Do Christians....?

Question

accept pentocostols (who do not accept the trinity), the Quakers (who dont exclusively follow the Bible and allow homosexuality), or Jehovah's witnesses (who think that Jesus (phub) was not divine and had a spiritual resurrection not a bodily one, and do not believe in the trinity)
Do christians accept these varying beliefs as being christian?
And if so-- then what does it mean to really be christian?
How could the Bible be the exact word of God when it was written by so many differant authors through such a long stretch of time? I know some chirstians think it is the word of God?

Answer 1

No they do not i am a minister in an assemblies of god church and they do not supports nor do they want to allow those other religions to take control. I must admit though we do talk to them simply to show them that their statuts are wrong and immoral. so we do not accept them into our religion unless they are willing to confess their sins and turn from their wicked ways.

Answer 2

A lot of questions there. Christians love their fellow "Pentecostals, Quakers, Jehovah's witnesses," and even Muslims. Christians do not accept false teachings. Anyone who does not believe in Jesus as God and Savior teaches false doctrine. The Bible is the Word of God. That is why so many people use the Word of God for their religion. Muhammad used the Christian Word of God for his religion. He believed it to be true even though he added to it and changed part of it. The parts he didn't like made him come up with his own version so he could incorporate hatred.

Answer 3

Not all pentecostals reject the Trinity. I am a pentecostal/charismatic Christian and firmly believe in it.

But the real question is, what is a "Christian" religion and what is not. The answer comes down to the person of Jesus Christ. The Bible teaches that a true Christian church will teach that Jesus Christ is God come in the flesh. (See 1 John 4:2,3)

If a church or denomination denies the deity of Christ, then they would not be a true Christian church.

Answer 4

the quakers do follow the bible -- the bible doesn't accept child prostitution and sex acts in the temple (like pagan fertility rituals) but was altered to include all realms of homosexuality. christianity is a term used to encompass any and all followers of jesus christ. the "holy spirit" is largely made up to sanctify mis-translations of the bible. -- if you read the bible its existance kind of sketchy in king james even -- its figures prominantly in newer mistranslations based on re-translating king james (which was oddly enough last edited by queen victoria) anyway the "trinity" has quite an illustrious history if you want to do some theological studies i would highly recommend it.

if you want to learn the bible you can -- its not easy. you have to learn to translate several different languages. then you will know what its about and not have to take the word of hundreds of people all trying to put their own spin on it for personal gain. oh -- king james used his translation to establish his dominance in the church of england -- basically to completely deny any power to any other church -- making himself both king and religious head. this was the same king james that constantly derided and punished the puritans and why they left for the americas. nice guy to give us a bible and not tolerate religious debate about his bible.

Answer 5

To really be a Christian is to accept the Divinity of Christ and the Unity of the Godhead in the Trinity. Anything else is not Christianity it is only a shadow of the truth.

Answer 6

People have to accept the trinity, the Bible, and Jesus' resurrection if they want to go to Heaven. That doesn't mean that we don't be kind to them or treat them badly but God made the rules and if people don't obey them, there will be eternal punishment. God told the special people what he wanted written in the Bible and they did. it is the true Word of God.

Answer 7

My faith accepts the written Word of God. If it isn't in the Good Book, then I don't follow it. I don't accept religious rules created by man, but only the teachings of the Bible.

What does it mean to really be a Christian? Jesus put it very plainly:
1. To love God with all your heart.
2. To love your neighbor as yourself.

Pretty simple, if you ask me.

Rules and regulations imposed upon us by different religious views are confining and imposing. Religion teaches us that we must do this, or must do that to get to Heaven.

Being a Christian means to accept the GIFT from God, not by our own accomplishments, but by what Jesus did for us on the cross.

Religion: Man's strife to get to God.

Christianity: Accepting God's gift, not by our own endeavors, but by what Christ did for us.

Yes, God used many different men to be the "pencil" for the message He wants to give us. I would prefer that than reading the message from just one author. Having many authors, who are in agreement is more proof to me that God is the inspiration, and not just one man's opinion.

Answer 8

As long as that "religion" accepts Jesus Christ as the son of God, who died on the cross for our transgressions, and rose again, and is now living in heaven. Then yes we accept that religion as being christian. I dont think JW believe that, but I am not sure about the rest that you mentioned.
Christian = christ like. Its not really a religion as it is a relationship.

Answer 9

Jehovah's Witnesses actually *DO* believe that Jesus was (and is) divine. The Scriptures quite plainly teach that Jesus materialized in human form after his impalement and death, but his ultimate resurrection was to heaven.

It seems mostly to be trinitarians who hurry to deny the "Christianity" of others and in fact trinitarians do repeatedly pretend that Jehovah's Witnesses are not Christian. Trinitarians use an artificial, trinity-specific definition of the term "Christian" which excludes anyone who does not believe that Jesus is God Himself, rather than the Son of God. Interestingly, pagans in the first century pretended that Christ's followers were Atheists(!) because the Christians had a somewhat different idea from the pagans about the nature of God.

Jehovah's Witnesses teach that no salvation occurs without Christ, that accepting Christ's sacrifice is a requirement for true worship, that every prayer must acknowledge Christ, that Christ is the King of God's Kingdom, that Christ is the head of the Christian congregation, that Christ is immortal and above every creature, even that Christ was the 'master worker' in creating the universe! Both secular dictionaries and disinterested theologians acknowledge that Jehovah's Witnesses are a Christian religion.

The Trinitarian arguments are intended to insult and demean Jehovah's Witnesses, rather than to give a Scripturally accurate understanding of the term "Christian".

In fact, the bible most closely associates being "Christian" with preaching about Christ and Christ's teachings. Review all three times the bible uses the term "Christian" and note that the context connects the term with:
"declaring the good news"
'teaching quite a crowd'
'open eyes, turn from dark to light'
"uttering sayings of truth"
"persuade"
"keep on glorifying"

(Acts 11:20-26) [The early disciples of Jesus] began talking to the Greek-speaking people, declaring the good news of the Lord Jesus... and taught quite a crowd, and it was first in Antioch that the disciples were by divine providence called Christians.

(Acts 26:17-28) [Jesus said to Paul] I am sending you, to open their eyes, to turn them from darkness to light and from the authority of Satan to God... Paul said: “I am not going mad, Your Excellency Festus, but I am uttering sayings of truth and of soundness of mind. ...Do you, King Agrippa, believe the Prophets? I know you believe.” But Agrippa said to Paul: “In a short time you would persuade me to become a Christian.”

(1 Peter 4:14-16) If you are being reproached for the name of Christ, you are happy... But if he suffers as a Christian, let him not feel shame, but let him keep on glorifying God in this name


So why do anti-Witnesses try to hijack the term "Christian" and hide its Scriptural implications? Because anti-Witnesses recognize that it is the preaching work that makes it clear that the relatively small religion of Jehovah's Witnesses are by far the most prominent followers of Christ:

(Matthew 28:19,20) Go therefore and make disciples of people of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy spirit, teaching them to observe all the things I have commanded


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Answer 10

a Christian to me is someone who believes that Jesus is the Son of God, and has accepted Him as their Savior. The other stuff is basically just window dressing.