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Radical Faith in Jesus Christ - Free Christian Art
Copyright 2010 The words, Radical Faith in Jesus Christ, against a dark image of a wall. Original Christian art by Jim Sutton. Radical faith is what Christians call, saving faith. The faith of Jesus Christ is not like a religion, even though millions of very religious people claim to be Christian. Radical Christian believers do not go out to kill, bomb or maim unbelievers. For example, if you burn a Bible, you will certainly get lots of folks upset, but radical Christian believers will not threaten your life, riot in the streets or throw bricks at your home. Radical faith in Jesus Christ means a fundamental, down-to-earth, "at the very roots" of the Word of God kind of faith. To follow Jesus Christ in this way is to become like Jesus. Jesus did not carry a sword out against the crowds of sinners in order to cut off the heads of people who opposed His message. And there were people who did oppose His message. Jesus did not teach any of His followers to go on the offensive or to kill opponents of the gospel message. In fact the very word, "gospel" as many people know, means "good news." Jesus brought to earth good news about God's love and forgiveness, and then He sealed that message, making it valid, by dying on the cross for sins. He did not leave the cross until He had finished the work of taking away the sins of the world. Jesus died on the cross for your sins, my sins, for the sins of all people. You can make peace with God today because Jesus died for you and then rose again the third day. God forgives sin because of what Jesus did. No other reason. There are many, many religions in our world. Quite a few even claim to be "Christian" in some way. And yes, "Christian" religious powers have committed crimes against humanity and crimes against God by tormenting helpless and innocent people. But don't let this confuse the issue. No one has never been promised by Jesus Christ or by any teaching in the Bible that they would enjoy some special reward in heaven for hurting other people. Religious people, claiming to be Christian, did evil things to other people because that's what people without God, without a living & radical faith in Jesus Christ, often do. All people are sinners. Even very religious people. That's why we need a radical faith in Jesus, and not a mere religion or philosophy. Radical faith in God begins with a genuine faith in what He says. We know what God says because it is plainly written and wonderfully preserved in the Holy Bible. God's own Holy Spirit bears witness to the truth of God in the pages of the Holy Bible. That same Holy Spirit of God leads all human beings to follow Jesus Christ. Whoever believes and obeys God will follow Jesus. Radical faith in God soon results in a life-changing, radical faith in Jesus Christ. This kind of faith has been around for centuries. Seldom in any kind of majority position, this kind of faith has nevertheless changed the face of the civilized world. Not through bloodshed or threat of war, but by the grace of God and by His saving power in the gospel of Jesus Christ. Graphic image for general use by churches, missions, Sunday schools, individual believers, and others in the work and ministry of the Christian faith. For terms of use visit www.GospelGifs.com and click on the Terms of Use link found on most pages. Note: To use the above image you should right click (or hover, if using a Mac) and use the "Save As..." or Save Image As..." and save the file to your computer. For images with transparent backgrounds (Gif and PNG images), the copy and paste method may not give good results with some browsers (such as Firefox). Are you a Christian looking for excellent quality clip art? You may use any of the images on this website. If you like the above image and decide to use it, please link back to us (or provide a reference to us if you use the image in print). Be sure to copy the image onto your own computer to avoid broken links — we change the locations of our content fairly often. Link to Us
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