Am I truly a christian?

[mbrodsky]

Definitely not necessary for salvation, but definitely necessary for growth. Agree?

Lisa

Not sure I agree. How did the early Acts church grow? Sure they met in the temple, but most of their lives were lived out in their homes, fellowshipping with one another, breaking bread and edifying God.

Modern day churches can tend to be so structured that true worship gets choked out. Check out the home church movement going on now in the country. That's true fellowshipping! Sometimes families can be hurt by the church stepping in where it doesn't belong - that is eveidence of a church imposing its own self-importance, and can be very destructive.

Don't get me wrong - I LOVE 'the church' (the body) and the people from my former church and the duties I performed (I played drums on the worship team and built the church web site, was involved in drama, etc,...) but Jesus never told anyone to go to church did He?

Blessings!

-Mark

 

[bkorn1973]

You need to repent of your sin. Then you will know for sure that you are saved.

 

[JPPT1974]

Admit that you are a sinner
Repent of your sins
Ask God for forgiveness
Accept His one and only begotten Son
Jesus Christ into your heart and life as Savior & Lord
Knowing that He died for you and risen from the dead to save us from eternal separation from God
Knowing that we can't do it ourselves!