5 Things Christians Need to Stop Saying 

Yah. I’m not a fan of those either.

I agree, sometimes I share them because what they say besides that is true and beautiful. I never share them with the intent of expecting people to share them and if they don't judge them as not loving, or being ashamed of Jesus. However, in the future I think I'll take a screenshot and crop that part out.

If you are offended by the name of Jesus you are not a Christian anyway. THINK.

It’s manipulative to write “ if you love Jesus you will share this.” It’s disrespectful, too, in that it doesn’t respect the many excellent reasons someone has for not sharing.

Its more likely share/like- farming

YES! So many people even family members could care less about you and show it by not helping or keeping in touch with you. I had gotten very sick years ago and recieved nothing from the people ( my family) that loved me, that I dedicated my time to for so many years , was not there for me at all. So I recovered from my illness and all that I had wished my friends and family would of helped me with as you stated, I now do for those people in my life.

Yes, need to offer REAL help, not “AIR” help. Lol

Yes!

The what the book of James teaches. Practical Christianity . Thank you for obedience to the word.

@Winnie, well said.

Yea. I hate that emoticon. I doubt very many people who post that really pray

I love writing out prayers for people. Sometimes, it just isn't appropriate to share with everyone on FB how I am praying, but in general, I agree with you.

maybe the people who put the 🙏 sign up understand what JESUS said in Matthew 6:6

@@darrylgibson3575 Interesting thought on Matt 6:6. They could be looking at it that way and obeying the Lord from the heart. I had always thought that verse was about not showing off that you are praying which goes to motive of why you are praying and looking for reward from people. We do see corporate prayer throughout the whole Bible and that is praying outside of a closet and we don't see it condemned. We see Jesus condemning the religious leaders of the day for liking to be seen and heard when they pray as well as the one one who thanks the Lord that he isn't a sinner. I'm sure that I have more to learn. Thanks.

@@bobjose5855 are you sure that it's corporate prayers or are those the blessings and praising that they're doing openly, I do know this much that every time JESUS prayed HE went off to be alone with our FATHER and spoke to HIM in secret.

God never gave you that. It’s just life.

@@flightforensics4523 It is Biblical, but not in those some exact words. 1 Corinthians 10:13 "...he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear...". Please go read the verse in context for better understanding. Never accept isolated verses without reading them in context.

I must admit I'm not a very vocal Christian, so I don't feel compelled to say I will pray for someone if I don't mean it (there's no expectation I'll say this). Thus when I say it, I sincerely mean it, I do it, and indeed people are often surprised when I say this.

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I know of people who say their revelations are from God even when they contradict the bible…….WHAT!?!?!?

True.

Yes -- THAT one! Why do we need to "name drop"? Just say you feel or think a certain way about something or someone, but don't invoke God's credit score to validate your inkling. Maybe the Holy Spirit DID tell you something, maybe God HAS been informing you of something, maybe it WAS Jesus in a dream you had...can't we just share our concerns, offer correction or encouragement, or share a scripture (in context, please), and be satisfied that God has not advertised for a PR firm to handle His campaign? "A Word spoken in season" (Proverbs 15:23) describes the joy experienced having delivered a Word at just the right time, moment, circumstance, event...I am SO guilty of having tossed around, "God told me,..." when I was a new Christian. Fortunately, no one was harmed, thanks to God's grace over all parties concerned.

When people say "The Lord told me..." turn and walk away from them. They are kooks wrapped up in their own minds. I hear these fake TV preachers make these kinds of claims. They are all from the dark side.....

@ karen thompson I agree to a point, but doesn't God live within all of us? What about his prophets? Are they kooks or from the dark side?

Something that really bothers me is when someone expresses a need during a difficult time and they’re told simply that they would pray for them. Prayer is awesome but it’s often times a cop out or a reason not to help that person and they walk away thinking they’ve done a wonderful thing and pat themselves on the back. It’s hard for someone who has lost their job and doesn’t know how they will feed their family or keep the lights on to hear those words. We’re supposed to be the hands and feet of Christ! Surely a gift of some groceries or gas money would be better appreciated than a sometimes promise of prayer. We need to help each other. Feed the hungry, help the poor, take care of orphans and widows! Surely a hot meal dropped off at their home along with sincere prayer would be more helpful. Sorry for the rant. It’s something I feel strongly about. Hey, I’m guilty of this too. It’s something I want to change for myself.

