I dare you!!!!!!

ragman13 · German Shepherd Joined: 07 Jul 2007 Posts: 325

I find that many on this site love to attack other views, but never state their own beliefs. I say its time to put your cards on the table. If your view is the "true view" there is no need to be scared of it. Tell you what I will start things off.

I am a Trinitarian, Thomist, Dispensationalist (Pre-tribe/premillennialist)
I am a member at a Southern Baptist Church.

I have not yet chosen a view on how we are saved.(Calvinism or Armeneism) I am somewhere in the middle. God is Sovereign and we have a choice.

That is enough to get things started. If you have any further questions just ask.
This is not intended to be a thread for debate, it is just intended to let others know what you believe.

P.S. If you are not a Trinitarian, please explain who Jesus is, i.e. a prophet, an angel, ect.
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Mattathias · Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 3:48 pm Post subject: Re: I dare you!!!!!!

I'm a unitary monotheist (not a Unitarian Universalist); post-trib/pre-mill.

I'm a member at a Church of God Abrahamic Faith church.

I believe that Jesus is the uniquely begotten human son of God; God's supreme prophet and king; the promised Messiah.

eleven · Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 4:33 pm Post subject:

I am a Son of the Most High God Almighty.

I believe in the Trinity.
I believe we are all related, and that everyone's life touches everyone else's.
I believe that life as we know it (or what is know on earth as reality) is an illusion.
I believe that life on earth is nothing more than a pit stop/ a training ground/ passing thru experience.

I believe that God is my Father, and He wants only the best for me.
I believe in all the promises God states in the Bible.

I probably skipped a few things, but when I think of them, I'll let you know. Very Happy

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Luvnlife · Lion King Joined: 22 Feb 2007 Posts: 1271 Location: US

I don't believe in the trinity. I believe in God. I believe in Jesus, son of God and I believe the Holy Spirit/Holy Ghost is Gods spirit.

I don't believe in Universal Salvation. I believe we are all to be judged not only according to our works and our shortcomings but also in how we treated and judge others.

I do believe we are here to learn.
I do believe that Jesus is our judge and...
I believe we have to work at being less judgmental as the bible points out our judgment is flawed.
I believe being charitable is secondary in importance only to serving God as charity encompasses love, compassion and forgiveness.

And most controversially of all, I believe that there is not one true religion. There are many religions that serve God with their whole hearts. None are flawless but God loves people who serve him, albeit imperfectly. I believe there are many people who don't go to church whose hearts are good and God loves them too. I believe that church attendance or church membership do not ensure a place in heaven or on a paradise earth.

I believe that when Jesus, the great shepherd, talks about gathering his flocks together in to one flock, he is referring to people of many different walks of lives and many different belief systems.

I'm pretty simplistic, really.

The one thing I struggle with is that all the churches in my area except the JW's believe in the Trinity. The church I am attending now does worship God. They do pay homage to Jesus. They do believe in the Trinity but I have weighed the good that this church has to offer in my heart and there is much about the church that I do believe and appreiciate. For example, they study chapters of the bible every week, not just select verses. There are times when we are asked for our input and it's all treated as valued. There are times we are asked to do homework/research chapters or subjects. Many of the parishioners treated me as though I belong from the first time I went to this little church. It is a small church and no one gets lost in the shuffle. I find this a refreshing change from many churches I have attended and more importantly, I find it very much in keeping with the way the bible admonishes us to treat one another.

Luv
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RevJP · Moderator Joined: 18 Apr 2003 Posts: 7005 Location: USA

Here's mine:

http://jpsmind.wordpress.com/statement-of-faith/
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holly102869 · Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 9:51 am Post subject:

Me, I believe in a one and true God.
I believe in Jesus. That he came to show all that you can live by the ten commandments. To fulfill the prophecy. That we all need to place everything in the hands of God. Sure I even believe in the Holy Spirit for it guides me to the places God wants me to go. I do feel that God is always to be first. Show grace to Jesus because he accomplished what we haven't. Through him (Jesus) is living the commandments not knowing them. This is how we become one with the word.

