ChristianKitsune (post: 1494676) wrote:As everyone else has been saying. They are still Christians and we'll be seeing them someday.
But I think that IF you have opportunities to READ God's word, then you should take them at every chance you get. (So guilty of NOT doing this) Actually, Topaz' first post made me think of this. XD We are so spoiled here in America, and elsewhere were reading God's word is LEGAL and AVAILABLE...I think we definitely take this for granted...
I guess, I've just been learning from a lot of stupid experiences. That reading (if available) and Praying to God is ESSENTIAL for growth and well, Joy.... I mean...when I don't read God's word for months at a time..(yep this has happened...) I get REALLY depressed, I like really fall into ruts that I feel like I can't get out of...and it usually takes something like going away to a retreat or something to get me out of it... (which is also silly xD)
I liken this to if God were someone I called a "Friend" but I never talked to them, or called them or hung out with them...there'd be something off with that relationship. IT's not something that can't be fixed by calling them up again of course. But communication is necessary.
So are you a Christian if you don't delve into knowing God more? Yes. But why wouldn't you want to know who God is better?
I guess that's my take...
A person who isn't spending time with God is cutting himself off from the source of spiritual nourishment. How can you know what pleases God without spending time with him and finding out what his commandments are? How can you know who God is and what his requirements are without reading his Word? God gave us a book that tells us everything we need to know about him; that is too wonderful of a gift to just ignore.ESV wrote:Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. (John 15:4)
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