If you are a Christian,  don’t be surprise when you discover that the people who will to give you the hardest time, are not those who do not  know Jesus Christ, but, it will be those who claim to know Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. Yes, it will be fellow Christians,who will probably give you the most difficult time. This, however, is not really unusual, because, it was always the people, who claimed to know God, who gave the prophets of the Lord, such a difficult time. This was also the case with Jesus Christ, who met the hostility of the Jewish priests and the Sadduccees, who were the religious leaders at that time, and, it was their entrenched hatred, and bitterness,which brought about his death on the cross. King David, experience the same thing in Psalms 55: 1-23, in which he clearly expressed in verses, 13, and 14, how he was deceived by a fellow believer, that he thought was his friend. So, as a Christian, don’t become discouraged, if you as facing a great deal of animosity and chaos from your fellow Christian sisters and brothers. Remember, as I pointed out in the article on, ” The Christian “, that the bible reveals different levels of spiritual growth, and as Christians, we are all at different levels of spiritual development. John P. Newport and William Cannon, years ago, wrote a book entitled, “Why Christians Fight Over the Bible”, brought out some of the problems, that Christians have among themselves. Christians must understand, that it is not the denomination, which makes one born again, it is the individual accepting Jesus Christ as his or her Lord and Savior. Therefore, it does not matter whether one is Baptists, Methodists, Church Of Christ, Episcopalians, or the Church Of God And Christ. When one has accepted Jesus Christ as his or her Lord and Savior, that individual is saved by the grace of God. Being born again, does not mean that one does not sin anymore, but, as an individual continues to grow spiritually, he or she will sin less. Being born again, does not means that one has to be in church, every time the doors are open up. Don’t listen to fellow Christians, who will tell you, that you are not saved, if you do not speak in tongues, because that is not biblical. As a Christian, one can still listen to some secular music and go to the movies, however, one must be careful about, what type of music, he or she listens to, and what type of movies, he or she goes to see. Living for Jesus Christ, is not bondage, but it is freedom, so don’t let other so-called Christians, put you in illegitimate bondage.

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