Christian and Unbelieving

It is possible to be a professed Christian and not believe the Bible.

How?

When Mark* says he’s following God, living right and doing the needful, he speaks truth. That’s all he thinks it is to be a Christian. His church attendance is impeccable, his morality is faultless and his good works – oh, you won’t find a better man! He looks like it; the perfect example of a Christian man; upright, godly, fine, except he’s not. He may accept the Bible – some parts of it, he may be principled with his words often in tune with his actions but only on a superficial level (just in Church), he believes some of the believable stories in the Bible and he might know what it says is right and good but that’s about all. He doesn’t really listen to sermons, don’t talk about incredible things like resurrection; movies are based on fantasies like that. Jesus is not of his nationality and times have changed. He was a prophet, great teacher and almost cool guy – leave it at that, there’s no need to emulate Christ that he can see.

Why? 

When God is a far away fixture to a man, even though he believes, his faith is derivative at best and his Christianity is situation based. He believes, yes he does, but not when his life hangs in the balance. If perchance you catch him at a bad moment, you’ll see the true stuff inside him coming out and it is far from godly. Don’t you dare offend him or he will not forgive, don’t ask him to contribute to Sunday school, Bible study or a Christian debate, he has no knowledge or revelation of his own and can’t fight for his faith. He is a Christian but is unbelieving; almost an atheist. And it is not only about the Bible, his entire belief system is fundamentally wrong.

A lot of people fall into this class for many reasons. Some have mixed religion with culture and have contorted beliefs that reflect in their living. Many think the Bible is not just relatable (probably by the version or portions they read), others say it’s not explicit enough since it doesn’t give answers like an how-to book and yet others think the stories are archaic, holding no relevance to the current day and age. And they fill our churches. On the surface they are “it” but they truly aren’t.

*Is fictional

Written by ‘durotimi

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