Can You Be Convicted for Being a Christian?
Are you a Christian or ‘SPAM’?
Preamble
The title of this article may be misleading; however, the next sentence will clarify things. There is the saying, “If you are tried in a court of law for being a Christian, would there be sufficient evidence to convict you?” And that is what we mean by “Can you be convicted for being a Christian?” Whether there will be sufficient evidence to convict a person for being a Christian is worthy of our consideration. The line between being a Christian and being anyone else is now so blurred that we can no longer distinguish who a Christian is from a SPAM (Someone Posing as Me), that is, someone deceitfully posing as a Christian.
To differentiate between a Christian and anyone else, first, we need to know what it means to be a Christian. We can then consider what it means to be convicted for being a Christian. This is what we shall do here. And in a follow-up article, we shall examine whether you and I would be convicted of being a Christian if we claim to be one.
Does regularly attending church meetings, speaking in tongues, and having wealth and possessions make you a Christian? Would such evidence convict you for being a Christian, or would the court find that you are just like everyone else and should, as such, not be condemned? To…
