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| Christ Is The Ultimate Goal Of Christianity by Hiswordxray(m): 5:12pm On Jun 13, 2015 |
What is the goal of a Christian? What exactly are we pursuing as a Christian? This is one question that many Christians had try to answer but the best answer they could come up with is 'heaven'. But is that all? is that all we live for, just to get to heaven? are we only to wait for Christ coming and try to do things that would make us qualify for heaven? No it is not about waiting for Christ or going to heaven there must be more. All through the Scriptures we see God so busy, pursuing something with so much determination. It is almost like He is obsess with it. He deals harshly with whoever or whatever tries to be an obstacle, He gives out complete details of how He want things to be done and He demands that they are don't exactly how He prescribes, He didn't tolerate any mistake. He refused to totally destroy man despite all their sins. He won't give up on a nation who seem to be very stubborn and disobedient. What exactly had made God so restless? What is He so passionate about? We as God's people must know. We must assist God in getting that which He desires. Yes we must be drive by His passion and become obsess with God's obsession. The Christian life is not about pursuing our selfish interest of going to heaven and enjoying for eternity. Oh, how have we become so selfish that we are blinded to see that our God is so hungry for something. But what can that thing be? It is Christ, yes it is Christ that God is so obsess with. Christ is the fulfilment of all the laws, ceremonies and tradition that God prescribed with so much details. They were all meant to be a shadow of the coming reality which is Christ himself (Col 2:16-17; Heb 9:10-11 & 10:1). Yes God is obsess with Christ because he is the visible image of God. God seek to be revealed, He wants the whole creation to see His power, glory and beauty. Jesus understands this that is why on earth he was busy representing God, by doing and speaking only want he had seen of his Father (John 8:28,38; 10:37; 14:12). Jesus desires to glorify his Father through his glorification (John 14:13; 17:1,4-5). When Christ is glorified God is also glorified. Therefore the ultimate goal of a Christian is revealing and glorifying Christ. John made a statement "But this He spoke concerning the Spirit, whom those believing in Him would receive; for the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified." (John 7:39). John is saying the Holy Spirit was not yet given because Jesus had not been glorified. This means that the purpose of the Holy Spirit was to reveal the glorified Christ in and through the believers. The apostles also, earnestly desired the glorification of God through Christ Jesus (Act 4:30), in fact that is what they spend there life doing. The second coming of Christ which we are suppose to hunger for is all about the unveiling of the glorified Christ (2The 1:10). Therefore the ultimate goal of a Christian is to be a vessel by which the Holy Spirit unveil the glorified Christ. As a Christian we are to desire to see Christ being unveiled in all of his glory through our life so that the whole world will see and acknowledge the great and mighty God. The ultimate goal of Christianity is not evangelizing the world neither is it waiting to go to heaven but it is Christ being glorified through his people. |
| Re: Christ Is The Ultimate Goal Of Christianity by Nobody: 5:19pm On Jun 13, 2015 |
How does the above speech/Article help humanity? 1 Like |
| Re: Christ Is The Ultimate Goal Of Christianity by Hiswordxray(m): 5:26pm On Jun 13, 2015 |
ifeness:And how does your trolling help humanity? 1 Like |
| Re: Christ Is The Ultimate Goal Of Christianity by hahn(m): 6:03pm On Jun 13, 2015 |
I'd have to disagree with you. Even by biblical standards, "god sent Jesus for he so loved the world". So, in relaity god is more concerned about the world than he is about christ. That said, christians should focus on making the world a better place through good deeds, positive socialising and discouraging anything that will hinder the growth of the world. There are so many people starving in the world, have you as a christian done anything about it? As a Nigerian do you still drop pure water sachets and other waste on the sides of the road thereby blocking drainages and causing floods thus making contributing to making other people lose their lives and properties. As a christian in government, do you "share the money" instead of using the funds as allocated to you? Do you hate on other christian denominations? Do you discriminate against other religions and condemn anyone who doesn't share your belief to an eternal confinement and suffering in hell? As a christian, do you love your neighbours irrespective of their tribe? Do you bother to put a smile on someone's face for no selfish reason? I believe these are the things god would have wanted if he as real as you paint him to be 1 Like |
| Re: Christ Is The Ultimate Goal Of Christianity by Nobody: 6:07pm On Jun 13, 2015 |
hahn: Great write up. There is hope for humanity if a few people reason like you. Not those puppets who read a book everyday of their lives and yet understood it not. |
| Re: Christ Is The Ultimate Goal Of Christianity by Nobody: 6:11pm On Jun 13, 2015 |
Hiswordxray: It helps checkmate dullards 1 Like |
| Re: Christ Is The Ultimate Goal Of Christianity by Hiswordxray(m): 6:19pm On Jun 13, 2015 |
ifeness:And how does that help humanity? |
| Re: Christ Is The Ultimate Goal Of Christianity by Nobody: 6:21pm On Jun 13, 2015 |
Hiswordxray: To help someone like you make use of his brains for once. 1 Like |
| Re: Christ Is The Ultimate Goal Of Christianity by Hiswordxray(m): 6:26pm On Jun 13, 2015 |
ifeness:Are you saying you are smarter? Is that why you can't differentiate between laws of nature and administrative laws in the other thread? |
| Re: Christ Is The Ultimate Goal Of Christianity by HFOG(f): 9:09pm On Jun 19, 2015 |
ifeness:Isn't it amazing how you're having a conversation with someone you claim isn't using his brain even for once? What does that make you? |
| Re: Christ Is The Ultimate Goal Of Christianity by Hiswordxray(m): 11:00am On Jan 22, 2016 |
hahn: The problem with many Christians is that they don't understand God's ways neither do they understand spiritual things. Do you think human are capable of living the Christian life? Do you think we have what it takes to live the perfect life that God wants us to live? If so, then you are a fool. Yes, you have been fooled. You cannot live the Christian life that is why God sent is Son to come live in us and live the Christian life for us. "Gal 2:20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me." (Gal 2:20) A true Christian is one who has refuse to live so that Christ can live through him. A Christian focus is on the indwelling Christ who seeks to express himself through the Christian. https://www.nairaland.com/2316441/christ-normal-christian-life https://www.nairaland.com/2356583/christ-principle-christian-life#42215261 |
| Re: Christ Is The Ultimate Goal Of Christianity by orisa37: 6:14pm On Jan 22, 2016 |
Jesus is The issue. Jesus is "Issve". He is the way, the truth and the life. He came as The Faith to give eternal life to the faithful. He prayed to classify His faithful in St. John Gospel 17. After fulfilling all Righteousness, He ascended into Heaven and collected The Comforters for all He had prayed for in St John's Gospel. All the 12 Disciples received the Comforter. Paul, Stephen, Timothy, Apollo etc received the Comforter. All the genuinely "Born Again" Christians that you see around this day have the Comforters and have their names written in the book of records. They all also have schedules of Responsibilities in Heaven. May God grant us Knowledge to interpret His words accurately. |
| Re: Christ Is The Ultimate Goal Of Christianity by hahn(m): 7:57am On Jan 23, 2016 |
Hiswordxray: Lol. Utter rubbish of the year  Plaetton, menesheh, johnnydon22, frank317, ichommy, donffd come and see this sh.1t  |
| Re: Christ Is The Ultimate Goal Of Christianity by Hiswordxray(m): 6:54pm On Mar 03, 2018 |
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