What do you believe? What do you like? What do you dislike? What do you hate?
These are important questions, but they are only the surface ideas. What do those beliefs, likes, dislikes, and hates lead you to do? What difference does what you believe make in your life? If it makes no difference in your life, does it even matter?
See, I’m a Christian, but what difference does it make? For the majority of Christians, that means that they go to church on Sunday morning (or Saturday, and possibly one other service). Period. That’s it. They go to church, instead of sleeping in. If that is all you do, I recommend sleeping in, as it will have more impact on your life.
{I am including a Bible passage that I think backs me up in this. http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark%208:27-38&version=NIV It is in NIV, but you can change the version and the language to one you prefer.}
It doesn’t look like American Christianity, it seems like something else entirely. There are no ‘fuzzy’ vibes from this passage. It sounds a bit more hardcore.
It’s like this: you have to be willing to die. You have to be willing to face your greatest fears. You have to be willing to sacrifice everything. If you haven’t lost anything from your faith, what is it worth?
Let me flip this around, if you have lost anything, what have you gained? See, it’s this that defines you. Is it fire insurance, or something more? See, because fire insurance doesn’t insure you against fire, it just pays for damages once the fire has past. Eternity has no end, by definition of course. Could you even claim such insurance?
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