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Trusting you all had a peaceful Sunday!

Hence, my arrival.

Many times as I look, I realize that people have gotten themselves too interested/involved in complex doctrines and deep knowledge, so much so that they forget the basics of their religion— the simple and most important things that matter.

Before you engage in one foolish quest for controversial knowledge, ask yourself this:
The thief on the cross, what did he achieve on that cross, that made him qualify for Paradise?
Is it by the amount of good things he had been doing? Or maybe by the amount of the knowledge of Christ in him?
Or maybe he just happened to fulfill the basics of Christianity?

This thread is my POV, I'll try to make it simple and Scriptural. It will contain some of the fundamentals of Christianity.
Might also be different from what you learnt, but generally, nothing new or hideous.

This thread is for people who are struggling to understand where to start from in their Christian journey, and also for people who are lost and don't understand where to continue from.

Of course objection is allowed as long as it is done in a civilized manner.
I trust Nairalanders

What do I gain if don't start by defining Christianity?
Is it a religion? Why do different Churches have contradicting doctrines?

I heard someone say “I'm not a Christian, I'm a Believer” and I would really want to agree with her.
The word Christianity has been abused, but there's no other word to replace it for now. The word 'Believer' is an understatement.

Don't let anyone confuse you.
In simplest terms: Christianity is the stage, where after believing in Christ, you're actively trying to be like Him.

The main thing I want to share is this, which I will call The 3 Foundations of Christianity: Faith — Hope — Love.

I'll explain better.

These are the basic things that should be found in the lives of anybody that is trying to achieve Christ-likeness, just as Christ's own disciples.

A reference to these characteristics is seen when Paul is giving a lengthy message to the Corinthians on how they should live.
He goes on to voice the famous 1 Corinthians 13:13:
“And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love; but the greatest of these is love.”

These three, must remain in us...

Faith

Faith is a complex word that has been misunderstood and misused to mean the simple act of 'believing'.
I think Faith is better defined as BELIEVE + TRUST combined.
As opposed to the idea that faith is believing God will answer prayers, I think it's more accurate to say:
Faith is believing in God, and trusting that He is God.

[Task: Look up the meaning/implication of the word 'God']

And by this, you are believing that He's your God, your Lord, he will answer your prayers, and if He doesn't answer you're trusting that He knows better.
You are also believing that all He says is true. You're trusting that His actions are the best actions, and that all His actions are justified.
You're trusting that He is almighty, all loving, just and true.
It's hard to wrap your head around all the implications of this word.

‭Hebrews 11:1 EASY‬ Version
“This is what it means to trust God: We will be sure about the things that we hope for. We will be sure in our minds about things that we cannot even see.”

The word 'trust' is the word translated as faith.

In fact, I'm tempted to say faith is all about the TRUST aspect. The BELIEVING comes as a result of the TRUST.
This explains the concept of Faith as a noun (like calling ourselves people of the Faith).
But yes, you do need to BELIEVE first, then BELIEVE brings TRUST, then the TRUST continues to yield BELIEVE.

Faith comes by hearing God's Words.

Now as a Christian-to-be, you need to have faith (BELIEVE + TRUST) in God.
You need to believe that God sent Christ to teach us His ways and atone for our sins.
All this is Scripture, so in essence, you need to TRUST in God and BELIEVE the Scriptures.

Now, when you begin your walk with God (in trying to be Christ-like), you'll need to keep on TRUSTING in God in order to do as He instructs, this is where your faith is developed into a driving force that influences your actions, in Bible terms, 'your works'.
At this stage, your faith is not that small sensation anymore.
Your faith is what defines you (your Christianity)

“You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe—and tremble!
But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead?
‭Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar?” — James 2

At this stage, you suddenly read through Hebrews 11, where you find different people and the relationship between their faith and their actions.

Again, this is a brief explanation.

You see that faith is responsible for making you a Christian in the first place, then it helps you throughout.
By faith, you get answers to prayers, by it, you obey God and do His will.

‭Hebrews 11:1
“Now faith is the assurance of what we hope for and the certainty of what we do not see...”

What is this thing that we 'hope for'?

Hope

There's the hope where you hope in God for something you need in the present.
Then there's the hope in God for something you need far in the future, as far as The Resurrection.

When I refer to hope, I refer to The Hope of our Resurrection.

