SO you sit by a kid in science class, or your cubicle is next to a person. You consider them an acquaintance. You don't chill with them on a regular basis, but you also don't hate them. I call that a "relationship," as opposed to a "friendship," that you have with someone you've known all you life, that you spend time with, that you tell your secrets to.
What someone who you just have a relationship with asks you to do something, you may do it. When a friend asks you to, you do it no question.
Why do so many people have relationships with God?
why don't enough people have friendships?
A relationship with God is when you do what he says sometimes, when you agree with it. You still believe in him, but you do what you feel like, and ask for forgiveness.
A true friend of God lives for him.
Now I'm gonna end this early, I'm watching American Idol, and I'm eating dinner. plus there's not tooooo much to say.
but just think about it-
Why do we call ourselves Christians, but we're not true friends of God?
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
First Blog:) (non believers)
So, I decided this is more legit than facebook notes.
anyway, I'm diving straight into this one, with the topic of non believers.
And by non believers, I mean people who don't believe in Jesus Christ, not just people who don't believe at all.
We as Christians tend to pick on them, or give every attempt at making them become a Christian. and attempting that isn't so bad, but picking on them is. This hit me a few months back. My friend Grayson and I were at the park, and ran into some friends. one kid my age, and his little brother, a year younger. I knew his little brother was atheist, so before kick-off, I decided to be funny and have a prayer. when he decided not to join, I messed with him all game. I thought I was the stuff. And we pick on everyone like that. That's not the approach we need to take. Let's claim our faith with proof. Every time you say something about Jesus in an attempt to change someone else views, back it up. Make sure that you smoke what you sell.
Now as Rob Bell says, everyone has faith, just it's not always in a God. So before we attempt to change the view of an atheist, we must realize that they obviously believe in something. When they hit a light switch, they know it's going to come on. they have faith in it.
but they opt to not believe in a God. Which is their belief just like you and I have mine. They must have a reason not to believe in God, be it personal, be it scientific, or be it anything. SO dig for that, but if it's obviously personal and they don't like to talk about it, don't.
Tell them stories of your miracles, tell them stories of your friends' miracles. don't just tell them "one time there was a dude names Jesus, and we all believe in him."
don't say you "believe" in something and expect them to just believe in it too.
explain it.
but one problem with this is that many of them are hard to get to. I have a friend who believes in a higher power, and wants to believe in a God, but never listens in church, and just goes to hang with friends. And yet they wonder why they get nothing out of it. and another who thinks if there is a God, God hates him, and wants him to go to Hell. WE have to explain that that's not how things work with God. Not many of their beliefs are how things work with God.
Onto people of other religions.
it's a bit tougher, they have their own belief system laid out for them, usually by their family. And it's hard to get them to change that. I'm not so sure where I"m going with this one.
I've got a few friends of other religions who strongly believe in what they believe in. And it seems like there's no changing that. for now. But the only thing I can really say is that a lot of the previous section applies here, and that patience is the key, when they're not looking to change.
WE find ourselves making fun of these people because they're not like us. And then when a friend makes a racist joke toward another Christian, we get mad. Making fun of, or picking on them isn't how you need to do this. even if that means you fail in your attempt. that's their loss. I see too many of my friends try to 'convert' others every day, in ways that really bother me. name calling, jokes, bullying, it just doesn't work.
I'm not so sure where I was getting with this one, but I felt like typing it out, after some things I've seen this week.
thanks for reading:)
-Chipper
anyway, I'm diving straight into this one, with the topic of non believers.
And by non believers, I mean people who don't believe in Jesus Christ, not just people who don't believe at all.
We as Christians tend to pick on them, or give every attempt at making them become a Christian. and attempting that isn't so bad, but picking on them is. This hit me a few months back. My friend Grayson and I were at the park, and ran into some friends. one kid my age, and his little brother, a year younger. I knew his little brother was atheist, so before kick-off, I decided to be funny and have a prayer. when he decided not to join, I messed with him all game. I thought I was the stuff. And we pick on everyone like that. That's not the approach we need to take. Let's claim our faith with proof. Every time you say something about Jesus in an attempt to change someone else views, back it up. Make sure that you smoke what you sell.
Now as Rob Bell says, everyone has faith, just it's not always in a God. So before we attempt to change the view of an atheist, we must realize that they obviously believe in something. When they hit a light switch, they know it's going to come on. they have faith in it.
but they opt to not believe in a God. Which is their belief just like you and I have mine. They must have a reason not to believe in God, be it personal, be it scientific, or be it anything. SO dig for that, but if it's obviously personal and they don't like to talk about it, don't.
Tell them stories of your miracles, tell them stories of your friends' miracles. don't just tell them "one time there was a dude names Jesus, and we all believe in him."
don't say you "believe" in something and expect them to just believe in it too.
explain it.
but one problem with this is that many of them are hard to get to. I have a friend who believes in a higher power, and wants to believe in a God, but never listens in church, and just goes to hang with friends. And yet they wonder why they get nothing out of it. and another who thinks if there is a God, God hates him, and wants him to go to Hell. WE have to explain that that's not how things work with God. Not many of their beliefs are how things work with God.
Onto people of other religions.
it's a bit tougher, they have their own belief system laid out for them, usually by their family. And it's hard to get them to change that. I'm not so sure where I"m going with this one.
I've got a few friends of other religions who strongly believe in what they believe in. And it seems like there's no changing that. for now. But the only thing I can really say is that a lot of the previous section applies here, and that patience is the key, when they're not looking to change.
WE find ourselves making fun of these people because they're not like us. And then when a friend makes a racist joke toward another Christian, we get mad. Making fun of, or picking on them isn't how you need to do this. even if that means you fail in your attempt. that's their loss. I see too many of my friends try to 'convert' others every day, in ways that really bother me. name calling, jokes, bullying, it just doesn't work.
I'm not so sure where I was getting with this one, but I felt like typing it out, after some things I've seen this week.
thanks for reading:)
-Chipper
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