Leftists like to cite the Bible's admonitions to welcome strangers,
but they never mention the Bible's policy that
strangers who come to live with us are OBLIGATED to live by OUR laws!
Here are a few passages:
Exodus 12:49
The same law shall apply to the native as to the stranger who sojourns among you.
Numbers 9:14
If an alien sojourns among you and observes the Passover to the LORD,
according to the statute of the Passover and according to its ordinance, so he shall do;
you shall have one statute, both for the alien and for the native of the land.
Numbers 15:15
As for the assembly, there shall be one statute for you
and for the alien who sojourns with you,
a perpetual statute throughout your generations;
as you are, so shall the alien be before the LORD.
16 There is to be one law and one ordinance for you
and for the alien who sojourns with you.
And while we're at it, let's not forget what the Bible says about ILLEGAL immigrants:
John 10:1 (Jesus said,) Truly, truly, I say to you,
he who does not enter by the door into the fold of the sheep,
but climbs up some other way, he is a thief and a robber.
Good luck with that!
Quote from: je_freedom on December 31, 2015, 06:56:26 PM
Leftists like to cite the Bible's admonitions to welcome strangers,
but they never mention the Bible's policy that
strangers who come to live with us are OBLIGATED to live by OUR laws!
If and only if the kingdom's law(s) is aligned with God's laws.
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Daniel%203&version=MSG
and
The Nuremberg Trials.
and
The book of revelation says we are not to worship the beast, his graven image, or take his mark.
Quote from: je_freedom on December 31, 2015, 06:56:26 PM
Leftists like to cite the Bible's admonitions to welcome strangers,
but they never mention the Bible's policy that
strangers who come to live with us are OBLIGATED to live by OUR laws!
Here are a few passages:
Exodus 12:49
The same law shall apply to the native as to the stranger who sojourns among you.
Numbers 9:14
If an alien sojourns among you and observes the Passover to the LORD,
according to the statute of the Passover and according to its ordinance, so he shall do;
you shall have one statute, both for the alien and for the native of the land.
Numbers 15:15
As for the assembly, there shall be one statute for you
and for the alien who sojourns with you,
a perpetual statute throughout your generations;
as you are, so shall the alien be before the LORD.
16 There is to be one law and one ordinance for you
and for the alien who sojourns with you.
And while we're at it, let's not forget what the Bible says about ILLEGAL immigrants:
John 10:1 (Jesus said,) Truly, truly, I say to you,
he who does not enter by the door into the fold of the sheep,
but climbs up some other way, he is a thief and a robber.
This country is not run by the directives of the bible, thank goodness. Some of the stories in the Old Testament are just as horrifying as those in the Quran. I don't think it is lawful to tie your child to some rock (Some say it was the Ka'aba) and prepare to kill him until the directive arrived from on high countermanding that first order. The first documented incident of child abuse. Are we to use an innocent child to expiate our own sins? That did and Islam does. Do we want slavery to return--the instance of Naomi being used as a breeder, rather like livestock. And then there's Lot who offered his daughters as sacrifices to be gang raped to save those men being raped in Sodom. although Lot later had sex with them himself after they got him drunk. Do we want incest legalized? Do we want laws that permit this? Let's not bring any religion into this fight against Islam, as Islam is not a religion at all, but a system of government. Many of the directives in the New Testament are compassionate and humanistic. If I had to live by a religion under penalty of prison it would be Christianity as preached in the New Testament, but I have no need for it. I do not fear a hell in the hereafter because I don't believe there is one and therefore no pie in the sky when I die to frighten me into living with kindness and charity.
Quote from: Charliemyboy on January 01, 2016, 07:30:13 AM
This country is not run by the directives of the bible, thank goodness. Some of the stories in the Old Testament are just as horrifying as those in the Quran. I don't think it is lawful to tie your child to some rock (Some say it was the Ka'aba) and prepare to kill him until the directive arrived from on high countermanding that first order. The first documented incident of child abuse. Are we to use an innocent child to expiate our own sins? That did and Islam does. Do we want slavery to return--the instance of Naomi being used as a breeder, rather like livestock. And then there's Lot who offered his daughters as sacrifices to be gang raped to save those men being raped in Sodom. although Lot later had sex with them himself after they got him drunk. Do we want incest legalized? Do we want laws that permit this? Let's not bring any religion into this fight against Islam, as Islam is not a religion at all, but a system of government. Many of the directives in the New Testament are compassionate and humanistic. If I had to live by a religion under penalty of prison it would be Christianity as preached in the New Testament, but I have no need for it. I do not fear a hell in the hereafter because I don't believe there is one and therefore no pie in the sky when I die to frighten me into living with kindness and charity.
