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David · 05-29-2011, 01:56 PM

Thanks for the replies! Maybe I should have been more clear though. Sometimes I have a hard time trying to figure out who exactly is a real Christian or not. I think this is the thing I'm trying to figure out. I read Matthew 5:20 about how Pharisees and scribes may search the Scriptures, but they aren't truly believers. Nicodemus was a teacher of Israel yet he wasn't a believer either. So this confuses me about how to tell if someone is a believer because how can anyone know about God but not believe in what he says? This seems strange to me.

Matthew 7:16-20 describes the way to figure out Christians from non-Christians, but sometimes it seems hard to recognize good tree from bad tree. Even Christians sin. If Christians sin, it is difficult to say at first glance who is really a Christian and who is not. What is your guys' experience of figuring out who is Christian or not? Does it take time to figure out?

05-29-2011, 01:56 PM	#8
David Member Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 13	Re: Experience about denominations? Thanks for the replies! Maybe I should have been more clear though. Sometimes I have a hard time trying to figure out who exactly is a real Christian or not. I think this is the thing I'm trying to figure out. I read Matthew 5:20 about how Pharisees and scribes may search the Scriptures, but they aren't truly believers. Nicodemus was a teacher of Israel yet he wasn't a believer either. So this confuses me about how to tell if someone is a believer because how can anyone know about God but not believe in what he says? This seems strange to me. Matthew 7:16-20 describes the way to figure out Christians from non-Christians, but sometimes it seems hard to recognize good tree from bad tree. Even Christians sin. If Christians sin, it is difficult to say at first glance who is really a Christian and who is not. What is your guys' experience of figuring out who is Christian or not? Does it take time to figure out?