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The gospel of Jesus Christ: What is it?
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Arkady,

Do you know which of those things you listed did the thief on the Cross do to go with Christ into Paradise that day? And which ones of those things did the Ethiopian do, whom Apostle Philip preached the Good News about Jesus Christ to him. In the thief's case, he had only time to believe that Jesus was the Messiah of God and had faith that He could save Him...and he was. For the Ethiopian, he believed that Christ was the Messiah of God, come to forgive his sins... and he was baptised in water, when they happend to come upon some...with nothing else said to have been done in his case...Philip left him as soon as they got out of the water.

While pointing this out, I don't say that any of those things are not good to do, or should be neglected, especially if a person was seeking to be mamber of the Orthodox Church, but I think you would agree that the very 1st step, is to believe in your heart that Jesus is the Son of God and His Messiah and that God sent Him to save us and to forgive us of our sins, by His sacrifice on the Cross, and that after He was placed in the grave, He was resurrected after 3 days and asscended back to God and is at His right hand reigning as King of kings and Lord of lord's, and is going to return to judge the living and the dead...and we are told to hope and trust in Him alone for our salvation, He being the Mediator between God and mankind. Of course the Creed speaks on these things and the doctrinal statements of The Apostolic Churches interpret these things more fully.

Shlama,
Chuck
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Re: The gospel of Jesus Christ: What is it? - by Arkady - 02-27-2012, 08:20 AM
Re: The gospel of Jesus Christ: What is it? - by Arkady - 02-28-2012, 07:25 AM
Re: The gospel of Jesus Christ: What is it? - by Arkady - 02-28-2012, 10:47 AM
Re: The gospel of Jesus Christ: What is it? - by Arkady - 02-29-2012, 04:30 AM
Re: The gospel of Jesus Christ: What is it? - by Thirdwoe - 02-29-2012, 05:36 AM
Re: The gospel of Jesus Christ: What is it? - by Arkady - 02-29-2012, 10:15 AM
Re: The gospel of Jesus Christ: What is it? - by Arkady - 02-29-2012, 07:28 PM
Re: The gospel of Jesus Christ: What is it? - by Arkady - 02-29-2012, 07:55 PM
Re: The gospel of Jesus Christ: What is it? - by Arkady - 02-29-2012, 08:02 PM
Re: The gospel of Jesus Christ: What is it? - by Arkady - 02-29-2012, 08:17 PM

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