If you found a people living as Christ told us to, what would you be willing to give up to be one of them?

Answer 1

Personally I would surrender ALL. I have tried to surrender just what I thought was bad and that put me in the position of judge. I am not the judge God is so I have found that the best way to do it is to surrender it all on a daily basis.
My old routine was to imagine throwing my brain against a wall every morning and then going over and picking up the good parts and putting them back in my head and going forward with my day. So many of even my good thoughts were polluted and ended up causing me to shipwreck before noon. I thought I could keep the good and sweep the bad under the rug.
I now know that it is giving up everything that works, good bad, and indifferent. God knows our every need from moment to moment so why bother with trying to separate our accumulated junk. All of it falls way short of the glory of God.
I now renew my mind daily and start off with the mind of Christ. yes the old nature is always pulling at me and it occasionally pulls me off target, but at least I have started the day with a clean slate. God Bless!

Answer 2

There is no people/society living entirely according to the Gospel. But even if there were:
a) God doesn't ask any of us to relinquish our identity
b) Jesus said:"Go and teach all the nations"...(Matthew 28,19) That means we should evangelise all peoples/societies, there where we happen to be. And, there where we are, we should live the Gospel.
You should also read "The Letter to Diognetes" (an anonymous Christian writing from the 2-nd century)

Answer 3

By your own definition you would be gaining, not having to give up anything. Otherwise you would not be living as Christ told you to.

Answer 4

I believe that, most of the time, I live as Christ said. Not because I'm religious, I'm not, but because most of what he said made sense.

Answer 5

everybody's purpose should be to have a life like Christ did, in order to achieve that you have to give up everithing almost, your faults, sins,beliefs, money, time and hold on to your true, good emotions.

Answer 6

Hello, the biblical edification is NOT be one of "them" (for as in Adam[male & female "them": Gen 5] all die). In fact the higher exhortation of high/higher things is be neither of them vs them, of two noted thems in Heb 10:39, having the feud of the week.

Rather come from among "them" (since destruction is what's common to "them all" via "Son of man" is "Lord also" of the Sabbath made for man); Come out from among "them" and be one "us", of the two "one man" scenarios also called them/us, Adam/Christ, high/higher, law/grace.

For God is one(only), one of "us"(let "us" make man), from the get go("go learn what meaneth I will have mercy and not sacrifice"). God is with "us", God is for "us", God hath given "us" the victory through Jesus->Christ, and God hath not appointed "us" unto (law worketh) wrath. Not to mention the Lord is longsuffering to "us-ward"(not them-ward), of such "them" and "us" noted in 1Thess 5:3 & 5:9.

Having the mind of "Christ: is the end of the law(sin, death, hell following)", is as having the right mind of law/grace in left/right heavens; but also going on unto perfection, going higher of high/higher, up to heaven(higher than the heavens) where it's "the throne of grace"(only) where "mercy"(only) is obtainable, and thereby "peace"(only) is not only able, but eternally peaceful.

The "grace" of our Lord Jesus Christ with you all. Amen.

Answer 7

I've got about a buck fifty in my pocket. You reckon that's enough?

Answer 8

What you mean 'give'? I believe I am one.... faltering but trying.

Answer 9

sinning
happy day old geezer