This is a topic that isn't being talked about enough, and rightly so.
Already, most of us hope for a life after death (a RESURRECTION), so why bother convincing you to hope for it again?

I won't say much on this, but let's re-examine Hebrews 11:
‭
“[1] Now faith is the assurance of what we hope for and the certainty of what we do not see...”

(Please do read the verses I've skipped)

After Paul established that faith is a product of what we hope for, and after speaking on a number of people who displayed massive actions due to their faith, Paul says these,
‭
“[13] All these people died in faith, without having received the things they were promised. However, they saw them and welcomed them from afar. And they acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.
[14] Now those who say such things show that they are seeking a country of their own.
[15] If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return.
[16] Instead, they were longing for a better country, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.
[39] These were all commended for their faith, yet they did not receive what was promised.
[40] God had planned something better for us, so that together with us they would be made perfect.”

How strange!
But read again, then connect the dots.

- These people being referred to, had faith.
- They were promised, and hence hoped for a better country.
- They died without getting what they hoped for.
- God has prepared a City for them
- They'll be made perfect along with us

It's easy to connect dots without much explanation.
The Pharisees also believed in Resurrection of the Dead and Jesus confirmed it.

Just in case, I'll drop ‭Mark 12:
“[18] Then the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Jesus and questioned Him:
[19] “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man is to marry his brother’s widow and raise up offspring for him.
[20] Now there were seven brothers. The first one married and died, leaving no children.
[21] Then the second one married the widow, but he also died and left no children. And the third did likewise.
[22] In this way, none of the seven left any children. And last of all, the woman died.
[23] In the resurrection, then, whose wife will she be? For all seven were married to her.”
[24] Jesus said to them, “Aren’t you mistaken, because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God?
[25] When the dead rise, they will neither marry nor be given in marriage. Instead, they will be like the angels in heaven.
[26] But concerning the dead rising, have you not read about the burning bush in the Book of Moses, how God told him, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’?
[27] He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are badly mistaken!””

In case you haven't seen the point, I'll say this much: The Hope, is for a Resurrection into a better world, as Scriptures confirm.

Read through again with this mindset, especially the Scriptures.

Love

Perhaps the most ignored of all these foundations.

What is love?
What do you practice as love?
Do you practice even your own definition of love?

To be very clear, there's LUST, then there's love, and there's LOVE.
None of them should ever be used in the wrong context.

I won't spend your time explaining LUST and the affectionate cuddly kind of love we are all familiar with.
In our walk with God, what we need is pure LOVE.

I think it's good to let you know, first of all, that the Christian walk is all aimed at 'being like Christ'. Christ is as God, hence 'being like Christ' means 'being like God'.
Also, Scriptures explain that God is LOVE, hence, 'being like God' means 'being an embodiment of LOVE'

If you go on to continue reading Mark 12 (verses 28-34), you'll see that the greatest and second greatest commandment.
It is also the greatest achievement as far as I know (remember 1 Corinthians 13:13).

Mark 12 says that the greatest commandment is to love God all in all, and that the second greatest commandment is to love your neighbors as yourself.
All the sacrifices and religious doings are nowhere near.

Let's look at Scriptures to achieve definitions of LOVE.

Old but gold, going back up to the early parts of 1 Corinthians 13, we see:
“[4] Love is patient, love is kind.
It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
[5] It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs.
[6] Love takes no pleasure in evil, but rejoices in the truth.
[7] It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
[8] Love never fails...”

Permit me to add, if your love doesn't contain all these, it is NOT genuine.

LOVE doesn't end as a warm feeling in the heart anytime you worship God.
Many times, that's just the strong presence of God that you're feeling.

LOVE is very practical, in fact, ‭1 John 5:3,
“For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome...”

You see how to LOVE God? It's practical, not just emotional.

“If you love me, you will keep My commandments...”

(You should also read the whole of 1 John 5, it's very enlightening)

But while we're still on it, let's go back to the earliest parts of 1 Corinthians 13:

“Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal.
And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing.”

You should quickly get a kerchief and find a corner to weep...
You should flare up and rip your clothes off your chest!

Cos how on Earth do I give my body to burned, but it ends up as nothing, simply because there was no love involved‽

Unfortunately, that's the shocking reality.
LOVE is the greatest, it shouldn't be neglected.

