What is Christianity – a personal relationship with the Lord
or a corporate relationship? Why not both, instead of one or the other, as one
“scholar had written without any Scriptural support:
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Christianity is not about a personal
relationship with Jesus.
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When we read the Bible, we read communally. https://www.1517.org/articles/christianity-is-not-about-a-personal-relationship-with-jesus?fbclid=IwAR1d5CSHEU0qU5EhYmkIlqiQtgYgJvFtOrgQ9Z4MW-KExGxcVkQOODxIFlI#.YU6fwYEYXls.facebook
Cannot we read the Bible on our own? Doesn’t it say:
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The faith that you have, keep between yourself
and God. Blessed is the one who has no reason to pass judgment on himself for
what he approves. But whoever has doubts is condemned if he eats, because the
eating is not from faith. For whatever does not proceed from faith is sin. (Romans
14:22–23)
While we should seek the counsel of others, ultimately, our
faith is personal, between ourselves and the Lord. Even when mistaken, it is I
who must bear the responsibility for violating my faith.
God works with us, not only as a Church, the Body of Christ,
but also individually:
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The soul who sins shall die. The son shall not
suffer for the iniquity of the father, nor the father suffer for the iniquity
of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the
wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself. (Ezekiel 18:20)
I hope that this lesson demonstrates that we all need to be
Bereans (Acts 17) who weigh everything against the Scriptures.
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