“Blessed be
the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant
mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus
Christ from the dead,” 1 Peter 1:3 (NKJV)
In
the precious and beautiful name of Messiah Yeshua “Jesus,” greetings.
While listening to the local “Christian” radio station I
heard, “Today there are over 400 Million Christians in Africa.” Needless to say the speaker on the radio doesn’t
know how many “Christians” [there are] around the next corner, let alone in Africa. Other than looking to impress someone,
there’s absolutely nothing to gain by saying “Today there are over 400 Million
Christians in Africa.”
What the speaker should have known from the get go, that calling
oneself a Christian doesn’t necessarily make it so, would have kept him from
saying “Today there are over 400 million Christians in Africa.” The speaker states it as a fact.
A person would be better off saying
“I have no clue as to how many Christians [there are] in Africa, but if I had
to guess I’d say over four hundred million.”
There’d be no reason to question the motives of the one saying “I have
no clue…,” that person would be telling it like it is.
When it comes to announcing how many Christians [there are] in
Africa, let alone around the next corner, I’d avoid putting a number on it if I
were you. Having to explain why one
would say such a thing in the first place, could lead to more questions. Questions concerning, not the number of
Christians there are in Africa, but the method used to determine who is, isn’t,
a “Christian.” Was it by show of hands,
the end result of a survey, or one on one conversations with “potential”
candidates, just to name a few. Even if
one claims to be a “Christian,” does that really mean they are? God knows for sure.
I’d never do it but if I were asked
to put a number on how many Christians there are, I’d say “God knows.”
The speaker on the radio is a follower of the Anthanasian
Creed. Followers of that creed lean on
their own understanding. “Today there
are over 400 Million Christians in Africa” is just one example. They’ll tell you there’s evidence of the
Anthanasian Creeds “the Son is
God” in the [Bible], when all they have to show for it is written after the
fact which is hearsay at best.
I live in the State of New Hampshire where I confess Jesus
[is] the Son of God, and the Lord
[and] Savior of my life. I [know] the doctrine
of the “Trinity” is directly linked to the Anthanasian Creeds “the Son is God” and like it can only be
traced back to 325-AD. Having said that,
would you say rejecting the Anthanasian Creed keeps me from ever being called a
Christian in the State of New Hampshire?
It will be an easy out for the follower of the Anthanasian
Creed to say “God knows.” It will be
even easier for me to say the Anthanasian Creed had absolutely nothing to do
with my becoming a “Christian” follower of Messiah Yeshua “Jesus.”
God bless.
In His Care… Jim
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