Submitted by Doug (not verified) on Sat, 06/27/2009 - 12:49am.
Barney,
Saying "I am a Christian for the same reason most every other Christian is: I was raised in a Christian family" sounded to me like a sarcastic (and incorrect) statement used by those who want to reject the Bible. These people make the argument the Bible can't be true or if it is, God isn't fair because some people were born at the wrong place and the wrong time to believe. But God ordained when and where we would live (see Acts 17:26). Even if your statement was correct, God, as creator, has every right to choose those he will save, and said to Moses “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy” (Rom 9:15, Ex. 33:19).
Your statement was incorrect because it ignores (a) the fact that 75% of youth raised in the church leave and never come back, and (b) the growth of the church in other countries where people are coming to Christ in spite of rejection by their families as a result.
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Barney,
Saying "I am a Christian for the same reason most every other Christian is: I was raised in a Christian family" sounded to me like a sarcastic (and incorrect) statement used by those who want to reject the Bible. These people make the argument the Bible can't be true or if it is, God isn't fair because some people were born at the wrong place and the wrong time to believe. But God ordained when and where we would live (see Acts 17:26). Even if your statement was correct, God, as creator, has every right to choose those he will save, and said to Moses “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy” (Rom 9:15, Ex. 33:19).
Your statement was incorrect because it ignores (a) the fact that 75% of youth raised in the church leave and never come back, and (b) the growth of the church in other countries where people are coming to Christ in spite of rejection by their families as a result.