@Ray Sperle I'm new to this commenting stuff.. so pardon me for responding to your reply agree ing with Brandon Robbins... regarding 5 things a Christian should never say....I totally disagree with both of you....I think its ok to say things like" the bible says it so I believe it" and the rest.... BUT.. what needs to be done then is a 2 hour follow up talk session with the person we said that to ...explaining our position.. the error in saying those things is when people like maybe You or Brandon .. say these statements then just shut-up... that CAN NEVER BE... People need to make a stance and be forcefully adamant about it... say it then PREACH it!.. the others will be convinced it IS true.. or will never come to you again asking ridiculous questions like whether or not you believe what the bible says or not.. they will KNOW for sure what you believe...

My response always is "I'd appreciate it more if instead of praying you chose to do something that theoretically might be of help"

@@endthisnonsense7202 So in otherwords, dont do ANYTHING! Got it! You aint even worthy of a prayer, my friend! So accept that prayer & be happy, or simply avoid people altogether, because you got a bad attitude!

Thank you so much for your prayer, Sue! God bless you!

@@BrandonRobbinsMinistry Did catholics change sabbath from saturdays to sundays

Sue. I understand you're frustration. I'm in Africa and almost all the praying I see in church is for personal success in business or for wealth. Also government politics often enters the church. I've tried but I feel so distant from this because I believe we should be principally serving God. In some ways my faith has grown but I feel distant from any Christian community.

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Amen

Breaking up with someone isn't a "little thing" especially for people truly put GOD as head of their life and seek HIM on all things. Because marriage is actually a big deal, asking GOD for guidance in dating practices is essential. Too many people chose their free will over GOD's purpose when it comes to dating and end up in relationships and marriages that GOD has joined together.

@@ajourneywithmyfather1980 Just an f.y.i. I don't see anywhere in Johanna Pops reply where they were refering to married people... just wonderin.. if you noticed that..?..

@Dan Beech Marriage is a commitment.. this is how I see it... many would disagree... but I have never been one to just "be in a relationship".. for an indefinite period.... I have had dozens of relationships... in the last 50 years of my life... but most of those 50 years I was not saved... so I did not even think about what non marital relationships meant in regards to God..and when I found a woman that was special to me I DID marry her.. and we reaised a family and all went to church...I never looked at a "relationship"... with someone outside of the marriage bond the same way that I looked at a relationship inside the marriage bond.. if a person thinks enough of their partner or the relationship they have to someone ..to NOT consider the relationship or possible break up of a relationship..as NOT a little thing.......what are they doing NOT getting married...?. .if people oppose marriage... I cannot take their relationship serious enough to consider it a BIG thing.... Marry then.. show the world how the other person is Not a little thing... staying with someone and Not marrying them is like reading the bible and never getting saved... marriage----salvation... hmmmm I think after a certain period of time.. a person knows if this is their forever person.. if they are.. then... propose..! even if the 2 are penniless and have to be married in a shack...... none of my weddings ever cost me much money.... 2 wives died and the one I am married to now I have been with since 2015.. we were married.. about 12 months after we met.. Oh.. and definitely no children out of wedlock......marry the person...

Yes. Preach. A lot don't understand this concept and as a result leads to people blaming God for letting bad things happen especially the fact He is all powerful and all knowing. I feel like God can only do so much according to our faith. If we pray or weep to God and we don't keep His commands or follow Jesus's example, it would make sense for Him to not do anything.

You speak well. My daughter was taken, missing for 7 weeks, and then her body found discarded in a creek on Christmas Eve 2019 by hunters. The people who said this or wrote this sentiment, however well-meaning, had no idea the grief and anger it caused me and our family. My heart truly goes out to you because I know this kind of obscene pain. I am finding it doesn’t lessen over time as so many assured me it would; I simply have learned how to carry the weight by experience and God’s magnificent grace. God bless you.

Nothing happens for a "reason".

@Tracy Karol have you ever read thru the book of Job.......?... I am sorry for the loss of your neice......And I cannot give you an answer as to why God allowed such tragedy to happen... but we must remember God DOES have a reason for allowing things to happen... and in this sense... Everything DOES.. happen for a reason... God ONLY knows.. the reason behind all the events... though God did NOT allow Satan to Kill Job.. in Job's case... this does Not mean that God with holds Satan's hand in every person's situation... It is Not for us to know.. why God allows these tragedies to happen was it right of God to allow Cain to slay Abel?... Could God have prevented it?.. YES.. why did God allow an innocent man who loved God and was Loved by God to be slain?.. I refuse to believe that God did Not have a reason for it.... MY God does Not work that way... haphazardly.. like a roll of the dice.. or a ball going around on a roulette wheel.. people can be upset with God.. for what they feel is an injustice done to someone in the case of murder.... and some people even Hate God for injustices done... I ve seen couple leave the Church and QUIT God.. when they lost their infant child.. it is a harsh reality... many can hate God for what they feel is not right.. but here is a fact God created us ... so thereby God OWNS us... God can do what He wills with us.. And we should Not be upset with God... Why.?. because we are only here because God allowed us to be here.. Why are so many angry with God.?. or do Not believe everything happens for a reason..?.. because they do NOT know the same God I know...