But you can't just wake up, take a deep breath and start LOVING right?
Here's a little guide that can be helpful in achieving LOVE.

“For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith virtue; and to virtue, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love.
For if you possess these qualities and continue to grow in them, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.” — 2 Peter 1:5-8.

You may want to call it The Seven Steps To Love.
Faith ⟹ Virtue (goodness) ⟹ Knowledge (in Christ) ⟹ Self-Control ⟹ Perseverance ⟹ Godliness ⟹ Brotherly Kindness ⟹ LOVE.

You walk slowly and build on these things, take LOVE as the overall achievement...

This is all I'll be sharing in what I consider The Basics of Christianity.
Any Christian built on these 3 Foundations, with Christ as the cornerstone is on the right path.

Again, this is very basic.
These are not the basic teachings you should learn in order to understand Christianity (there are a lot more to learn).
These are just things to note about your own self.

Lest I forget... WhatsDifficult, this thread is inspired by you.

PulsingPurple:
Lest I forget... WhatsDifficult, this thread is inspired by you.

You remembered
Tnx so much

If I have a question shud I ask here or?

Is Lyk I have many questions

PulsingPurple:
The main thing I want to share is this, which I will call The 3 Foundations of Christianity: Faith — Hope — Love.

I'll explain better.

These are the basic things that should be found in the lives of anybody that is trying to achieve Christ-likeness, just as Christ's own disciples.

A reference to these characteristics is seen when Paul is giving a lengthy message to the Corinthians on how they should live.
He goes on to voice the famous 1 Corinthians 13:13:
“And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love; but the greatest of these is love.”

These three, must remain in us...

OK I really like the way u explain everything
Let me ask this one first
Faith hope and love, you say it is the main things of this christian matter, but how will somebody take balance all 3? Abi is there anyone that is more important?
How will somebody know if he has all this things and is now ready to be a christian
What if u are trying but you cannot have love the way u explained

PulsingPurple:
Faith

Faith is a complex word that has been misunderstood and misused to mean the simple act of 'believing'.
I think Faith is better defined as BELIEVE + TRUST combined.
As opposed to the idea that faith is believing God will answer prayers, I think it's more accurate to say:
Faith is believing in God, and trusting that He is God.

[Task: Look up the meaning/implication of the word 'God']

And by this, you are believing that He's your God, your Lord, he will answer your prayers, and if He doesn't answer you're trusting that He knows better.
You are also believing that all He says is true. You're trusting that His actions are the best actions, and that all His actions are justified.
You're trusting that He is almighty, all loving, just and true.
It's hard to wrap your head around all the implications of this word.

‭Hebrews 11:1 EASY‬ Version
“This is what it means to trust God: We will be sure about the things that we hope for. We will be sure in our minds about things that we cannot even see.”

The word 'trust' is the word translated as faith.

In fact, I'm tempted to say faith is all about the TRUST aspect. The BELIEVING comes as a result of the TRUST.
This explains the concept of Faith as a noun (like calling ourselves people of the Faith).
But yes, you do need to BELIEVE first, then BELIEVE brings TRUST, then the TRUST continues to yield BELIEVE.

Faith comes by hearing God's Words.

Now as a Christian-to-be, you need to have faith (BELIEVE + TRUST) in God.
You need to believe that God sent Christ to teach us His ways and atone for our sins.
All this is Scripture, so in essence, you need to TRUST in God and BELIEVE the Scriptures.

Now, when you begin your walk with God (in trying to be Christ-like), you'll need to keep on TRUSTING in God in order to do as He instructs, this is where your faith is developed into a driving force that influences your actions, in Bible terms, 'your works'.
At this stage, your faith is not that small sensation anymore.
Your faith is what defines you (your Christianity)

“You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe—and tremble!
But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead?
‭Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar?” — James 2

At this stage, you suddenly read through Hebrews 11, where you find different people and the relationship between their faith and their actions.

Again, this is a brief explanation.

You see that faith is responsible for making you a Christian in the first place, then it helps you throughout.
By faith, you get answers to prayers, by it, you obey God and do His will.

‭Hebrews 11:1
“Now faith is the assurance of what we hope for and the certainty of what we do not see...”

What is this thing that we 'hope for'?

