True Christianity

Judge Christianity not by the words or actions of those who have lived it poorly, but by the Words of the New Testament of the Bible. That is the true Christianity. As Mahatma Gandhi said: "If Christians lived according to the teachings of Christ, as found in the Bible, all of India would be Christian."

  All people are flawed; all of us sin. We all fail in some areas and need God's forgiveness and grace to be better Christians. All of us rationalize and compromise to a certain degree. We sometimes take the words of the Bible and interpret them to mean what we think they mean; or what we would like them to mean.

  Jesus said: Be on your guard against false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but underneath are wolves on the prowl. You will know them by their deeds."  Matthew 7:15-16

  The Epistle of John says: Anyone who is so 'progressive' that he does not remain rooted in the teaching of Christ does not possess God. 2 John 9

  St. Paul, in his letter to Timothy says: For the time will come when people will not tolerate sound doctrine, but, following their own desires, will surround themselves with teachers who tickle their ears. They will stop listening to the truth and will wander off into fables. 2 Timothy 4:3-4

  And also: Whoever teaches in any other way, not holding to the sound doctrines of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching proper to true religion, should be recognized as both conceited and ignorant, a sick man in his passion for polemics and controversy.

1 Timothy 6:3-5

  So we see that even from the very beginnings of Christianity we have been told that everyone who professes to be a Christian will not necessarily act like one.

  The lesson is: Don't judge Christianity solely by the actions of those who profess faith in Jesus Christ. Look rather to the source of that faith.