MOST of what youre criticizing in the Bible is from a false premise.
Because the Bible RECORDS an incident, doesn't mean it has God's blessing. When books of our day record the 50 million babies dismembered in the womb, that doesn't mean it has the author's approval. It would help if you actually read the Book with an open mind before throbbing out naive opinions.
BTW, do you know how old Isaac was at the time of that incident? Jesus died willingly at age 33. Isaac represented Jesus' future sacrifice. Jesus did this WILLINGLY. Do you understand where I'm going?
Quote from: carlb on January 01, 2016, 11:15:43 AM
MOST of what youre criticizing in the Bible is from a false premise.
Because the Bible RECORDS an incident, doesn't mean it has God's blessing. When books of our day record the 50 million babies dismembered in the womb, that doesn't mean it has the author's approval. It would help if you actually read the Book with an open mind before throbbing out naive opinions.
BTW, do you know how old Isaac was at the time of that incident? Jesus died willingly at age 33. Isaac represented Jesus' future sacrifice. Jesus did this WILLINGLY. Do you understand where I'm going?
How do we know what does and does not have God's blessing?
How do we make sure we're reading this book in the way its supposed to be read? How do we make sure we're not our own false prophet?
Quote from: carlb on January 01, 2016, 11:15:43 AM
It would help if you actually read the Book with an open mind before throbbing out naive opinions.
How? How do we read what is perfect and divine from our own fleshly, sinful and carnal nature especially if some people have problems with the context and subtext of our own everyday speak of 2015?
Here's more about the false belief that Isaac was a child being abused by a crazy old man who heard voices in his head (that's what you're saying)
QuoteSeveral commentators have weighed in on this question. Leupold wrote: "He may by this time have arrived at the age of some eighteen to twenty years" (1942, 1:625). Josephus stated: "Now Isaac was twenty-five years old" (1.13.2). Adam Clarke said: "t is more probable that he was now about thirty-three" (1:140, emp. in orig.). Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown asserted that Isaac was "then upwards of twenty years of age" (n.d., p. 29). J. Curtis Manor described him as "a youth of sufficient strength and agility to carry a load of firewood up a mountainside" (1994, p. 103). Keil and Delitzsch affirmed that "this son had grown into a young man" (1976, 1:248). Morris added: "[T]he meaning in Isaac's case should also be 'young man' " (1976, p. 373).
We conclude that as the several lines of evidence converge, they point to Isaac being a young man—not a young boy.
https://www.apologeticspress.org/apcontent.aspx?category=11&article=1272
I personsally believe this one since God asked him to sacrifice his only son because God wanted the "Father of the Faithful (Abraham) to understand what God was going to do for all humanity.
Quote from: Charliemyboy on January 01, 2016, 07:30:13 AM
This country is not run by the directives of the bible, thank goodness. Some of the stories in the Old Testament are just as horrifying as those in the Quran. I don't think it is lawful to tie your child to some rock (Some say it was the Ka'aba) and prepare to kill him until the directive arrived from on high countermanding that first order. The first documented incident of child abuse. Are we to use an innocent child to expiate our own sins? That did and Islam does. Do we want slavery to return--the instance of Naomi being used as a breeder, rather like livestock. And then there's Lot who offered his daughters as sacrifices to be gang raped to save those men being raped in Sodom. although Lot later had sex with them himself after they got him drunk. Do we want incest legalized? Do we want laws that permit this? Let's not bring any religion into this fight against Islam, as Islam is not a religion at all, but a system of government. Many of the directives in the New Testament are compassionate and humanistic. If I had to live by a religion under penalty of prison it would be Christianity as preached in the New Testament, but I have no need for it. I do not fear a hell in the hereafter because I don't believe there is one and therefore no pie in the sky when I die to frighten me into living with kindness and charity.
You obviously have some knowledge of the Bible.
However, you have just enough knowledge to be dangerous with it. You rip scripture out of context and do not understand what you read. As a result you present a warped picture of God's infallible word.
Scripture tells us that the Holy Spirit enlightens us to the truth as we read God's word. He is our teacher. Unbelievers do not possess the indwelling Spirit of God and they are therefore unable to discern truth..... which produces the hodgepodge of innuendoes in your post.
You have every right to believe whatever you chose to believe. I will not attempt to persuade you otherwise. It would be an exercise in futility.