I believe that most of the bible can be inturperted in so many ways that we all need to be careful. Trust in the commandments set forth by God and not debate silly things that are not going to accomplish anything productive. We should all be supporting one another to increase our favor in the eyes of God not proving I am right and you are wrong..
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james · Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 4:39 pm Post subject:

I am just a Christian who believes in the Bible.

I go to a non-denominational church.

I believe Jesus Christ was God manifested in the flesh, both deity and human. I am not trinitarian or oneness yet believe the truth of who Christ is consist of a combination of ALL the scriptures both sides use, from Genesis to Revelations you find Christ.

I believe Gods true church consist of those who truely seek the Lord with a pure heart, regardless of what denomination you belong to. He has children in all churches whether Catholic, JW, Mormon, Methodist .....

I also do believe in the Message of the hour as spoken of by William Branham, and do agree with what doctrinal things, I know of, that he spoke on. I say this because I do not know all that he spoke of.

Finally, I believe the Word of God and love are the two things Satan is defenseless against and more of these need be spread. Especially the Word, for when the true Word of God is spread love generally should automatically be what follows.

ChristianWoman1 · Labrador Joined: 22 May 2008 Posts: 300

I believe in the Holy Trinity.
I believe we are related too, as brothers and sisters in Christ.

I am a very 'old-fashioned' conservative...as a child my dream was to become a stay at home mother with many children, have dinner on the table at 5:00 every night, eating every meal as a family at the table Wink

This is what I longed for daily when I dreamed of my future. I never had ANY desire to 'work' outside the home....Praise God! He has provided this dream for me Very Happy

I was raised Catholic, but now attend a non-denominational Christian church. ( for 17years now) and completely love and am devoted to my church family.

I believe the Lord will return and rapture us, but I"m not sure when ( post-trib. or pre-trib.)

I also believe that God loves all of his children and it doesn't matter so much which church you attend as long as you are seeking Him daily, He will lead you.

I believe homosexuality is a sin that society has become comfortable with.

I believe women should not be leaders [pastors, priests] in a church, but should be heard as they are greatly loved and blessed by God...Just as wives[should] rely deeply on their husbands to be head of the home [as God intended] so too should man be head of the church as Christ is head of man.

And every breath in me is pro-life....there is no compromise on the value of life.

I believe God has a spacific plan for each of our lives and will bring to completion every good thing he started in us as long as we seek Him with a pure heart.

I think that's me in a 'nutshell' Wink

Thanks for starting this thread ragman...it's good to see in one place what everyone believes. Very Happy

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ShardikSon · Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 11:42 am Post subject:

I believe in the One True God, creator of Heaven and Earth, who is, always was, and always shall be.
I believe that the Man, Jesus of Nazereth, was the Son of God, who manifested God's being on Earth, and went to the cross, died as a sacrifice for our collective sins, and was resurrected by God.

I believe that the man went to the cross under his faith in the Word as given to him, and that the faith of the Son of Man was as important as the act of submission, itself. The man only knew that he was chosen by The Father, and acted on his faith in the Father.

I believe that through Jesus, The Christ, we all are saved. Period. Yes, we will face the judgement of The Father, through the Son, and we will be rewarded according to our works, but even the most disobedient will stand before The Father in Heaven and receive their rewards, and kneel to The Lamb of God in worship and thanksgiving.

I believe that no one gets to Heaven until we are all are ready to go to Heaven.
We are ALL one in the spirit of the Father and the Son.

I also believe that Truth is universal, and Truth can be found everywhere. Many have spoken truth, from G Siddhartha and MK Gandhi, to Richard Alpert and John Lennon. (not to mention the unknown people we meet in our every day lives) All we must do is listen and keep our hearts open.

I also believe as Jesus said, "That which you do to the least of thy brethren, so you do to me." So treat all you encounter in life as if he/she were God in the flesh.

I believe that after all my years of rebellion, God has shown me a love I can never deserve, and I will, forever, live to serve in His Grace.

