What Most Surprised Me About Christians When I Became One | Rosaria Butterfield 

I'm sorry and sad that you did not experience love from Christians once they knew.

@@jocider5698 thank you

I had thought the same myself. She was embraced into a body of mature believers... and had social inroads to the Pastor! My guess, too, is that the church saw her as a big catch. All said, we need also to be forebearing one to another in the church, and to those who are weaker and as such might come off as hard or uncaring. We are all working out our salvation.

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I'm so glad you were able look unto God . That's an incredible power . I commend you for that. Keep your eyes on the Lord YHWH all the time not bumbling idiots.

Amen!

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IT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY.

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the way it should be.

Steffany K exactly. That’s how gospel centred people act. It’s the, dare I say it, nominal Christian, who is usually the one calling for immediate change and other unhelpful responses from the new Christian.

lmao yeah

Thats the state of being human..sanctification sometimes takes a lifetime...

Babies want to walk and fall down numerous times. No one ever ridicules them. Becoming holy as He is holy too is a process. Keep going!! Jesus is our future!!

Richard Timson : I agree. I believe the Bible talks about us in a sense: We ARE saved (justification or conversion). We are BEING saved (sanctification or growing in holiness). Then finally WILL BE saved as our final state (glorification or absent from the presence of sin). But being converted or believing in Christ or saved or born again (whatever you wish to call it) is the trigger process that starts us as Christians on the new road and perspective. Somebody said we are saved from the Penalty of sin, then the Power of sin, then the Presence of sin.

The only truth in the evolution theory is that we evolve into mature Christians as we grow. Its the ONLY change of kind you can find in the evolution theory lol. We are born again once the transformation is complete. I'm currently in transistion to Christianity and I love it more and more everyday. God was chasing me my whole life and now I'm chasing him. God is GOOD! Bless you!

We will never be completely free of sin..till we get our glorified bodies and we will be like Him...we must continue to confess our sin and ask Him to cleanse us, restore us, renew us and forgive us..

Atheists generally make the best Christians because they cannot be persuaded by religion, but they are only persuaded by the person and character of Christ.

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Sadly the reality is that many churches are so far from legitimate Christianity and we should be able to defend the faith and scriptures and call them out… (with the leading of the Holy Spirit). But if people aren’t doing anything unbiblical it shouldn’t bother them. Eg. it doesn’t bother me about video surveillance in stores because I don’t steal so it’s not a problem… We should welcome truth, and scripture to cast a light on who we truly are (collectively). However we are to speak the truth in love and there are Biblical ways of doing it.

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Amen sister.

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This is disgusting. She “lost” a lot? She was going to miss her lover? Clueless. She was coddled by unfaithful foolish people. Unbelievable that people read the crap she writes and “learn from it.” Sickening. She has made lots of money off her past sodomy…that’s about it. Shameful.

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*More of such churches

That's good. Godspeed my sister.

to your 1st Q: yes. God gave you soul & spirit at conception, and from that point on, you do have the image of God within you. In Genesis when God said: "Let us create man in our image", that is precisely what we have. The next step is to acknowledge our Creator and not turn away to our own lusts or contrary ways. To ''believe'' in Jesus Christ is a full acceptance of, trust in, reliance upon for WHO He is, and on His terms. Having the image of God within is about creation. Having the living God within is what happens when you are Born Again by the Spirit of God. Your reference to Pauls saying "and such were some of you" had to do with those who became "believers" and were infilled by the Holy Spirit. Keep reading your Bible every day. become familiar with Proverbs, Johns gospel, and Romans to strengthen your mind heart & soul

Yes, but is still there. More than any creature in the Universe. We (saved and not) are the only beings that can have this image renewed.

Johnny does it not say we are made in the image of God ?

does that exact phrase/term "image bearer" come from the bible? or is it some newer religious-intellectual version?

@@markie10ful does that exact phrase/term "image bearer" come from the bible? or is it some newer religious-intellectual version?

@@holarc Genesis 1:27. Not exactly difficult.

Have compassion to the fact that though it was sinful lifestyle, she lost relationships and community and friendships.Stop focusing on your judgement and ask God to see things more deeply then you do.

Yes but let’s not forget before people come to Christ they don’t view it as sins but things they like so when she says she lost a lot she isn’t saying she loves sin but she gave it up for a better life that’s we gain in Christ

Hi holarc, are there any questions you have about the things Rosaria shared that I might be able to help find answers for?

hi @@rebekahealy8594. first, do you have a sense of why i wrote that she 'made this for the benefit of very traditionally religious people'? also, why i wrote of how "she just dives into words about 'the blood of jesus', as if everyone watching this youtube video is going to get that and be right with her."? tell me why you think i may have focused on and written of those things.

@@holarc I believe I do have a sense of what you are getting at. There can be a sort of "Christianese", if you will, or a specialized language that Christians use and are used to hearing. This pattern of speaking may be confusing or off-putting to individuals outside of church circles, as they may have no context for phrases like "washed by the blood of Jesus" or "the body of Christ". Is this close to what you meant?

@@rebekahealy8594 yes. it is. thnx.

@@rebekahealy8594 maybe she should do videos for people outside of the church? i dont agree with her though that same-sex love is against christs teachings. when people say he came to fulfill the old testament, to me, fulfill means being the prophesied christ, being the new seed, and going further than than the old testacle prophets! too, christ had to deal with the times and culture he was in. he said we can do 'even greater works'. let's be more compassionate and wise.

The Lord Jesus authenticated Old Testament scripture when He quoted it authoratvely. God is the author of His word - both Old & New Testaments - He is not the author of confusion, and the Holy Spirit as part of the Godhead does not contradict the written word of God. God's people are required to test (evaluate) the spirits, whether they are true or false. Sadly, many folk make claims for what they allege the Holy Spirit showed or told them, contradicting God's word as they do so, sometimes blatantly and sometimes subtly. As the OT puts it, it's the entrance of God's word that gives light. The Holy Spirit makes the Holy word alive in our hearts and minds. Without the Bible, we would have no bedrock for understanding or for discernment. Hoping these comments are helpful.

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God help you, your blind. She embraced Jesus Christ, maybe you should too.

Rosario might be her brother ... this is Rosaria ;-)

Pretty much. She's certainly fooled a lot of the gullible pew-warmers.

@@idlybye5002 Why not? My opinion of her remains the same. She's a phony. Oh dear, am I repeating myself?

@@sequencerman5 : Who are you to judge when Jesus forgives?

So it is a choice.

are you not willing to listen to what she says for herself tho?