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Friday, March 29, 2013

my creed (part 1?) + and testimony

Hi y'all! :) So I have posted A LOT on random topics pertaining to my Christian life, but I think I've left my core beliefs more implied. I'm getting baptized on Easter Sunday (YAY), so my pastor asked me to answer a couple of questions about becoming a Christian and baptism. I'm posting my answers here just so you can see what I believe about those two topics, if you're interested. I put "part 1?" in the title because I may post what I believer about other topics here later. That is, if you would like to know. :) Oh, and my testimony is mixed in there as well. :)



1. Someone becomes a Christian by believing that Jesus is the Son of God and that he died to bear the punishment for all sin, and accepting Christ as their only Savior from eternal punishment.
2. I became a Christian when I was six years old. All I remember is that I knew I needed Christ as my Savior, so I asked my parents to pray with me and I accepted him into my heart.
3. Baptism is an act of obedience to God as a profession of faith. It doesn't save - it's just an symbol of salvation. I would like to be baptized because I want to obey God as one of his children, and publicly profess that I want to follow God all my life.

4 comments:

  1. Can one still call themselves a Christian if they reject the Virgin Birth and the concept of the Trinity?

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    1. ZZ -

      I believe personally that you cannot be a Christian if you do not believe that Jesus is divine and that he is the second person of the Trinity - Father, SON, Holy Spirit. Otherwise, he would not be able to take the full punishment for everyone's sin on the cross. So, to answer your question simply, my belief is that you can not be a Christian without recognizing that Jesus is God.

      Thanks for reading and commenting. :)

      Sarah

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