Who are the Evangelical Christians?
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Told many that they believe they are some kind of Jehovah's Witnesses or non-Christian people, I say that the Evangelicals, on the other hand, are the pure Christians, those of the origins, those who preach the Gospel and the Word of God as it is presented without making changes to the Bible, without removing or adding anything. They have no rituals and traditions, just as i did not have them 12 apostles of Jesus: these are the Evangelicals! They do not follow the tradition invented by men over the millennia, as their only guide they do not have a pope or a priest, but God, Christ, and the Word he left us, which is the only reliable thing we have to follow
I say that we must look at the Word in its integrity, because God has a plan, a program and let us know everything, that's why I believe in the Apocalypse, in the end of the world, when all will be judged, and only the faithful to God will be saved.
Taken from the article by P. Bolognese
Being evangelicals
This is why the Bible is important, rather, essential for anyone's life. Its centrality means first of all that the Bible is the particular means through which God communicates his truth to man. Without it, there would be a lot of uncertainty, but through him there can be light and certainty. Because God has addressed his message to man, the latter can hope, be freed and saved.
In this sense, being evangelicals means being consistent with the affirmation of God as Lord, as the One who spoke in his Word and who through it can free man from all his illusions by addressing him a certain word for his salvation. If the Bible is the means by which God communicates his truth to man, then every man has the freedom to approach it. The power and clarity of the Word of God is such that it needs no support other than its own strength. The Holy Spirit is capable of making Scripture effective in people's hearts.
For this we also speak of “universal priesthood” of believers. In the sense that each man, the most powerful as the humblest, the richest as well as the poorest are places, in their relationship with God, on the same floor. And if everyone is free to approach the Word of God, everyone is “priests”. There is no need for human mediators between God and men, but all are brothers.
Being Christian
There are too many clichés about this term too. With the term “Christians” however, we must understand those who, as the Bible says they followed Jesus Christ and gave themselves to Him (proceedings 11,26). In this sense we must think of the apostles, to the disciples, to the first converts of Pentecost, to those of Jerusalem, Antioch, Corinth, etc. We think of all those who have suffered ridicule over time, flagella, chains, stoning, Crowns, as “of whom the world was not worthy”. We think of the countless fires lit and of all those who still suffer today because of the name they bear, that of Christians. Today, especially in our world, this is not always the case. However, we can ask ourselves what they could believe to reach those extreme consequences with the certainty of not being deluded.
We Christians believe that Jesus is the only Lord. We are firmly convinced by God's Word, that outside of him it is not possible to be saved “because there is no other name under heaven by which one has to be saved” (proceedings 4,12). Jesus is for us the only Mediator between God and men (1 Timoteo 2,5), therefore there is no need for anyone else to act as an intermediary between God and men. God is above everyone and everything and glory must go to Him alone.
Perhaps we can ask ourselves why we believe we need a Savior. Certainly because as human beings we recognize our total inability to achieve the good according to God. Before the holy God of the Bible, what man can best accomplish is none other than a “dirty dress”. What the Bible calls sin it is not a generic trend or random determination, it is not just the state of painful uncertainty, it is iniquity and perversion of the heart. Something that draws on the most intimate essence of our being and which is unclean before the holiness of God. To undermine this corruption it is in no way possible to rely on religious practices (fasts, pilgrimages, suffering or other). This is what all the different religions propose. This is the neurosis of a false salvation growing on the ground of human illusions. All human systems say: “You have to do”. Everyone imposes certain demands on man that ultimately he cannot fulfill. Instead, Christ came to announce something absolutely different, authentic good news: “You don't have to deserve anything, I have accomplished everything. You don't have to save yourself, I saved you. You don't have to come to a certain level of justice, I am your justice. You don't have to atone for your sins, I atoned for them”.
Everything is done
How can such a perspective really be experienced? Only for wedding ring: faith as recognition and acceptance of the work of grace it says: “Everything is done!” (Giovanni 19,30). Under the gloomy sky of the human condition, God lets the light of hope shine through. Jesus said,: “Come to me, all of you who are troubled and aggravated, and I will give you rest” (Matteo 11,28). “I am the light of the world, whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, indeed it will have the light of life” (Giovanni 8,12). This is not about improving, but to change radically, of “be born again“; it is not about updating, but to convert. Without God, even progress is nothing but decay, for every improvement places us once again in the presence of our derisive insufficiency and our threatening finitude.