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Hello Joni, I hope my comment wasn't taken as a form of invasion of your comments privacy. I'm here to make friends, how are you? Where are you from?

I know, telling me I'm fixed because I believe in Jesus and Paul wrote in 1 Cor. and gave a list of lifestyle sins and ended it with "And such WERE some of you, but you are washed and cleansed." Remember how messed up the Corinthian church was? Why did Paul write that knowing they were drinking and sinning all the time. Well then why do I still want to drink or whatever my issues were? I'm not fixed, I'm in Christ and have been saved, but becoming a Christian didn't make my obsessive compulsive personality go away, nor my PTSD. I will struggle with it for the rest of my life and though I'm better I still have to struggle.

I believe the world dose give us more than we can handle, by ourselves . God /Jesus /the spirit is with me every day to give me strength.

So where do your loved ones go before Heaven? I will not judge or criticize you

@@DruidsCalling The dead are in the grave awaiting the resurrection. Read Thessalonians. The dead in Christ rise first at His return, and then those who remain go to meet Him in the air. Nobody goes to heaven ever. People are created to dwell on earth and that’s where they stay. Even at His return he sets up a 1000 year reign on earth. At the end of Revelation there’s a new heaven and new earth. The new Jerusalem coming down with the pearly gates and streets of gold is on earth. It literally says it’s on earth. Go back and read it. Ecclesiastes 9:5-6 5 For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing, and they have no more reward, for the memory of them is forgotten. 6 Their love and their hate and their envy have already perished, and forever they have no more share in all that is done under the sun.

@@fivebooks8498 I respectfully disagree. On the cross, Jesus told one of the thieves “Today I will see you in heaven.” There’s also the rich man and Lazarus, who were on opposite sides of Hades (Lazarus at “Abrahams bosom”, the rich man in torment and unable to cross). In the OT we see the spirit of Samuel summoned by Saul. From these and other verses, it seems clear that believers’ souls will go to heaven/paradise and be with Jesus. But we won’t have our glorified bodies until the resurrection. I’m not sure if unbelievers are now in torment or are sleeping until Judgment, but even Revelation indicates martyrs’ souls in heaven crying out for justice and God assuring them, saying they must wait just a while longer until the rest join them. “Fell asleep” in the Bible is used usually the same way we say “passed away” or any other euphemism for death. Of course I could be completely mistaken! But either way, there will be no more suffering for dead believers. Perfect peace, what a glorious wonder awaits! Have a blessed day!

I like how you wrote, this guy won't forget me! Are you from Africa? or African American? I would be Swedish English American 😁

I do something very similar. Except I say I have added you to my prayer groups prayer list. I am so thankful that I do have a group of people who actively get together once a week to pray for all of our listed petitions

Very sorry for your loss. I'm guilty for saying that also but, at least for me, what I'm trying to say is that after all the suffering they just endured, there is no more pain, only happiness. It is only us that are suffering the loss of them. I'm sure it was just as difficult on you to watch him go through all his suffering before he passed. Sometimes we just don't always word things the right way, but mean well, just the same. Peace to you and may God be with you in your time of need.

God be with you. There really is no right thing to say in a moment like that, when you are bereaved. It never helped me when I lost my father. His death was sudden to everyone else, but I expected it. I knew he was getting sick. I'd told my mom a week before he passed, and she assured me he was fine. Everyone gave me the better place line, but I knew, even if he were ready to go, he didn't want to go when he did. He'd just come to my graduation, he'd cleaned out his car, quit smoking even. Everything seemed ripe for a new lease on life to everyone else. I knew something had to have scared him. He wanted to spend a few days with me before he died, but stupid me had agreed to go to Tennessee for a week with my friends beforehand. I'd rather people just told me they had no idea how to talk about what had just happened

@@ItsJustAdrean Thank you so much for your condolences. May God be with you, also. As a parent, I can say that your father was happy to spend some time together with you. Do not blame yourself for believing you could have spent more time with him. I am sure he parted happy with his time allotment on your company. And, yes, I do believe that there is nothing one can say in a situation so delicate as when someone we love departs from this world. In my case, my beloved departed in his own terms and we were blessed that God was with us all through his last breath. I was holding his hand at that time, assuring him he would be going to Christ and that the cancer that ravished his body would not accompany him. I miss David terribly but also I am happy that he is not suffering anymore. As for your dad, I feel very sorry that he passed. I pray that the good memories he left behind will be of some consolation to your immense loss. I pray for all your family and for the ones who cherish him. 💔

I lost my mom to cancer a year ago, and honestly all the condolences went in one ear and out the other. Now when someone dies I tell the person mourning, “There are no words…”

@@therealgingerbeardman I am very sorry for your great loss. I know it is very hard to cope with this pain but I pray that you and your family are finding some consolation in the memories of your lives lived together and with the precious moments you mutually shared.

