what i meant was how perfect is your love in christ.?

Answer 1

Mine personally?

I think it was Solomon who said that every man is righteous in his own eyes; it should therefore be unsurprising that I am confident my "love in Christ" is as perfect as it can possibly be.

That isn't hubris; rather, it is to acknowledge that my "love in Christ" has grown (matured, improved) over time.

At any point in the past, I could have said, "My love in Christ is as perfect as it can possibly be," and my statement would have been true, because it was limited by my lack of understanding regarding what is love and what is the nature and character of Christ.

In other words, the growth (hence "perfection") of "love in Christ" is wholly dependent on (a) understanding regarding what is love and (b) what is the nature and character of Christ.

Those two things are extraordinarily and remarkably similar, and (only as you mature) you may eventually discover they are identical or even the same -- but when you begin your "journey of faith," they are separate and distinct.

The greatest threats against genuine Christianity come from the so-called "conservative" movement in US politics and are characterized by "neopatriotism," religiosity, and an aversion by greedy people to the foundational social principles of Christianity (which is internally communist and externally socialist).

Although I voted for him in 2000, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to realize that the modern Antichrist prototype is GW Bush;

Only a working conscience is required to realize every official and government employee supporting the policies and practices of GW Bush and/or his administration is a co-conspirator with that Antichrist.

So, whenever you find yourself persecuted by those claiming to be Christians, in determining whether those persons are actually Christians, carefully consider your answer to the underlying foundational question: "What would Jesus have done?"

I submit that it is only by applying the lessons of what Jesus actually did that one can with reasonable accuracy speculate what Jesus would have done.

Jesus excelled at pointing out the hypocrisy and unethical practices of the established government, causing His followers to question the conditions to which they were subject for "citizenship." Such was the danger of His movement to the Roman State: Rome, like the USA, was a republic.

Governments eventually devised 2 plans for dealing with the Christian threat: some prohibited Christianity; others (like the USA) "tolerated" Christianity, but used (whether wittingly or not) agents inserted among local assemblies ("churches") to usurp the verbiage and corrupt the teachings of the faith.

Therefore we suffer in the modern age the hate and irrationality of religious zealots unshakably convinced -- despite the Bible, despite history, and in defiance of common sense -- that they are doing the work of God. And indeed, they are doing the work of THEIR god.

We see the same phenomenon among all those supporting either the Republican political party, the GW Bush regime, or the practices and policies that have characterized the GW Bush administration:

In defiance of common sense, legal precedent and reason: they persist in promoting a culture of fear and death (which they call a "culture of life"); they diligently work to undermine, erode or eradicate basic and fundamental liberties and rights (civil and criminal); they ignore Constitutional Law (and other laws) whenever any such law is to them inconvenient or inconsistent with their totalitarian aims.

And despite this, those traitors against the USA -- those having raped Lady Liberty and used the Constitution as toilet paper -- enjoy popular support among the patrons of "houses of worship" (especially churches, but also synagogues, mosques, temples, etc.), business and industry (from the top, all the way down to the janitors and parking attendants).

So, when you feel isolated and alone, remember that the path leading to destruction is broad and well-traveled: the vast majority choose that path -- even those who delude themselves into thinking they're headed towards (or have already obtained) salvation.

The path to salvation is comparatively narrow at its entrance, and it is not easily found. The first few steps can be simple or difficult, depending on your prior conditioning -- but the path quickly grows steep and frought with obstacles.

Overcoming those obstacles requires an open mind and the willingness to work towards the solution: choose the wrong answer (which is almost always anything popular) and you find youself in the midst of the crowd on the wide path. However, if you pick your way through, you soon (in mere years or decades) become adept and navigation becomes (or, perhaps more accurately, "seems to become") fairly simple.

Along the way, though, the force driving you forward is always "your love in Christ" -- and from that flows genuine love in all its abundance.

Answer 2

For their time, Jesus and his brother James were very enlightened people. I have the greatest respect for them as both teachers and wise men.

It grieves me that the modern versions of the Bible have distorted Jesus' teachings so. We can't learn from the past without an accurate record--and we most certainly don't have an accurate record in the King James version of the Bible.

I hope that one day more Christians will be open to reading the Torah and other religious documents to further expand their understanding of their chosen religious path. Then they will know their Saints and the Christ better...and tell whether or not what they feel is true love, or an absence of accurate information.

Answer 3

After many years of struggling with my Faith, I have come to the conclusion that Jesus Christ was just a fictional character (an admirable one) yet still one that the "church" made up to control the masses. While I do believe in a God, I do not believe in the "Christian" God. This came after many years of soul searching and unanswered prayer-in addition to me not wanting to give up my Faith out of fear. So I guess you could say my love in Christ is fallacious, but my search for the truth is tenacious. Perhaps I never found Christ in the first place, but in the 20 years I've been on this earth, I've found that my faith never improved my circumstances, and that my genuine prayer and hope in God never resulting in anything more than more disappointment and depression. Hope that answers your question. Good luck !

Answer 4

Your question is kind of sketchy. If you are asking if that is what you meant, I am going to say 'no', it is not.

If you are asking how perfect my love in christ is, that doesn't really make sense either, but I'll say 7 out of 10. You know, just because 7 is a pretty safe number.

Answer 5

More perfect that any Christian as I have not exaggerated his position as prophet of God.