Would You Give Your Life for Christ?

Would You Give Your Life For Christ?


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In the way that He gave His for you? Honestly,.. if somebody pointed a gun at me and asked me if I followed Christ I would be truthful then be welcomed into Heaven by Him,.. however to answer the question properly I would have to answer no I'm afraid. A nice and quick painless death is a lot easier to say yes to then a suffering one. However, I guess that's why He's God and I'm not.
 

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In the way that He gave His for you? Honestly,.. if somebody pointed a gun at me and asked me if I followed Christ I would be truthful then be welcomed into Heaven by Him,.. however to answer the question properly I would have to answer no I'm afraid. A nice and quick painless death is a lot easier to say yes to then a suffering one. However, I guess that's why He's God and I'm not.

While I would be influenced by my then-current role in life, I would hope to be willing to stand (and die) on principle if the situation demanded it. However, I would take into consideration those dependent on me (if any), such as small children, invalid parents, or others for whom my absence would be a serious hardship.

Jesus was single for a reason; it would not have been ethical for him to leave a widow with children in that society.
 
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If we deny Jesus, He will deny us. We can be forgiven of that of course; look at Peter. But I don't think I could live with myself if I denied Jesus just to escape some physical pain or torture, or even if I had a family or something. The early Christian's and a lot of Christian's today in places where they are persecuted considered/consider it an honor to suffer or die for Christ. They thanked God for being considered worthy enough to suffer or die for Him. I believe that is how we as Christian's should view it. It is a great honor to suffer or die for our Lord and Savior.
 
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You mean when he denied Him three times?

Peter was quite sure that he would be willing to die for Christ, and confidently said he would. At that time, if he were to come across this thread, he would have probably said what he said to Jesus that he would die for Him. He was overconfident in himself. Today, we have the scripture of that event, and I think that when we honestly evaluate ourselves and if we'd willingly lay down our lives, we don't really know. But if that time came, we would hope that we would. If God gives us the strength and courage to, then we would.
 
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If we deny Jesus, He will deny us. We can be forgiven of that of course; look at Peter. But I don't think I could live with myself if I denied Jesus just to escape some physical pain or torture, or even if I had a family or something. The early Christian's and a lot of Christian's today in places where they are persecuted considered/consider it an honor to suffer or die for Christ. They thanked God for being considered worthy enough to suffer or die for Him. I believe that is how we as Christian's should view it. It is a great honor to suffer or die for our Lord and Savior.








Just because I'm being honest doesn't mean that I like my answer or that I'm proud of it,.. but I would be lying if I confidently said that I would because I would probably be too scared of the pain as much as I love Him. It would be fear and doubt holding me back.
 
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In the way that He gave His for you? Honestly,.. if somebody pointed a gun at me and asked me if I followed Christ I would be truthful then be welcomed into Heaven by Him,.. however to answer the question properly I would have to answer no I'm afraid. A nice and quick painless death is a lot easier to say yes to then a suffering one. However, I guess that's why He's God and I'm not.
I don't know. I hope I would. I have a few thoughts. The first being something I heard from a Baptist Pastor who said something like "You think you're going to die for Christ and you don't even live for him? Start living for him and then we'll talk."

He made a good point I think.

Then theres torture which can beat anyone (except Jesus). Something I read recently was about the leadership of the Templars. When betrayed and tortured by the French authorities they eventually admitted to the accusations. These were ridiculous including not believing in Christ, urinating on a cross, strange rituals in order to join the templars and other things relating to homosexual behaviour. The French King was in debt to the Templars and he decided to get rid of them by forcing these confessions.

Anyway eventually they confessed and they were to be burned at the stake. Before they were killed the leader and others stated: They had been guilty, they said, "not of the crimes imputed to them, but of basely betraying their Order to save their own lives." It was pure and holy; the charges were fictitious and the confessions false.

The execution went ahead: "There de Molay, de Charney, de Gonneville, and de Peraud were slowly burned to death, refusing all offers of pardon for retraction, and bearing their torment with a composure which won for them the reputation of martyrs among the people, who reverently collected their ashes as relics"

So as someone else mentioned Peter, I don't think it always boils down to one moment. Peter denied Christ. The Templars betrayed their order which followed Christ. They repented and turned back to God. Sometimes you have to fail badly in order to grow stronger.
 
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Like I said, you can be forgiven. There is a verse that goes along with what I said. I don't recall it right off, but if I remember, I will post it later.
Jesus didn't deny Peter as I recall...
 
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Just because I'm being honest doesn't mean that I like my answer or that I'm proud of it,.. but I would be lying if I confidently said that I would because I would probably be too scared of the pain as much as I love Him. It would be fear and doubt holding me back.
Please don't get the wrong idea. I'm not judging you or anyone. I just posted what I believe.
 
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Please don't get the wrong idea. I'm not judging you or anyone. I just posted what I believe.






You made it sound like if I were being honest in saying that I would not die on the cross for Him that I cannot be saved. :(
 
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You made it sound like if I were being honest in saying that I would not die on the cross for Him that I cannot be saved. :(
Being honest with yourself is one of the most important things you can do. Don't change that.
 
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In the way that He gave His for you? Honestly,.. if somebody pointed a gun at me and asked me if I followed Christ I would be truthful then be welcomed into Heaven by Him,.. however to answer the question properly I would have to answer no I'm afraid. A nice and quick painless death is a lot easier to say yes to then a suffering one. However, I guess that's why He's God and I'm not.

God is only interested in spiritual commitment. A person's body is of no special significance. If it were, we'd all be born perfect.
 
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In the way that He gave His for you? Honestly,.. if somebody pointed a gun at me and asked me if I followed Christ I would be truthful then be welcomed into Heaven by Him,.. however to answer the question properly I would have to answer no I'm afraid. A nice and quick painless death is a lot easier to say yes to then a suffering one. However, I guess that's why He's God and I'm not.
It's a good question and one that all too many people face these days. For a world that is supposedly civilised and improving, God's people are still at great risk in many countries.

Two things: First, God is not going to allow us to be tested beyond our ability to bear. Second, it is near impossible to know how we will perform under great pressure. Peter, the "I will never betray you" disciple, found this out the hard way. Yet he, by God's grace, died for the Lord. God's grace is sufficient. If we are relying on our own strength then we may well fail. If we depend on Christ alone, we will be victorious even in death.
 
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It's a good question and one that all too many people face these days. For a world that is supposedly civilised and improving, God's people are still at great risk in many countries.

Two things: First, God is not going to allow us to be tested beyond our ability to bear. Second, it is near impossible to know how we will perform under great pressure. Peter, the "I will never betray you" disciple, found this out the hard way. Yet he, by God's grace, died for the Lord. God's grace is sufficient. If we are relying on our own strength then we may well fail. If we depend on Christ alone, we will be victorious even in death.








Yeah that's another reason why I said no. I feel that I'm weak especially when it comes to pain. :(
 
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