But please try to refrain from quoting scripture. You have proven yourself to be a poor apologist for biblical truth.
Quote from: carlb on January 01, 2016, 11:15:43 AM
MOST of what youre criticizing in the Bible is from a false premise.
Because the Bible RECORDS an incident, doesn't mean it has God's blessing. When books of our day record the 50 million babies dismembered in the womb, that doesn't mean it has the author's approval. It would help if you actually read the Book with an open mind before throbbing out naive opinions.
BTW, do you know how old Isaac was at the time of that incident? Jesus died willingly at age 33. Isaac represented Jesus' future sacrifice. Jesus did this WILLINGLY. Do you understand where I'm going?
I can say this just as well. Because the Bible RECORDS an incident, doesn't mean it does not have God's blessing. Therein lies the problem. It only records the incident. It doesn't give God's opinion at all. How do we know either way.
God is perfect and he is perfection. His word is inerrant and free from error. Man is filled with error and sin. There are false prophets. Jesus died for our sins. I choose to believe these as truth and since I'm a man I'm filled with error and sin.
Since we're filled with error and sin how can we reliably discern the true prophets (including you Kroz and carl) from the false prophets? How can we discern what enlightenment comes from God, Satan, or deception that comes from ourselves? Answer: We can't. Only God can and he chooses whom he will save and whom he doesn't and he chooses whom he will enlighten or not.
Quote from: cubedemon on January 02, 2016, 08:02:03 AM
I can say this just as well. Because the Bible RECORDS an incident, doesn't mean it does not have God's blessing. Therein lies the problem. It only records the incident. It doesn't give God's opinion at all. How do we know either way.
God is perfect and he is perfection. His word is inerrant and free from error. Man is filled with error and sin. There are false prophets. Jesus died for our sins. I choose to believe these as truth and since I'm a man I'm filled with error and sin.
Since we're filled with error and sin how can we reliably discern the true prophets (including you Kroz and carl) from the false prophets? How can we discern what enlightenment comes from God, Satan, or deception that comes from ourselves? Answer: We can't. Only God can and he chooses whom he will save and whom he doesn't and he chooses whom he will enlighten or not.
There are many passages in the NT that instruct us about discerning false teachers. In fact I have just been studying a very good one. It is the first epistle of John... written when he was a very old man. He lived long enough to see the emergence of many false teachers. He devotes this entire letter to the subject.
Please read it Cube and tell me what you think.
Quote from: kroz on January 02, 2016, 11:02:09 AM
There are many passages in the NT that instruct us about discerning false teachers. In fact I have just been studying a very good one. It is the first epistle of John... written when he was a very old man. He lived long enough to see the emergence of many false teachers. He devotes this entire letter to the subject.
Please read it Cube and tell me what you think.
Is this what you're talking about? https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+John+1
When I read the passages in the bible I'm afraid to misinterpret it. I know all to well how one can misinterpret something due to my aspergers. So, I'm always forced to question my interpretation on things. My wisdom and understanding when compared to others is limited compared to others. If was wise than I could interpret the bible easily amongst other things but I cannot so I'm not wise.
Quote from: cubedemon on January 02, 2016, 11:10:34 AM
Is this what you're talking about? https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+John+1
When I read the passages in the bible I'm afraid to misinterpret it. I know all to well how one can misinterpret something due to my aspergers. So, I'm always forced to question my interpretation on things.
No, that is the Gospel of John.
He also wrote three letters which are near the end of thee NT..... just before Jude and Revelation.
It is I John that is about false teachers.
Quote from: kroz on January 02, 2016, 11:32:37 AM
It is I John that is about false teachers.
True, but 2: 15-17 is more-or-less just John's
opinion... If God lives
through us, we marvel at landscapes, animals, and situations of love, etc. We experience things
for Him, created in His likeness... so we create art.
As for immigrants, we assist them in our presence if they're in-trouble. That's it.
Quote from: kit saginaw on January 03, 2016, 12:23:03 AM
True, but 2: 15-17 is more-or-less just John's opinion... If God lives through us, we marvel at landscapes, animals, and situations of love, etc. We experience things for Him, created in His likeness... so we create art.
As for immigrants, we assist them in our presence if they're in-trouble. That's it.
kit, I have great respect for your opinion on most issues. However, when you start diminishing any verse in the bible as "just someone's opinion" then you lose me. The bible is either the divine word of God in it's entirety (as the scripture claims it is) or you make it virtually worthless by picking and choosing which parts are "inspired by God" and which parts are not. It is only as strong as it's weakest link.
