Do you know what sets True Christianity apart from other religions?

[Kathi]

The difference is,we acknowledge that Christ is the Son of God,and He rose from the dead and died for our sins...No other religion in the world claims,or can claim that fact.........

I will agree with that.Jesus Christ is the difference

 

[gr8grace3]

as we allow the Holy Spirit to convict us of wrong thinking, so that we can see the error of our ways, that cause us to die,

IMHO, this is why most Christians will say that Christianity is just another religion.

The Holy Spirit convicts us of ONE thing.......unbelief .......John 16:9.
If we believe, the holy Spirit show us right thinking, so that we can see right thinking, that causes us to LIVE abundantly.
John 10:10~~New American Standard Bible
"The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.

 

[4afaithfulone]

The difference is,we acknowledge that Christ is the Son of God,and He rose from the dead and died for our sins...No other religion in the world claims,or can claim that fact.........

True, but there is much more to learn about our God than to just stop there!. Saved to live again, and having some rewards when you get there is another thing. You do understand about overcoming the temptations of the devil so that you will have some rewards right?
The Holy Spirit is our guide to help with us, by reminding us of the Word so we know what stance we should take when temptations come. We are to know him and Stand firm on the Word, the Rock of our Salvation.
I tell you this so that you don't buy into the deception that we have no works to do. We could not buy our salvation with our good works because we did not have the Spirit of God to help us. Christ died so that we could have a better covenant than those who did not have the Spirit to help them. No man can call Jesus Lord without the Spirit of God, This does not mean that no man can SAY the words Jesus is Lord, it means to actually obey him as Lord. For even the demons knew that he was the Son of God, but it did not help them one bit.
Matt 8:28 And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.
29 And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?
KJV
Rev 2:7 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.
KJV
Rev 3:5 He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
KJV

We must be built up on the Word of God if we claim to be the temple of God. In the beginning was The Word......
1 Cor 3:11 For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
12 Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;
13 Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is.
14 If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.
15 If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.
KJV

 

[4afaithfulone]

I will agree with that.Jesus Christ is the difference

You betcha,
Rev 19:11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
12 His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.
13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
14 And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
KJV

 

[4afaithfulone]

IMHO, this is why most Christians will say that Christianity is just another religion.

The Holy Spirit convicts us of ONE thing.......unbelief .......John 16:9.
If we believe, the holy Spirit show us right thinking, so that we can see right thinking, that causes us to LIVE abundantly.
John 10:10~~New American Standard Bible
"The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.

The thief is the devil, and he steals your blessings, kills your spirit, and destroys you with making us lawless! God hates sin for it ruins lives and corrupts the world.
True, the Spirit show us it, but we must still make a choice to follow Christ or not. Do you ever receive consequences for your actions? You do, because we all step out of line once in a while, but thy Rod and thy staff thy, comfort us. The Good Shepherd will not let us stray, he will take out his Rod and chastise, to get you back in line with the Spirit.

Yes, you gain life more abundantly as you move and grow in Christ, learning how to walk In & With the Word, for God's Word is His love, the Son of His love.
Here you will see the works of our flesh that displeases God, that if any of them are present in our ways, then GOD says, we are not walking in the Spirit.
Gal 5:18 But IF ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.
19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
24 And they that are Christ's HAVE crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
KJV

 

[n2thelight]

True, but there is much more to learn about our God than to just stop there!. Saved to live again, and having some rewards when you get there is another thing. You do understand about overcoming the temptations of the devil so that you will have some rewards right?
The Holy Spirit is our guide to help with us, by reminding us of the Word so we know what stance we should take when temptations come. We are to know him and Stand firm on the Word, the Rock of our Salvation.
I tell you this so that you don't buy into the deception that we have no works to do. We could not buy our salvation with our good works because we did not have the Spirit of God to help us. Christ died so that we could have a better covenant than those who did not have the Spirit to help them. No man can call Jesus Lord without the Spirit of God, This does not mean that no man can SAY the words Jesus is Lord, it means to actually obey him as Lord. For even the demons knew that he was the Son of God, but it did not help them one bit.
Matt 8:28 And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.
29 And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?
KJV
Rev 2:7 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.
KJV
Rev 3:5 He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
KJV

We must be built up on the Word of God if we claim to be the temple of God. In the beginning was The Word......
1 Cor 3:11 For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
12 Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;
13 Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is.
14 If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.
15 If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.
KJV

I understand all that you've just said and I agree,however I was just going with the basic,ie where the rubber meets the road.......

 

[4afaithfulone]

IMHO, this is why most Christians will say that Christianity is just another religion.

The Holy Spirit convicts us of ONE thing.......unbelief .......John 16:9.
If we believe, the holy Spirit show us right thinking, so that we can see right thinking, that causes us to LIVE abundantly.
John 10:10~~New American Standard Bible
"The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.

The thief is the devil, and he steals your blessings, kills your spirit, and destroys you with making us lawless! God hates sin for it ruins lives and corrupts the world.
True, the Spirit show us it, but we must still make a choice to follow Christ or not. Do you ever receive consequences for your actions? You do, because we all step out of line once in a while, but thy Rod and thy staff thy, comfort us. The Good Shepherd will not let us stray, he will take out his Rod and chastise, to get you back in line with the Spirit.

