasted for 40 days in the desert......we fast for 40 days .....(but not in the desert)
He showed us how to be , by Him living as man on earth ......WORD....LOGOS is Him .........God.........
Christians fast? I have never met a Christian who fast forty days. Jesus wasnt the only one who suffered. Many came before him who probably have
suffered a lot more. Look at Job, he suffered a lot more than Jesus but it seems Christians dont honor him now do they?
Actually Illmatic Christians do fast for 40 days and throughout the year..........
Illmatic.......Christianity today ""modernists '' have changed with the times......but There is true Christianity that lives on.........
The Old Testament is a ''Prefiguration '' of Jesus Christ........Him being born........suffering for all humanity.......and Judging all mankind at
the end of the world...........of that day no man knows but My Father.......means that His earthly life is of flesh........But His Divinity of God the
Father ...knows of that time....
That is why the '''In the beginning was the WORD........
Let US make man in OUR image.......Father, Son ,Holy Spirit........
There are many prefiguring passages in the Old Testament..........of Jesus Christ coming as the world's Saviour........
''''And now the Logos(Word) accepted upon Himself the sentence (of man)
and suffering in the flesh
in behalf of all ,
He granted salvation to all''
''''We were enemies ,
we were reconciled to God by the death of His Son'''[Romans 5 , 10 ]
Then He Himself proclaimed that '''all authority in heaven and on earth hath been given Me ''[Matthew 28 , 18 ]
'''Where is He that is born King of the Jews ?''[Matthew .2 , 2 ]
'''''The Lord said to my Lord ,
sit thou at my mighty right hand ,
until I make thine enemies thy footstool'' [Psalm 109 , 1 ]
'''King of Kings and Lord of Lords ''' [Revelation 17 14; 19 , 16 ]
'''Hath highly exalted Him ,
and given Him a name which is above every name;
that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow , of things in heaven,
and things in earth ,
and things under the earth; and that every tongue should confess that
Jesus Christ is Lord ,
to the glory of God the
Father''' [Phil . 2 , 9 -11 ]
As for prayers and fasting.......it is done in very similar to the ''Muslims'' Bows , head covering in church, many old ''fashion ''
considered by many today..........
Early Christianity still exists today.........only not many follow what is true.....but follow that of '''modern way''.......
People look at ''Western culture '' Roman Catholic Church today and think that , it speaks for all Christians........
Julian Calander.........is the true Church calander......December 25th is not the date of Christmas for many ''old calanderists''' it is 7th of
Jan...........