Struggling with my Christian belief

That's brilliant Nina?

Well, I've never heard the theory that non-believers will have to endure life back on earth again attributed to Christianity. I thought it was a Buddhist belief.

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That's true Norose, and whether you believe ot not, it's definitely a book worth exploring. I was taught things this way, by a staunch Catholic aunt in fact, if you believe and there is no pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, you haven't really lost anything. If you don't believe and there is the proverbial eternal life, you've really screwed up big time and will probably have to endure life here back on earth again all over. Good point I thought especially as my aunt died three times, was brought back to life and swore she'd been to Heaven. She was so angry at the doctors for resussitating her.

Yes I agree Nina ,wither one is a believer or not it is certainly enduring & incredible.

Yes Norose, that is correct. The bible is the most read and studied book in all of history.

They continued to 'follow 'his teachings as apostles & to write up his teachings which some people endeavour to follow to this day

Yes exactly

Norose, disciple means 'to follow'. They couldn't follow him once he was gone, which was 40 days after his resurrection.
Apostle means that after this, they became his messenger or envoy. They spread the word on His behalf. Acts in the NT explains this.

Anniebach , some of the 'disciples' became 'apostles ' after the death & resserection of Jesus

It was the silent majority of Christians that voted to leave the EU.

lordashcroftpolls.com/2016/06/how-the-united-kingdom-voted-and-why/

My point exactly !!!!!

Whether we know or not, that's why it's called FAITH!

Norose, people do know. They're called academics and geologists.

norose, diciple or Apostle and which one ?

Vampirequeen, I am C of E brought up, bible read, and also have read many of the certified documents by academics of theologians and professors. There is scientific proof of the scriptures and geological proof of events such as the great flood at the time of Noah.
I'm not going to dispute the findings of those who have studied for years that the bible is grounded in truth. You can. But I prefer not to.

No one knows , that's why there are so many arguments ,because there are no facts it's all about faith & believing .

How do you know this is what he said? The gospels were written years after the events. Oral tradition is notorious for adding bits to stories (human nature to make a story more interesting) and what were the agendas of the people who wrote the stories down. If you read the four gospels you'll find they tell the stories from different angles and it's generally accepted that they were not written by the Apostles they were named after.

Being a Christian all hinges on your faith in Jesus. If you believe that Jesus died to save you from persecution because of your sins, then you are saved. The OT was the God breathed word of God through Moses and the prophesy that Jesus would arrive. Christianity did not exist before the NT because Christ hadn't arrived. Even Jesus wasn't a Christian. He was a Jew. Christianity began with his birth (Christ) but mostly it was the Gentiles that believed because the Jews of the OT rejected Jesus. They had him crucified.
You cannot be accepted into eternal life without faith which translates into belief in Jesus. But you also need to prove this faith by good works. This goes hand in hand ie, if you believe you are naturally a good person willing to do good works.
This thinking sifts out those who say they believe but don't follow through with their hearts.

In the end, it's what's in your heart that matters. That's what God can see and God is about love, not anger.
But to get the eternal life in Heaven, God insists that you believe in Jesus and that his life and death were to free you from further persecution.
Read correctly, you can see that it's a love story between God and you. He wants you to accept him but not superficially by just doing lip service.
The bible and the ten commandments are a code of how to live a moral life. I can't see anything wrong in this but it's not easy for people to see it this way.
Most religions have the same core of understanding, just different ways of getting there.

In my bible dating back to the 1850's, there is a message. I think it's Leviticus. It reads 'I am the Lord your God. You are My tenant. I am your Landlord.
It speaks volumes to me about how we treat our lives, those around us and our planet.

It's comes from the disciples after he appeared to them after he had been crufied & was resurrected ,his message was that the way to God was through him & that required one to believe that he was born of the Virgin Mary & Died on the cross to save our souls' God said the way to me is through my son who came through the Virgin Mary &a died on the cross . ' just reiterating from bible studies etc not necessarily my beliefs but it is what is written

He didn't!

Where does Christ say - you must believe in the virgin birth ?

Believing the Old Testament does not make one a Christian , to be a Christian one must believe in the virgin birth &that Jesus is the son of God, whom God sent to show the new ways of God because according to the scriptures God had changed his mind about insisting that everyone should be rising up to smote each other !!!

There's a view that if non believers keep the 7 Noachide laws they will be 'saved.' ie
Do not murder.
Do not steal.
Do not worship false gods.
Do not be sexually immoral.
Do not eat a limb removed from a live animal.
Do not curse God.
Set up courts and bring offenders to justice

He hath shown thee o man what is good . and what doeth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God.

Micah 6.8.