(You asked for it.)

May God bless your life and bring you Joy and wisdom in all things.
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Pete · Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 1:51 pm Post subject:

Here is what I believe, and why we were Born.

God created man as part of a process of recreating himself. We will ultimately be Gods, members of the God family. This family includes the Father, who is the supreme head of the family; his Son Jesus Christ who sits at his right hand, the heir of all things. Next, will be uncountable sons and daughters who will be a part of the God family.

The Father wants to create individual personalities who are freely dedicated to Him. That is why he created us as free thinking human beings with the options of choice and behavior to follow our own individual desires.

The beauty of this is that we are confined to a physical universe in physical bodies, outside of which we cannot escape or exist. We have the capacity to follow Gods ways, or our own. History has shown that when we rely on our own selfish decisions apart from God, we inevitably, without fail, create a disaster. Mankind is incapable of self-government apart from God. That is why we are confined to physical bodies that are not immortal. This life is a learning lesson that we will never forget.

God did not want to create automatons that behave automatically. He wanted to create sons and daughters that behave by choice, being instilled with God’s Spirit. If Christ does not return, mankind will most assuredly self-destruct, along with all other forms of life. When Christ does return, we will see the folly of our behavior, and our march towards self-destruction will end.

Here are a few verses that reveal that we will be part of the God family (elohim).
1 John 3: 1-2; Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed on us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. 2; Beloved now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

2 Peter 1:4; Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

Galatians 4:5-7; To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons, 6; And because ye are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying Abba, Father.

Romans 8: 14-17; For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. 15; For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.16; The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: 17; And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.
We are destined to be part of God’s family.

I believe it because the Bible says it.

Luvnlife · Lion King Joined: 22 Feb 2007 Posts: 1271 Location: US

I have a question for ChristianWoman1:

You stated that homosexuality is a sin that society has become comfortable with and you stated that every breath in you is pro-life.

How, then, do you treat people who you meet who have had an abortion or who are homosexual?

I ask this because I believe that as you judge you will be judged. I believe judging is up to Jesus as our judgment is not pure and perfect, his is. I also believe that we cannot help lead someone to God if we are passing judgment on them. That is not to say that we should not continue to discern between right and wrong and to tell someone when they are headed in the wrong direction but we should lovingly reprove them and continue to forgive and edify one another.

I say this as an imperfect person who knows that we all judge some things and some people at least sometimes.

Luv
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ShardikSon · Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 2:50 pm Post subject:

Maybe it is just me, but I think this thread would be much better if we can leave off the questioning, criticism, and lecturing and leave it for ppl to just post their beliefs, as the OP suggests.

I am not averse to discussion, but I can see this thread going downhill fast, if we go in that direction, here.

Bless you all
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Luvnlife · Lion King Joined: 22 Feb 2007 Posts: 1271 Location: US

I may go ahead and start another topic related to the question I posed. However, I think it is a fair question as it relates directly to the beliefs stated by ChristianWoman1. It's not meant to criticize or demean. It's a fair question.

Ragman said

ChristianWoman1 · Labrador Joined: 22 May 2008 Posts: 300

I will answer this question, but I agree with Shard that we should probably keep this thread to ones beliefs.
But since you haven't started another thread...

LUV asked:
I have a question for ChristianWoman1:

You stated that homosexuality is a sin that society has become comfortable with and you stated that every breath in you is pro-life.

How, then, do you treat people who you meet who have had an abortion or who are homosexual?

I treat them as I want to be treated....with love and compassion. I am certainly NOT without sin myself so far be it from me to throw the first stone Wink

Does this mean I judge when I call these actions sin? NO I judge nobody, but I daily pray for sinners, ALL sinners. Some of my family members have had abortions and I have friends who are homosexuals...and I couldn't love them any more.

Everybody sins....but I follow scripture so I have stated my beliefs accordingly.
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Luvnlife · Lion King Joined: 22 Feb 2007 Posts: 1271 Location: US

ChristianWoman1: