If you go to church every Sunday and Wednesday, does that make you a better Christian than those who don't?
2007-03-13 03:56:05 · 10 answers · asked by ? 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Not at all
2007-03-13 03:58:22 · answer #1 · answered by ?Sherbear ? 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No, not better, just different. Some of my friends only go on Sundays, some attend a religious service 3 or 4 times a week, others attend 1 or 2 times a month. I notice with my friend who goes 3 or 4 times a week that she seems more able to withstand the temptations in life than do my friends who attend only once or twice a month. It doesn't make one better at being a Christian than another, but it may help her be better able to deal with being a Christian in a materialistic, entitlement driven world.
But I need to find part 1 of your question.
2007-03-13 11:12:40 · answer #2 · answered by Tonya in TX - Duck 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Becoming a better Christian comes from within the heart. Going to church every Sunday and Wednesday can help you achieve that goal but there are many hypocrites who go to church simply to be seen. But when they are not at church they don't give God or Christ a second thought.
2007-03-13 11:07:12 · answer #3 · answered by rbarc 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
NO!!!!!! there are allot of people that got to church all the time, sing praises, but the bible states not every one that Say's Lord Lord will enter in to heaven, only those that are born again and their name written down in the Lambs book of life will be in heaven. Read John chapter 3 verses 1 through 6. Then read Revelation chapter 20 verses 12 through 15. I pray this helps you.
2007-03-13 11:05:51 · answer #4 · answered by thanks 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I guess it would depend on how you act the other 5 days of the week. Some people really give their all to God everyday, not just during services. It's up to the individual because hearing God's Word is nothing if you don't follow and believe in what you hear.
May God Bless you.
2007-03-13 11:12:12 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
not at all... how do you live your life on monday, tuesday, thursday, friday, saturday? do you live your faith in Jesus daily? or just put in your hour here and there at church and call it good?
Christians are never 'better' than anyone else. we are all sinners who fall short of God's Grace. church attendance is not required ever for salvation! you need to form a relationship with Jesus and live your life according to His ways... each and every day... each and every hour. It is all about the relationship you have taken time to nurture with Jesus.... so that when he sees you in heaven, he will not say "i know you not'
2007-03-13 11:04:11 · answer #6 · answered by livinintheword † 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you believe in the Bible, Jesus said that his people were those that believed in him. There is no qualification- people are not good or bad Christians, they are Christians who are good or bad people.
It's this dumb qualification game that irritates non-abrahamic people, by the way. Whenever a Christian is a jerk, some Christian says he's "not a real Christian."
Under Jesus' defintion, even the biggest Christian jerk is as much a Christian as a Mother Teresa, even if their level of decency as a HUMAN differs.
Worry about whether people are good people, not good Christians.
2007-03-13 11:02:50 · answer #7 · answered by LabGrrl 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
ABSOLUTELY NOT. God is the only one who has a right to judge "how good a Christian" or how good a person you are. It's about your relationship with him, not your punching in the clock at Church.
2007-03-13 11:02:29 · answer #8 · answered by GLSigma3 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Of course not. Perhaps you go to mass every day and then go steal from old ladies.
Church does not make you a Christian.
2007-03-13 10:59:45 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
We are asked to do our best............Jesus saw the widow give two coins and was criticized by some........Jesus used this situation to teach us that this widow gave from her want, whereas others give from their surplus and ask ............which one gave more?...... God sees our limitations and will bless us as long as we do our best.
2007-03-13 11:13:30 · answer #10 · answered by papa G 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