Yes, you gain life more abundantly as you move and grow in Christ, learning how to walk In & With the Word, for God's Word is His love, the Son of His love.
Here you will see the works of our flesh that displeases God, that if any of them are present in our ways, then GOD says, we are not walking in the Spirit.
Gal 5:18 But IF ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.
19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
24 And they that are Christ's HAVE crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
KJV

 

[4afaithfulone]

I understand all that you've just said and I agree,however I was just going with the basic,ie where the rubber meets the road.......

The point of my Op is to show that In Christ we have help by the indwelling Spirit to be able to overcome our sinful ways. Where as all other religions just tell us not sin, including the Old covenant. That is why we have the better covenant that is being written in our hearts, not just on paper. Looking at it changes no one, it must be taught and then come from the heart to do it. That is what sets Christianity apart, for it is the only religion that works within us to help bring the change.
Blessings

 

[Deborah13]

Great question in the title: 'Do you know what sets True Christianity apart from other religions?'
What sets Christianity apart from all other beliefs regarding God is Christ crucified and resurrected, for our righteousness and salvation!

That's it....We have a Redeemer.

 

[Fish Catcher Jim]

True, there are many aspects of TRUE Christianity that sets it apart from other religions who just tell men how to be good, but can do nothing in the inwardly to help them to be able to do them as God has made a way through receiving Christ does.

It is the work of the indwelling Spirit and Word that is the only way, truth and the life.
John 6:63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
KJV

The Grace or Mercy of God is a big part, because without it, we are doomed! But this does not mean that we don't need to change anything, that God loves us in our filth and wants to keep us that way, struggling in life due to our disobedience to Christ/His Word. He does care and hopes that many see that their works are evil so they can humble themselves in repentance (to turn away from their sin) to submission to His Word/Christ to be saved. That is why He sacrificed His own Son to reunite us to Himself by His Spirit, so that we can feed on the Bread of life, to renew our minds and be raised from being dead to God, to alive in Christ for a life more abundant and beautiful in peace, goodness, health etc....That we had before the fall of man.
Rom 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
KJV
Grace was given for the fact that we Were all carnal(self survival as the beasts) in our actions of our fallen nature due to sinful ways in thought and actions that have been passed down through godless generations who do not know or value God's wisdom, but who are their own gods making many destructive decisions that have ruined everything(Except God of course). Man came up short of the glory that God made His man in. We must not allow ourselves to be deceived by smooth talkers who say sin is no longer the issue because Jesus took it away as if God is allowing us to live sinful now. Sin always suffers consequences, but as we are learning how to walk in His Word as babes of the Spirit, we have repentance to be forgiven because we took it to God and did not hide it. Correction, TRY to hide it , nothing can hide from God. The Spirit helps us to get back up to keep walking.
We could not please God with bulls blood once a year to be able to walk another year in our dog eat dog ways that changes no one.
He wants obedience to His Word for our own good. God hates sin and always will because He knows it destroys the family unit, causes us to be diseased for rejecting to hear His Voice(Jesus The Word), causes perversions, hatefullness, destroys the earth, the animals, our nations by bringing His plagues upon our food supplies, our oceans, our cities, children, marriages and our love for one another's well being, to walk in this life in peace not fear!
Our grace is that He has given us MORE time to get it together so that we are not destroyed, as those who reject Him and His Word as their Lord to live by, will be.
We must not think that grace is an ok to continue a life of sin, for sin kills us and puts us in hell.
We are to be growing in grace to be merciful as our Father is and in the grace period that Christ bought for us, as we are formed into his image(attributes). No longer just hearing the law, but not able in our own fallen nature or fleshly strength to obey the law, but eventually doers of the law by our daily sacrificing our bodies as living sacrifices as the Word and the Spirit cut and burn away the lusts of our flesh that hold us back from the blessings of God to manifest in our lives. To overcome them and hopefully be found worthy to escape all that is coming upon the earth and stand face to face with Christ as one looking in a mirror and see's HIMSELF and you look exactly as HE is.

Hello Sis,
Here is one more for this thread. It bothers me big time when i run across a Christian like this as well.
Too many born again brothers and sisters in the body of Christ are carnal minded. They complain about God not doing this or that and give more authority to the tv man then they do God.
A born again Christian who thinks like the world or has not renewed their mind is carnal minded and some one that is not a Christian or born again is simply a natural man.. The only difference is the title in their thinking and actions for the most part but at least the carnal minded Christian is saved.

These are the people who are constantly going against what a renewed minded Christians believes and limit God and blame God and except defeat that the devil brings them.This should not be so but the world is full of them and it breaks my heart. Any way I just wanted to add this....
Have a wonderful day
Jim

 

[Fish Catcher Jim]

This is a circular argument. Christianity very much is a religion.

Oh I do not agree with that. Christianity is a relationship with the Father and creator through Christ Jesus.
Religion will get you killed and in lack and defeat.

