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At the beginning of this program we learned: “People have many reasons for rejecting the Christian faith. Some may admire Christ but dislike His followers. Others find it difficult to accept any faith that claims to be the only way to God. Why would anyone limit themselves to only one of the world’s great religions?” How valid are each of these objections? What is your response to each?
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Some may admire Christ but dislike His followers.
This is a difficult one because I too often dislike his followers. My response to this, though, is that you are looking at the wrong beings. If you want to know about Christ, you have to look at Christ. If you want to know about Christians, you can look at Christians, but don’t take them as the authority on Christ. There are varying degrees of Christ knowledge in the Christian community and since being a Christ follower is such a personal and individual choice, going on other people’s success or lack there of in following Christ is a misinformed measurement of the credibility of Christ.Others find it difficult to accept any faith that claims to be the only way to God
People are trying to have their cake and eat it too. I actually think God is so much bigger than the boundaries of religion. The goodness of God is found in many people of many different religions. The salvation of God is chronicled in one religion but exercised in faith. It is personal, but Christ is the only acceptable ultimate sacrifice. Reliance on perfection, good works and karma certainly doesn’t seem very safe considering it relies on me. I’m unreliable. Christ isn’t. Christ did what he said he would do and was who he said he was. I would rather the assurance that comes from His credibility than the possibility of relying on my own imperfections to be enough. -
I think that everyone’s questions, doubts, or objections are valued and important to discuss. I think going to the Bible for answers is the only way to solidify one’s faith in Christ. The Bible makes it clear why Christianity is the one religion that brings us to God.
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The topic about God has become taboo to talk about in schools, workplaces and the media, also many Christians are often afraid about being viewed as weird or bigot. Therefore there are many closet Christians.
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There are some admire Christ but dislike His followers because they do not see Jesus in his followers. To be Jesus followers mean to sacrifice but most christian follow Jesus for comfort. That’s make people think Christian is only another religion because some times behavior of other religion is much better than Christian.
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The validity for their reasons of not believing the Christian faith is is not valid to us but it is to the individual if their eyes and heart are closed to the gospel of Jesus Christ. To pray for the individual that God would open their eyes and heart so that they may see Jesus Christ and receive and accept Him as their Lord and Savior !!!
