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Karen Applewhite · (#5 (**permalink**))

THE EARLY CENTURY CHRISTIANS AS YOU CAN SEE WERE DEDICATED TO GOD / CHRIST THEREFORE PUSHING THE MOVEMENT OF CHRISIANITY ALONG . THEY WERE FAITHFUL IN FOLLOWING THE WORD (BIBLE) AND THEY WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN PUTTING THE TEACHINGS OF CHRIST INTO ACTION IN THEIR DAILY LIFES , VERY FEW CHRISTIANS TODAY ATTEMPT WHOLEHEARTEDLY TO DO SO BECUASE OF PERHAPS THE STRONG EMPHASISE ON DENYING ONESELF TO FOLLOW CHRISTSTEACHINGS .WHAT I SEE AMONGEST CHRISTIANS TODAYIS THAT THEY AREMORE CONCERNED WITH HOW THEY WILL APPEAR IN MANS EYES RATHER THAN GODS. AND IN UNDERSTANDING CHRIST AS JESUS SAYS IN PHILLIPIANS 2:1-11 FOLLOW GOD AND THIS IS WHERE SALVATION WILL COME ABOUT MANY DESTORT THIS BECUASE THEY DON'T HAVE AN ADEQUATE UNDERSTANDING OF THIER DOCTRINE AND WHAT GOD/CHRIST EXPECTS OF THEM AS FOLLOWERS. AND HE (MEANING JESUS) ALSO UNDERSTOOD THAT EQUALITYWITH GOD WAS NOTSOMETHING TO BE GRASPED, BUT HE MADE HIMSELF (JESUS THAT IS ) A SERVANT ONTO MAN TO TEACH THEM HOW THEY ARE TO LIVE FOR GOD . THAT WAS HARD FOR MANY CHRISTIANS THEN AND EVEN NOW TO ACHIEVE , BECUASE OF THERE OWN SINFUL NATURE AND DESIRE TO FOLLOW SATAN RATHER THAN GOD /CHRIST.

FROM WHAT I OBSERVE TODAY NOT MANY CHRISTIANS HAVE A THOROUGH UNDERSTANDING OF THIER DOCTRINE , FUTHER MORE THE WORD OF GOD AS WRITTEN IN THE TORAH AND NEW TESTMENT HAS BEEN TRANSCRIBE BY SOME AND TRANSLATED BY MANY AND IN THIS PROCESS SOME HAVE ACTUALLY CHANGED THE ORGINAL TEXT OF THE BIBLE IN DOING SO THEY'VE CHANGED THE MEANING AND TEACHINGS TO SOME EXTENT OF CHRIST /GOD AND AS REVELATIONS STATES THOSE THAT ADD OR TAKE AWAY FROM THE WORD (BIBLE ) WILL EXPERIENCE PUNISHMENT BY GOD 10 TIMES OVER (THE PLAGUES). THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT IF YOU'RE A CHRISTIAN TO EXAMINE THE SCRIPTURES STUDY IT AS DID THE BEREANS IN THE BIBLE AND COMMITT YOURSELF TO PUTTING IT INTO PRACTICE ON A DAILY BASES SO THAT YOUR LIFE AND DOCTRINE CAN COINCIDE AT A BALANCE SO THERE WOULDN'T BE ANY MISREPRESENTATION OF THE WORD OF GOD THROUGH YOUR ACTIONS AS A FOLLOWER OF CHRIST. WHETHER IT'S IN 2003 OR ANY CENTURY TILL THE COMING OF GOD !

KAREN, guyflag