It tells us that god detests it He even warns, “so, because you are lukewarm — neither hot nor cold — i am about to spit you out of my mouth” (revelation 3:16) Don’t, however, use this as an excuse for being a lukewarm or halfhearted christian Instead, make sure of your commitment to christ, and then make it your goal to follow him, no matter what it costs you. The old testament uses the term chr(34)backslidingchr(34) to speak of those who have been near to god but have allowed sin to take them away from him. God doesn’t want you to have a faded, lukewarm faith the rest of your life — and you don’t need to, because he has given us everything we need to make our faith strong and vital
God’s will is for us to be “rooted and built up in him (christ), strengthened in the faith” (colossians 2:7) What can you do to strengthen your faith Let me suggest three steps I've given up trying to be a christian I've tried and tried to be what i think god wants me to be, but no matter how hard i try, i keep failing God must be very disappointed in me.
Condensed from the article “victorious christian living” in the may 2007 issue of decision magazine. How far away from god can you get and still go back to him I'm afraid i've gone too far because i've done just about everything wrong you can imagine I don't see how there can be any hope for someone as bad as i've been. Can you be a christian but believe in another religion at the same time A friend of mine claims he believes in jesus, but he says he also follows another religion
He says he doesn't think he's being illogical, because all religions lead to the same place. The holy spirit is god—and when we come to christ and give our lives to him, god comes to live within us by his spirit In other words, if you are a christian—if you honestly have asked christ to forgive your sins and have opened your heart and life to him—then the holy spirit already lives within you You don’t need to beg him to enter your life He is already there (whether you feel. I don't have any problem believing in jesus, but why should i turn my life over to him, like my christian friends are urging me to do
