{"id":126,"date":"2024-12-09T11:30:21","date_gmt":"2024-12-09T11:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ozwitness.net\/blog\/?p=126"},"modified":"2024-12-09T11:30:21","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T11:30:21","slug":"only-god-defines-christian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ozwitness.net\/blog\/index.php\/only-god-defines-christian\/","title":{"rendered":"Only God defines \u2018Christian\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

And Peter said to them, \u201cRepent <\/strong>and be baptised every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.\u2019 ESV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 1 John 3:4, \u2018Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.<\/strong>\u2019 King James Version.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Ezekiel 18:21, \u2018\u201cBut if a wicked person turns away from all his sins <\/strong>that he has committed and keeps all my statutes [laws]<\/strong>and does what is just and right, he shall surely live; he shall not die.\u201d\u2019ESV\u2026..<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 1 John 2:3-4, \u2018And by this we know that we have come to know him, if <\/strong>we keep his commandments.\u2018 Whoever says \u201cI know him\u201d but does not keep his commandments <\/strong>is a liar, and the truth is not in him,\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 1 John 5:3, \u2018For this is the love of God, <\/strong>that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Mark 12 30-31,\u201cAnd you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart <\/strong>and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. The second is this: \u2018You shall love your neighbour as yourself.\u2019 There is no other commandment greater than these.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Romans 13:10, \u2018If you love others, you will never do them wrong; to love<\/strong>, then, is to obey the whole Law.\u2019 <\/strong>Good news Translation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Acts 2:38, \u2018And Peter said to them, \u201cRepent and be<\/strong>baptised <\/strong>every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

 1John 3:24, \u2018Whoever keeps his commandments abides in God, and God in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given us.\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Acts 5:32,  \u201cAnd we are witnesses to these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Romans 2:13, \u2018For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers <\/strong>of the law who will be justified.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

John 14 17, \u2018even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him.<\/strong>You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 1 Peter 2:21, \u2018For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps.\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Revelation 22:12,14,\u201cAnd, behold, I come quickly; and my reward <\/strong>is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be. Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, <\/strong>and may enter in through the gates into the city.\u201d King James translation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Matthew 7:22,23. \u2018On that day many will say to me, \u2018Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?\u2019 And then will I declare to them, \u2018I never knew you; depart from me, <\/strong>you workers of lawlessness.\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Matthew 7:13-14, \u2018\u201cEnter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Emphasis throughout by editor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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