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Mrs. Mungo addressed this to me: I agree with this and I think there are several other people who would as well. There are several people who have said they still consider themselves Christians but they have struggles with the church. I think that's telling. I have a good grounding in the faith, I definitely believe in Christ as my savior, etc. However, if *I* struggle with the church, how are non-believers supposed to find their way? That's what I was responding to.

GG: I do know that it does say "ALL come to Christ in HIS own time"--which means all of your "heavy heart" and motivation for sharing is doing is driving me away. Far away. YOU do not bring anyone to Christ, HE does. If I am meant to believe, HE will show me. Not you. Your words will do nothing but cause anger and that anger leads to dissolvment. This is exactly right! See you and I can agree on something. :) However, the Bible also says : "But how can people call on him if they have not believed in him? How can they believe in him if they have not heard his message? How can they hear if no one tells the Good News?" That's all I'm doing. I'm sharing the Good News of the Gospel. It also says something about "the worst thing a Christian can do is to be a stumbling block for others".. this isn't just in reference to Christians, yanno. It also means for you to not be any kind of stumbling block for a non-believer, to Christ. And words like what you keep saying are just that. Whether you believe this or not, that is how it is. Of course, this isn't my intention. But I would point you to this verse- The Gospel itself can be a stumbling block according to Scripture. Jesus said. "But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumbling block, and unto the Greeks foolishness (1 Cor. 1:23). GG, I'm not trying to offend you, but I will share the truth of Scripture without reservation because I believe it to be the foundation of Christian beliefs.

J. Griff, this post was written because I was addressed and asked a question by a poster. I answered it. :) My OP was to offer a different perspective, and it can be accepted or rejected. I tried to stay as close to Scripture in offering my perspective as I could. I'm aware that not everyone accepts Scripture as the basis of truth, but my motivation is sincere.

Mrs. Mungo, you said: I agree with this and I think there are several other people who would as well. There are several people who have said they still consider themselves Christians but they have struggles with the church. I think that's telling. I have a good grounding in the faith, I definitely believe in Christ as my savior, etc. However, if *I* struggle with the church, how are non-believers supposed to find their way? I addressed GG the way I did because she said she had backed away from "Christianity" - not a church. Perhaps she meant churches, but I understand "Christianity" to mean a belief system. There's no doubt that churches and Christians have failed to behave in a Christ-like manner at times. I have been in lousy churches and wonderful churches. Some churches are being led by the Spirit and some are just social organizations meant to make people feel better about themselves. I'm reminded of the exhortations to the various churches in the NT, and how they measured up in some areas and failed miserably in others. However, that does not relieve a person from the responsibility they have before God. All of us will stand before Him and give account. There will be no excuses accepted. Either we will have the blood of Christ covering our sin or we will not. If we have Christ's blood covering our sin, we will be exonerated on that basis and that basis alone. Man's guilt is what will condemn him, and there will be no exceptions based on how poorly he was treated by people proclaiming to be Christians. I don't say that in a heartless way. I totally understand what you're saying. (and GG, too) My heart is heavy at the thought of the rejection of Christ based on flawed people. But it is not love to not stress the importance of making a choice to follow Christ while we still have the choice. BTW, My motivation for sharing my thoughts does not lie in my desire to be proven right or be self-righteous or to preach. I'm motivated by a deep longing to see others come to Christ - and thus, be reconciled to God. In doing so, I'm fully aware that it will offend some - but Scripture tells me that the Gospel is on offense to some. God bless.

That's fine, GG. That's your call. :) I do want to clarify that I was not singling you out as a sinner. It's the condition of every, single person who has ever been born (other than Jesus). I am a sinner of great magnitude. Paul said he chiefest of sinners. The point of my post was to say that sin separates us from God -not other Christians.

GG, you said: "I do quite well, thank you very much. Which is another reason I chose to back away from Christianity. I am tired of all the restrictions and the assumptions that I must be one way and only one way and I can't possibly be a Christian if I'm not that way (to stress, I realize YOU didn't say this). Which is why I do quite well. I am not limited to "only" Church, I go ALL over, to many places some here would drive by crossing themselves. :) I go clubbing, I drink, I socialize with my friends, I get out of the house all the time. Church is not the end all be all of socialization and because I realize that.." I'm new to the forum, so I realize that you don't "know" me at all. This thread caught my attention, however, and I wanted to just address some of the posts. I haven't read very many of the responses, so forgive me if this has already been pointed out. I'm sorry that Christians have left such a bad taste in your mouth. Your response to the way you've been treated is to "back away" from Christianity. This is because so many people today have been sold a bill of goods that will lead to that. Becoming a Christian is not about what's in it for you. (Or me, or anyone else.) It begins with a realization that one has offended a Holy God with our sin. When we see ourselves through God's eyes, see how we are separated from Him because of our offense against Him, it becomes a question of how we can rectify that gap. Not a question of how we can make Christians act the way we want, or why Christians don't measure up. Christianity is not a "club" that we join and leave if the members disappoint. Salvation is between you and God. It's realizing that you are a sinner with no hope of reconciliation with God unless your sins are forgiven. How does one receive that forgiveness? By repenting of our sin (turning from it and to God) receiving Jesus' work on the cross as payment for sin, (the Bible says that without the shedding of blood there's no forgiveness of sin) and giving our entire selves to Him to lead and direct as He sees fit. When looked at that way, there's no reason to "back away" from Christianity because it's no longer about you and your disappointments. It's about realizing that you have the choice of living with God in heaven or being separated from Him. God Bless!