E. Stanley JonesWe are not quite sure that the Sermon on the Mount is the Sermon for the mart. We are not sure, and an unsure place is an unsafe place* We must go on or go back. We must be more Christian or less.
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The greatest danger in life is being a person who is not quite sure that they are a Christian. It is a scary place to be, because it means that you have no real choice in the matter. The only way out is to believe or else face eternal damnation. In order to be a Christian, you have to follow the Church.
In order to follow the Church, you have to listen to what it tells you. In order to listen to what it tells you, you have to agree with what it says. In order to agree with what it says, you must accept that everything that it says is right and true – or else admit that your faith was a mistake and then go back where you came from.
Source: Christ Of The Mount
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