Shadowing Practice: What is a Christian? - John Lennox with J.John - Learn English Speaking with Video

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A lot of people, John, have misunderstandings as to what does it actually mean to be a Christian.
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How would you explain that?
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What is a Christian?
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Well, a Christian is a person who enjoys now a real relationship with God through Christ,
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through trusting him that he or she has not merited.
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And this is one of the huge confusions of our day.
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They think of Christianity as a religion.
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And if you ask them, what is a religion?
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They'll say, religion is a path.
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You try and follow it.
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And you hope that when you get to the judgment, you'll have done enough for God to accept you.
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That's religion.
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Well, if it is religion, that's not Christianity.
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Christianity turns that on its head.
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It's utterly revolutionary because it tells me that I can't make it that way.
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I can't earn God's forgiveness.
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But God has done something in Christ on the cross, the resurrection, that he can offer me forgiveness as a free gift.
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On the basis of my trusting him and giving my life to him, I cannot merit it.
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And you know, I often explain it.
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I way, I say, you know, we ought to understand this.
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We live in a merit-based society.
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Universities, you get a degree, but you're not guaranteed one, because it depends on your merit.
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Everywhere merit, promotion merit, all this kind of thing.
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So we think that we can merit God and a relationship with him, but just a minute.
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What about marriage?
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And I sometimes say jokingly, I say, you know, I met a young lady when I went to Cambridge and I thought she'd make a good wife,
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so I brought her a cookbook and I said to her, you know, you see this cookbook, there are various laws on how you make apple cake.
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I like apple cake.
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So if you keep these rules pretty well, pretty nearly 100% for the next 40 years I'll accept you.
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Otherwise you can go back to your mother.
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And you know audiences roar at this. Of course.
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They absolutely roar.
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And I say why are you laughing?
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Isn't that exactly your attitude towards God?
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You wouldn't insult a fellow human being by telling them
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that your acceptance of them depends on their performance but that's exactly what you're basing your relationship with God on.

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