A True Christian

So, I was scrolling through the posts, and I saw a lot of people posting things like, "A true Christian is super nice, and he's loving, and he does this, and he does that" but the question was not, "What is an ideal Christian?" or "How should a Christian act?"

The answer that you are looking for is quite simple. The only thing that qualifies you as a Christian--the only thing that needs to happen in order for one to go to Heaven--is simply believing that God is Who He says He is. John 3:16, Ephesians 2:8-9--simply belief that Jesus is God. Often times, people will ask, "Well, a Catholic believes that Jesus is God, but they think that Heaven works differently. According to your belief system--that the only requirement is belief--will they be in Heaven as well?" The answer is no. And here is why: they are believing in something that they do to get them to Heaven. They are believing in a prayer, they are believing that their ancestors will pay their way in, they are believing in their good deeds. God asks that we believe in Him to get into Heaven, and that is it. Now you may be wondering, "Caleb, how do you know that you subscribe to the proper belief system?" And to that I say, Have you read the Bible? 'Cause, like, it don't say nothin' about no sinners prayer. Nor does it say that you have to speak tongues in order to be considered saved. Nor does it say that you need to completely change your life. Nor does it say that baptism is a requirement, just something that all Christians should do. Which is different. You're not condemned to Hell because you didn't have your Pastor dunk your head into a pool of water.

Salvation is easy, and we tend to over complicate it with a bunch of unnecessary and's. It is simply belief. The Bible says it time and time again: belief. Nothing more. One can have the faith of a mustard seed, but as long as they have that ounce of belief in them in that moment--that belief that it is Jesus Who saved you, that God is God--they are saved. Where they take their life from there is their choice. God asks us to live a certain way, but we won't lose our salvation if we choose not to follow. And we never have to get saved again. Once saved, always saved.

If you want to know what a Christian strives to be, I believe many of the posts here brought up a lot of what that is. I won't go into it unless asked, in which case I will try to write up a post on it.