 

[Fish Catcher Jim]

It's circular because in your premises you are presuming a definition of religion that precludes Christianity from being a religion and then conclude that Christianity is therefore not a religion.

That Christianity offers grace and not works in no way whatsoever means that Christianity is not a religion. I suggest looking up the definition of religion in any dictionary or sociological textbook.

Are these text books or dictionaries saved or born again or know the heart of God or even go to the cross for you ?
Why would you use a secular view point on anything about God ?
Just wondering Brother.
Blessings
Jim

 

[Fish Catcher Jim]

Just like the Law of God is good and true, it does not solve the problem. Just like all the laws we have in this world today are just witness to Gods truth. You cant stop a drunk driver, you cant stop someone speeding on the roads, you cannot stop greedy person taking under size fish for a feed, you cannot stop hater cause haters always gone hate. and so on, so on.

A law cannot make a human being perfect and mostly its just a religious ideaology. Mans dictatorship.

Spiritual laws will solve problems if they are used correctly......

 

[Free]

Oh I do not agree with that. Christianity is a relationship with the Father and creator through Christ Jesus.
Religion will get you killed and in lack and defeat.

Well, you're free to disagree like the others, but, like the others, you are wrong for doing so.

 

[Free]

Are these text books or dictionaries saved or born again or know the heart of God or even go to the cross for you ?
Why would you use a secular view point on anything about God ?
Just wondering Brother.
Blessings
Jim

Those questions are completely irrelevant as to whether or not Christianity is a religion.

 

[By Grace]

Well, you're free to disagree like the others, but, like the others, you are wrong for doing so.

Those questions are completely irrelevant as to whether or not Christianity is a religion.

You asked another poster for a definition of "religion" , and he replied. He has asked you to reciprocate with your definition. I have not seen that coming from you.

Because you have not supplied your definition, do you not think it is counter productive to discuss your views on the definition of religion without providing the evidence of your definition?

So far, it seems to be the case that you are supplying your opinion, and essentially saying that your opinion rises above what the others have posted. Discussion is a two-way street, friend.

 

[Free]

You asked another poster for a definition of "religion" , and he replied. He has asked you to reciprocate with your definition. I have not seen that coming from you.

Because you have not supplied your definition, do you not think it is counter productive to discuss your views on the definition of religion without providing the evidence of your definition?

So far, it seems to be the case that you are supplying your opinion, and essentially saying that your opinion rises above what the others have posted. Discussion is a two-way street, friend.

I have given it at least twice and I'll give it again. Please read what I write:

"I am willing to use any dictionary or sociological definition of religion that you can find."

I thought it was pretty obvious.

 

[Deborah13]

I have given it at least twice and I'll give it again. Please read what I write:

"I am willing to use any dictionary or sociological definition of religion that you can find."

I thought it was pretty obvious.

I think, Free, that people have misunderstood the difference between the definition of religion and the idea of acting religious but not being religious. There is nothing wrong with being religious; devoted, pious, faithful, etc.
I don't know how it happened that the words religion and religious have taken on distasteful and inaccurate, slang definitions.
Christianity is definitely a religion.

 

[Jesse]

The point of my Op is to show that In Christ we have help by the indwelling Spirit to be able to overcome our sinful ways. Where as all other religions just tell us not sin, including the Old covenant. That is why we have the better covenant that is being written in our hearts, not just on paper. Looking at it changes no one, it must be taught and then come from the heart to do it. That is what sets Christianity apart, for it is the only religion that works within us to help bring the change.
Blessings

What sets Christianity apart is God came to us, not the other way around - that is the difference. It's definitely not religion that works in us, it's God, right?

After all, not everyone will accept Him, which doesn't change what sets Christianity apart. What you have stated is that it's necessary for the work to happen in a person in order for Christianity to be set apart, we know this is not going to happen because not everyone will be changed by Christianity. The logical answer is, God came to us first is what sets Christianity apart.

For believers, the internal change God does on our hearts, I agree with you for it is no longer I, but Christ living in me, this is why we are able to walk as Christ.

 

[By Grace]

I have given it at least twice and I'll give it again. Please read what I write:
"I am willing to use any dictionary or sociological definition of religion that you can find."
I thought it was pretty obvious.

I did as I did because I interpreted your comments (where I made them red) as being somewhat hostile to the poster.

Free said: ↑
Well, you're free to disagree like the others, but, like the others, you are wrong for doing so.
Those questions are completely irrelevant as to whether or not Christianity is a religion.

So the first question I gotta ask is "Did I misinterpret your intention? If I did, then it is my bad.

The second question I need to ask (ONLY for the sake of clarification) is where do you place yourself in the spectrum of conservative vs liberal? By that, I mean conservative on one end (meaning believing in the full plenary inspiration of Scripture and inerrancy in the original writings) and liberal in the other end (meaning that the Bible is unreliable, and simply a a series of made-up events, not related to other stories, and not inspired by God.

I am asking that because your answer about the unique nature of Christianity is determined in a very large part to how one answers question 2. Without raising any red flags, I am sure that people on each end of the conservative to liberal continuum will surely have differing viewpoints. Do you agree that is indeed the case?