Well, I'm not much at giving advice or leaving the right comment. But,I think you sound like a very decent person. And I like reading your diary. Sometimes when I'm thinking I have no real friends, I find out I have more than ever. Maybe that is your case, too.

Hope you have a good day.

froggy

I'm in a bit of a scatterbrained mood right now...So I don't have any advice or anything...I just wanted to say that you should definitely get an i-mood thingy. They're fun :P

~Fury~

A good Christian or a bad Christian? What I do is look at what Christ said, to figure out what he wants us to do, and pay attention to that more than what other people tell you what you should do.

It's not easy, though. People all think that they know what God wants you to do, like they have him on their buddy list or something!

It sounds like you are a decent person and will go to heaven no matter what; however your saddness with real life is perhaps what hinders your "fire" with god. Do you believe he has anything to do with our lives?

Tinoz, The first thing to do is to be sure that you have asked Jesus Christ to come into your heart and save you. After that, you can depend on God to be there for you and to lead you in the right direction. I don't know anything about your personal life, whether you read the Bible or go to church, but these are very important to my life as a Christian. If you have a favorite preacher, ask him to help you find some kind of service you might do for God. Anything that you do to help someone else is pleasing to God. Just be looking for opportunities. I believe He will show you some ways to serve Him. I don't mean to preach to you, just wanted to be of help. Love, Nina

Tinoz,

The Bible says we are saved by GRACE THROUGH FAITH not of our own works! You can NEVER be 'good' enough to get into heaven so quit QUIT quit QUIT quit tarnishing the gift of God by thinking you can earn it by being a good person. Revelation says our righteousness is as filthy rags.

Now for the flipside of this point. Since our good works don't get us into heaven --- our bad works can't keep us out. See, our salvation has absolutely NOTHING to do with our WORKS!!! Our works are the EVIDENCE of our love to God. That is all they are.

I know God finds our desire to earn heaven offensive and he finds our lack of faith in His ability to save us heart-breaking. The only thing He wants is your 100% attention and your genuine love for Him.

God knows those who are His; those who desire to know Him and love him. It's all about sincerity. He reads your heart. All we must do is love Him sincerely and respond to His voice. Jesus says, "My sheep hear my voice..." If you've accepted Jesus as your Savior and you love Him with all your heart that is all you must do to be saved. It really is that simple.

See, when you love Him with your whole heart, you will WANT to do that which is right and true. Through His prophet, Ezekial (I think it was Ezekial) God promises to give you a new heart and throw your stony heart away. Then you will want to obey. It's God's job to change your heart - not YOUR job. Your job is to SEEK after HIM. Then let HIM change YOU. IT isn't the other way around. You don't change then go to Him. That is like a sick person trying to get well before he goes to the doctor!

Relationship with God is like this:

Say you married a woman. Do you think she would be impressed if you were faithful to her because it was against the law to commit adultry but in your heart you were wanting every beautiful woman you saw? You refrained from 'doing bad' Shouldn't she be happy then?

I think this woman would be deeply offended and heart-broken. I would want MY husband to remain faithful to me because he LOVED me deeply and didn't WANT to cheat on me. In this case his love is the driving behavior, not the 'law'.

This is what the Bible teaches. I am not a 'Christian' but I've accepted Jesus as my personal Savior and I know my sincerity towards the center of my universe. I fear for 'Christians' --- They are some of the most condemning, self-absorbed, bickering people I've ever met. Ghandi once said that if Christians lived the way they tell everyone else to live ~ there wouldn't be any Hindu's left in INDIA!

Ghandi wasn't a 'Christian' and yet, I know he was one of God's very own. God wants YOU Tinoz, not your pathetic works. When you let God consume you - it is then when your life 'works' will change.

~jayne~

ps.
recommended reading:
95 Theses on Righteousness By Faith
-apologies to Martin Luther
by Morris Vendon

This book is sure to change your life.

((((tinoz))))
After all that has been said above, there is nothing left for me to say......
except,
You are a good person, with a good heart.
God sees that, and so do others!

H

Hi Tinoz, you said you were wondering if you were a good Christian or not, well you have to remember we have no rightouesness of our own. Christ's Rightouesness is given to us when we have accepted him by faith so all Christans are good Christians tho some of them may not always act like it. The more we put in to our relationship with the Lord the more we will get out of it. Christianity is not a religion(there are a lot of religions) but it is a relationship with your creator' by faith as you pray and stay in the word you will get more on fire for him naturally. Talk to you later, Menana.