To people upset by God's absolute needs, the Gospel of Christ announces total forgiveness and therefore peace. His work is complete and unrepeatable, its light bright enough to make everything human pale and unmask the petty illusions of our poverty. The grazia it is what he does not deserve! Perhaps many have been looking for it for a long time without realizing that it is a free and sovereign gift from God who loves and calls by name.. As it is not a right, nor something obligatory, it can only be accepted by faith, but also with the most complete gratitude. “Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life”. Salvation is a gift from God that is valid for eternity. And when it is known, it can be confessed before men for the glory of God.
What does the cult of evangelicals consist of??
We don't have it “mass” catholic, understood as a repetition of Christ's sacrifice, because we believe that Jesus Christ offered himself as “single sacrifice for sins” of those who believe (read in the Bible in Jews 10:12 e Romans 6:9-10), is that “He did this once and for all when he offered himself” (Jews 7:25-27; 9:22-28).
We gather together to offer our adoration to the Lord, with praise, the songs, prayers and testimonies, offered to Him in simplicity, and we meditate on the Word of God.
Because evangelical Christians believe in Christ but not in the Church?
We believe in both Christ and the Church! The difference with Catholics is in the concept of the Church: they believe that the Church is that of Rome, and that outside of it there is salvation. The other historic churches, such as the Orthodox one, they do not recognize the alleged supremacy of the bishop of Rome.
We evangelicals believe that “the” Church is only the Christian Church, that is, the set of all Christians in the world who believe in Jesus Christ as their Savior. In this sense, the Christian Church is called universal (O “catholic”) and it is also called in the Bible “the body of Christ”, that is, all of us Christians, with only the Lord at its head.
What sacraments do you have? You have priests?
We have the sacraments provided by the Bible:
1) Water baptism (carried out according to the example of the Gospels).
2) The holy supper.
3) Private confession to God, or even publish for anyone who wants it.
4) The wedding.
5) The anointing of the sick.
We don't have sacred orders, because it is not foreseen by the Bible, according to which all Christians are saints and are priests of the Lord to offer Him the sacrifice of our praise through Jesus Christ (see 1 Pietro 2:5 from Rev. 1:5-6; see also here).
It's a really nice blog!!
congratulations brothers and may christ be with you
2Corinthians 10:16
to be able to evangelize even the countries that are beyond yours without boasting, in the field of others, of things already prepared.
Noisy Siskin
Today I read the message of a boy who, despite never having joined the congregation of the TDG, often reads its publications and shares many points and many do not., I too, like that boy, know many TDGs, and I've known them since 50 years but I have never entered their congregation but I have the utmost respect for them. This guy even if he expressed himself in a little Italian’ stunted as a foreigner he said very clearly that rather than criminals or something else it would be better if there were more Protestants or more Catholics or more TDGs you were, in my opinion, very offensive by saying that the TDGs LIVE IN A MOMENT OF HYPOCRISY, BUT HOW DON'T YOU OFFEND PEOPLE SINCE YOU RECOMMEND YOURSELF TO BE EDUCATED IN WRITING, WELL EDUCATE YOURSELF FIRST
rebecca,
But what problems do you have?? What are you talking about? Where did you read this and then what does this post have to do with Jehovah's Witnesses? That they live in a world of hypocrisy is true however, look at how many bans they have. I know many who are also liars, they do cosmetic things and are huge ass-kickers (and sorry for the term but it comes naturally to me). Then there will also be the ok ones, as in all confessions, in all philosophies, for charity, but this has nothing to do with education and rudeness. I advise you to read better between the lines without jumping to hasty conclusions.
Dear Roby, read the bible? In the Bible it is clearly written that Satan is disguised as an angle of light!!! I doubt it? Who are you to rise above God and the Bible, which is his written word? Read the Bible! you are very close to accepting Jesus Christ as the Savior is the Truth, which is Christ himself as he himself said!
Hi ChristianFaith!
E’ nice to have found your blog by chance. …and your passion for Sacred Scripture.
Greetings in the Lord!
Nicodem
Ciao, I found your blog by chance and I am pleased to see that there are other Italian Christian blogs online. May God bless you and may the Holy Spirit always guide you into all truth and into His fantastic presence.
GBY
Andrea