There is a massive difference between choosing to follow Christ and being a “Christian”. The only people who have a hard time understanding the distinction are the ones who get all their faith from other folks work.
Just cause you grew up going to church and do all the things “good Christians” should doesn’t guarantee your place in heaven and it damn sure doesn’t give you the right to condemn others to hell or any place else.
Fearing the Lord, following Jesus, and keeping a pure heart comes from a daily decision to kill your ego or pride and become a servant… like Jesus.
It means understanding that earthly riches are meaningless when the true reward is in heaven. It’s about loving others and sacrifice. It’s about reading scripture for yourself, meditating on it so that it helps your heart discern. It’s about growing under God’s perfect grace.
I get so aggravated with “Christians” that wield self-righteousness as a weapon against sinners. Really shows their ignorance and lack of wisdom. It’s actually funny because Jesus didn’t come to the healed he appeared to the sick, broken, and destitute. The very ones the people who were supposed to know God outcasted.