Even this thing of faith without work I don't really understand
So if I just sit down in my house and hav faith in God but I don't do anything it means my fate is fake or what

Another question, how will somebody know which teaching is correct?
Upon all the churches that have different explanation, how will someone know the one to believe

PulsingPurple:
Love

Perhaps the most ignored of all these foundations.

What is love?
What do you practice as love?
Do you practice even your own definition of love?

To be very clear, there's LUST, then there's love, and there's LOVE.
None of them should ever be used in the wrong context.

I won't spend your time explaining LUST and the affectionate cuddly kind of love we are all familiar with.
In our walk with God, what we need is pure LOVE.

I think it's good to let you know, first of all, that the Christian walk is all aimed at 'being like Christ'. Christ is as God, hence 'being like Christ' means 'being like God'.
Also, Scriptures explain that God is LOVE, hence, 'being like God' means 'being an embodiment of LOVE'

If you go on to continue reading Mark 12 (verses 28-34), you'll see that the greatest and second greatest commandment.
It is also the greatest achievement as far as I know (remember 1 Corinthians 13:13).

Mark 12 says that the greatest commandment is to love God all in all, and that the second greatest commandment is to love your neighbors as yourself.
All the sacrifices and religious doings are nowhere near.

Let's look at Scriptures to achieve definitions of LOVE.

Old but gold, going back up to the early parts of 1 Corinthians 13, we see:
“[4] Love is patient, love is kind.
It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
[5] It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs.
[6] Love takes no pleasure in evil, but rejoices in the truth.
[7] It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
[8] Love never fails...”

Permit me to add, if your love doesn't contain all these, it is NOT genuine.

LOVE doesn't end as a warm feeling in the heart anytime you worship God.
Many times, that's just the strong presence of God that you're feeling.

LOVE is very practical, in fact, ‭1 John 5:3,
“For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome...”

You see how to LOVE God? It's practical, not just emotional.

“If you love me, you will keep My commandments...”

(You should also read the whole of 1 John 5, it's very enlightening)

But while we're still on it, let's go back to the earliest parts of 1 Corinthians 13:

“Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal.
And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing.”

You should quickly get a kerchief and find a corner to weep...
You should flare up and rip your clothes off your chest!

Cos how on Earth do I give my body to burned, but it ends up as nothing, simply because there was no love involved‽

Unfortunately, that's the shocking reality.
LOVE is the greatest, it shouldn't be neglected.

But you can't just wake up, take a deep breath and start LOVING right?
Here's a little guide that can be helpful in achieving LOVE.

“For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith virtue; and to virtue, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love.
For if you possess these qualities and continue to grow in them, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.” — 2 Peter 1:5-8.

You may want to call it The Seven Steps To Love.
Faith ⟹ Virtue (goodness) ⟹ Knowledge (in Christ) ⟹ Self-Control ⟹ Perseverance ⟹ Godliness ⟹ Brotherly Kindness ⟹ LOVE.

You walk slowly and build on these things, take LOVE as the overall achievement...

I really like this one the way you explain
The only problem I always have is this place of love is how can someone love a bad person
Like for instance somebody is always doing the same bad thing everytime to you, how can you still say you love the person without pretending?

Then the last thing is rapture
For me dis is the main thing I don't understand how to believe
No evidence to trust apart from the bible
Lyk I said I'm not a christian but I am trying to follow God in the correct way, that's y I said am a believer not a christian

WhatsDifficult:
Even this thing of faith without work I don't really understand
So if I just sit down in my house and hav faith in God but I don't do anything it means my fate is fake or what

Let look at it from this angle, having faith in God means you have something you are expecting from him and God want everyone to make a move before getting what you need from him. Take for instance, praying to pass exam without reading will render the faith dead, likewise praying for healing from sickness without visiting hospital or using necessary medication would render faith dead.
The effort you put in place as a man while expecting things from God is the work you have added to faith.

WhatsDifficult:
Another question, how will somebody know which teaching is correct?
Upon all the churches that have different explanation, how will someone know the one to believe

The bible says in Jn 8:32 "And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free".
Any messages that contradict the words of salvation or attached any materialistic message of world to get saved is not a true gospel and one need to run.

Finally, study the words of God and meditate on it.

WhatsDifficult:
If I have a question shud I ask here or?

Is Lyk I have many questions

All these your questions sef...