So much for "Where two or more are gathered together in My name, there will I be also". Guess you can tear that one out of your Bible, I won't because I've seen it fullfilled through His healing.

God Ain’t with us

Your comment is 100% contrary to the words of Jesus, who asked, "Why do you call me Lord and ignore my commandments?"

@@PETERJOHN101 How so? I don't follow your reasoning. This has nothing at all to do with the commandments.

I agree Paula....maybe better put to talk about our personal relationship with our Master? I don't know, chrstianese is a difficult language to parse

Pretending that there are no metaphors, symbols or parables in the Bible; or worse, proclaiming that everything is literal UNLESS you don't want to do it, means that it looks like the Bible is serving your interests.

@@davidcheater4239 That's... Literally... What I said...

Yessss....this is the only other time I've heard this other than when I heard something similar the 1st time from this teacher named chuck missler and it changed how I chew on the word. Such a perfect statement and definatly needed for the times we are in.

@@ptowntravis That's who I got the statement from :) He was the quintessential teacher that sparked that special interest in me to "take the text seriously"!

@@ptowntravis someday, you'll get to hang out with him. Keep the faith!

I agree with you, Ann. That is so hurtful! I too have seen God use the lives of those with special needs to bless others and demonstrate faith. I often admired how my friends with special needs could worship God so freely. It was beautiful!

Hello Ann. My first thought when I read your reply about a comment made to you was beside it being hurtful, it was also theologically incorrect. Paul prayed for his "thorn in the flesh" to be removed three times. God didnt answer with "you need more faith". He said that in Paul's weakness God's grace and power would show. We aren't promised no struggles but that He would comfort us and give us His strength to endure. God bless.

@@BrandonRobbinsMinistry ..

God uses people with autism for his purpose too! One of the most powerful prayer warriors I ever met had Down’s syndrome. In fact, God enjoys using broken neurotypicals too. It shows that it’s Him and not us. There’s another problem with the “just have faith” mantra. It takes away God’s sovereignty to decide to heal someone (or not).

I also have an autistic son, and have been told the same thing. I've even been told he's the result of sin! He's a challenge, but he's a gift of God, like any child, and his special challenges have helped me grow in my understanding of God as a parent who loves and cares for us regardless of our inadequacies. Hang in there, and don't believe the lies.

...and is found *nowhere* in Scripture.

@@surlyogre1476 what? Is it really..?😧

"Good luck" is another one cuz "luck" doesn't exist

@@prestonmiller5827 Kudos to you! There is an old Scottish translation of the bible, that said in their language "Jacob was a lucky fellow" But really..... everything is ordained and preordained. (I cringe at saying that when someone is going through really hard times)

did u know that our tongues are more dangerous than guns,etc. etc. ? Amen also for Brandon Robbins' sayings about what Christians need to say or not to say. God bless u all!

I pray for the person right on the spot, even if silently. Because if I forget, then I lie, right?

Even "O my gosh!" Is too close for comfort!

there is 2 sides to that coin i am sure but a honest exclamation happen ?

Even “OMG” because it means the same as “Oh my God”

@@susanholding4355, Absolutely!

Yes! and using Jesus Christ, our Lord's name and who He is, is just, NOOOOO!!!!

We who are born again are “Saved”. As Paul wrote to the Ephesians in Ephesians 2:8-9 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.

But Resurrection was revealed "the first day after Shabbat". That's why we called it "dies dominica" = the Lord's day. And Christians celebrate Resurrection, not Shabbat.

@@Laurelin70 Changes nothing. Did Christ say the Sabbath would change. No. Did the Apostles still observe the Sabbath. Yes. God sanctified his day and not one scripture says it changed. Not one. God was clear. Keep the Sabbath holy and stop following the traditions of man. Who do you love more. YaH or man. Christ showed us he was the Lord of the Sabbath because he is Lord and our Lord gave us a day that our benefit. Hence why Sabbath was made for mankind.

Thank you. Remember to keep the Sabbath holy. Just as Christ did 🙏🏾❤️

Okay, the Saturday rt.

Look up The Butterfly Affect, then come back to reread your comment! Even the heathen have more faith than many Christians!