Had it been you knew, you could have asked in my dm

WhatsDifficult:
OK I really like the way u explain everything
Let me ask this one first
Faith hope and love, you say it is the main things of this christian matter, but how will somebody take balance all 3? Abi is there anyone that is more important?
How will somebody know if he has all this things and is now ready to be a christian
What if u are trying but you cannot have love the way u explained

I don't really think I understand the question.

But Faith, Hope and Love is not all about balancing all three of them. It's all about just having it and building on it forever— till you're all perfect.

You start small small, from somewhere.

Maybe I see why you're asking.
Initially, you might have just a little Faith, you believe that God sent Jesus to teach us the right things and die for our sins, that alone is enough to qualify you as a Believer which you say you are.

As you keep hearing God's words more and understanding Him, you also start to trust Him more— you're developing more Faith.

The more you learn about the Resurrection Of The Dead and the promise of the New Age to come, the more you begin to Hope for it and Hope to be a part.
That's the more you also live a kind of life that qualifies you to achieve this thing you hope for.

Then as for Love, that one is hard to achieve at a stretch... They're so many attributes that build up a complete Love.
So in the meantime, just practice The 7 Steps To Love:
Faith - Goodness - Knowledge - Self Control - Steadfastness - Godliness - Brotherly Kindness - Love.

Now you should be focusing on Goodness (try to do all 7steps all together but let your emphasis be at Goodness)

I don't even know if I've made any sense, truth is I've been so busy lately.

WhatsDifficult:
Even this thing of faith without work I don't really understand
So if I just sit down in my house and hav faith in God but I don't do anything it means my fate is fake or what

Thankgod89:
Let look at it from this angle, having faith in God means you have something you are expecting from him and God want everyone to make a move before getting what you need from him. Take for instance, praying to pass exam without reading will render the faith dead, likewise praying for healing from sickness without visiting hospital or using necessary medication would render faith dead.
The effort you put in place as a man while expecting things from God is the work you have added to faith.

I think it's wrong to say Faith in God is all about asking God for something and having faith that you'll get what you asked for.
The definition is just not complete.

Faith in God is very broad, it's not all about asking and receiving.

Faith starts by believing in God, that He exists. And believing in Jesus and the Scriptures.
Faith goes on to cover the aspect of trusting in God— that He is indeed God, hence, wiser than us.

Faith without work is, as the name implies, any form of believe or trust in God that doesn't stir up action in you.

‭James 2:19-20
“You believe that God is one. Good for you! Even the demons believe that—and shudder. O foolish man, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is worthless?”

Even demons believe there is one God.

Your Faith should be practical in this sense:
If you trust God, you'll obey Him right?
If you believe in Him, you'll do as He says right?

So your Faith should drive you to do whatever Godly things you can think of.
Your Faith should make you live a life free of Sin.
Like the other man added, you as God for something (according to His will), you also work towards achieving it.

Your Faith will make you face persecutions and temptation because of Christ as time goes on. Your faith should help you overcome.
Read Hebrews 11 again.

Thankgod89:
The bible says in Jn 8:32 "And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free".
Any messages that contradict the words of salvation or attached any materialistic message of world to get saved is not a true gospel and one need to run.

Finally, study the words of God and meditate on it.

Simple. 🙌🏽

PulsingPurple:
All these your questions sef...

Had it been you knew, you could have asked in my dm

Ok I'll send you a message

PulsingPurple:
The main thing I want to share is this, which I will call [b]The 3 Foundations of Christianity: [i]Faith — Hope — Love.

The biggest joke in Christianity is the idea that the genocidal psychopath some avaricious Hebrew bastard pulled out of his ass is the “god of love”

On what planet does the deplorable god of a Jew the “god of love”. And the son, the cult leading supremacist bastard called Jesus. How does the behavior of a cult leading charlatan connote love?

PulsingPurple:
I don't really think I understand the question.

But Faith, Hope and Love is not all about balancing all three of them. It's all about just having it and building on it forever— till you're all perfect.

You start small small, from somewhere.

Maybe I see why you're asking.
Initially, you might have just a little Faith, you believe that God sent Jesus to teach us the right things and die for our sins, that alone is enough to qualify you as a Believer which you say you are.

As you keep hearing God's words more and understanding Him, you also start to trust Him more— you're developing more Faith.

The more you learn about the Resurrection Of The Dead and the promise of the New Age to come, the more you begin to Hope for it and Hope to be a part.
That's the more you also live a kind of life that qualifies you to achieve this thing you hope for.

Then as for Love, that one is hard to achieve at a stretch... They're so many attributes that build up a complete Love.
So in the meantime, just practice The 7 Steps To Love:
Faith - Goodness - Knowledge - Self Control - Steadfastness - Godliness - Brotherly Kindness - Love.

Now you should be focusing on Goodness (try to do all 7steps all together but let your emphasis be at Goodness)

I don't even know if I've made any sense, truth is I've been so busy lately.

OK I understand
I have sent u message you will also talk about the rapture

Thankgod89:
Let look at it from this angle, having faith in God means you have something you are expecting from him and God want everyone to make a move before getting what you need from him. Take for instance, praying to pass exam without reading will render the faith dead, likewise praying for healing from sickness without visiting hospital or using necessary medication would render faith dead.
The effort you put in place as a man while expecting things from God is the work you have added to faith.

OK I understand thank u

Thankgod89:
The bible says in Jn 8:32 "And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free".
Any messages that contradict the words of salvation or attached any materialistic message of world to get saved is not a true gospel and one need to run.

Finally, study the words of God and meditate on it.

This is wat am always saying
Everytime sow a seed

KnownUnknown:
The biggest joke in Christianity is the idea that the genocidal psychopath some avaricious Hebrew bastard pulled out of his ass is the “god of love”

On what planet does the deplorable god of a Jew the “god of love”. And the son, the cult leading supremacist bastard called Jesus. How does the behavior of a cult leading charlatan connote love?

What is dis one even saying

WhatsDifficult:
Another question, how will somebody know which teaching is correct?
Upon all the churches that have different explanation, how will someone know the one to believe

I think it really depends on how much help you get from God in terms of understanding parts of the Scriptures for yourself first, before going to listen to someone else.

If you hear someone that aligns with what God taught you personally, it's a good sign that you can trust the person a bit more.

But in general, I think:
Since you're trying to be a Christian— Christ-like, you should pay close attention only to messages that teach you how to be like Christ, especially at your beginning stages.

Anybody that focuses on other things, controversial statements and clout, looking for ways to extort you too... Just run first.

Drink milk before learning how to eat solid food.

PulsingPurple:
I think it really depends on how much help you get from God in terms of understanding parts of the Scriptures for yourself first, before going to listen to someone else.

If you hear someone that aligns with what God taught you personally, it's a good sign that you can trust the person a bit more.

But in general, I think:
Since you're trying to be a Christian— Christ-like, you should pay close attention only to messages that teach you how to be like Christ, especially at your beginning stages.

Anybody that focuses on other things, controversial statements and clout, looking for ways to extort you too... Just run first.

Drink milk before learning how to eat solid food.

OK I get
Just that some ppl will teach one thing today that sound correct den another time the are saying something else
Let me just say at once how can I trust ur own explanation. Am not saying I dont trust u oo

WhatsDifficult:
Then the last thing is rapture
For me dis is the main thing I don't understand how to believe
No evidence to trust apart from the bible
Lyk I said I'm not a christian but I am trying to follow God in the correct way, that's y I said am a believer not a christian

I can promise you, Resurrection Of The Dead is the hardest thing to believe for the average non-Christian.

However when you understand God and understand some of His Ways, His Principles... The whole concept of God being Love, you'll see why it's only proper that the Earth will get resetted back to Garden of Eden standard.

I won't even bother to explain it to you, you should learn other basic teachings first, then that one will be last.

For the basic teachings of Jesus Christ, take reference from Hebrews 6:1-2
Repentance From Dead Works, Faith Towards God, The Doctrines Of Baptisms, Laying On Of Hands, Resurrection Of The Dead, Eternal Judgement.

KnownUnknown:
The biggest joke in Christianity is the idea that the genocidal psychopath some avaricious Hebrew bastard pulled out of his ass is the “god of love”

On what planet does the deplorable god of a Jew the “god of love”. And the son, the cult leading supremacist bastard called Jesus. How does the behavior of a cult leading charlatan connote love?

If you wanted to pass a message, you should have used a normal tone.

WhatsDifficult:
OK I understand
I have sent u message you will also talk about the rapture

Seen.