Having said that, the passage you refer to is merely contrasting the physical to the spiritual aspects of man. Which has more influence over you?... the things of this world or the things of God? Know that the things of this world will pass away eventually. The things of God are eternal. A false teacher will focus largely upon the things of this world.... money, name it and claim it, God wants you to be rich, ...... Or, you have the teachers like Jeremiah Wright who are full of hatred and anger. We can know that these teachers are not from God.
Quote from: kit saginaw on January 03, 2016, 12:23:03 AM
As for immigrants, we assist them in our presence if they're in-trouble. That's it.
Yes, we assist them if they're in trouble,
but not if they're MAKERS of trouble!
If you HELP an evildoer, you ARE an evildoer!
http://biblehub.com/niv/2_john/1.htm
7 I say this because many deceivers, who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh,
have gone out into the world. Any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist.
8 Watch out that you do not lose what we have worked for, but that you may be rewarded fully.
9 Anyone who runs ahead and does not continue in the teaching of Christ
does not have God; whoever continues in the teaching has both the Father and the Son.
10
If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching,
do not take them into your house or welcome them. 11
Anyone who welcomes them shares in their wicked work.
Quote from: kroz on January 03, 2016, 04:31:39 AM
kit, I have great respect for your opinion on most issues. However, when you start diminishing any verse in the bible as "just someone's opinion" then you lose me. The bible is either the divine word of God in it's entirety (as the scripture claims it is) or you make it virtually worthless by picking and choosing which parts are "inspired by God" and which parts are not. It is only as strong as it's weakest link.
Having said that, the passage you refer to is merely contrasting the physical to the spiritual aspects of man. Which has more influence over you?... the things of this world or the things of God? Know that the things of this world will pass away eventually. The things of God are eternal. A false teacher will focus largely upon the things of this world.... money, name it and claim it, God wants you to be rich, ...... Or, you have the teachers like Jeremiah Wright who are full of hatred and anger. We can know that these teachers are not from God.
Exactly! We can have variations in understanding, but ala carte Christians "offend" me!
Now that I have been "offended", nobody can voice any other opinion. It's PC LAW! :wink:
Quote from: Charliemyboy on January 01, 2016, 07:30:13 AM
This country is not run by the directives of the bible, thank goodness. Some of the stories in the Old Testament are just as horrifying as those in the Quran. I don't think it is lawful to tie your child to some rock (Some say it was the Ka'aba) and prepare to kill him until the directive arrived from on high countermanding that first order. The first documented incident of child abuse. Are we to use an innocent child to expiate our own sins? That did and Islam does. Do we want slavery to return--the instance of Naomi being used as a breeder, rather like livestock. And then there's Lot who offered his daughters as sacrifices to be gang raped to save those men being raped in Sodom. although Lot later had sex with them himself after they got him drunk. Do we want incest legalized? Do we want laws that permit this? Let's not bring any religion into this fight against Islam, as Islam is not a religion at all, but a system of government. Many of the directives in the New Testament are compassionate and humanistic. If I had to live by a religion under penalty of prison it would be Christianity as preached in the New Testament, but I have no need for it. I do not fear a hell in the hereafter because I don't believe there is one and therefore no pie in the sky when I die to frighten me into living with kindness and charity.
Interesting take, much of which I agree with. Faith is something personal, and I will not argue it. But I do believe that Christianity had as much to do with men creating a text in which to govern a lawless land as it does theism. Without a formidable, effective, widespread and uniform means to control lawlessness, men chose to instill fear within a text as the primary motivational factor...to behave. That text essentially motivated the public to police themselves. That text has changed in content to be more in keeping with acceptable changes in the standards of our society. Even "progressive" segments of the Muslim community (hard to use "progressive" and "Muslim" in the same sentence) have called for change in the Koran to reflect less draconian "law". In the Koran the wages of homosexuality is death. It was the same thing in the Bible at one time as well. Is Christ less or more tolerant of homosexuality today, or does he stand by his original words of death and condemnation as in the old testament? Just a thought.
Quote from: Traninit on January 03, 2016, 11:58:45 AM
Interesting take, much of which I agree with. Faith is something personal, and I will not argue it. But I do believe that Christianity had as much to do with men creating a text in which to govern a lawless land as it does theism. Without a formidable, effective, widespread and uniform means to control lawlessness, men chose to instill fear within a text as the primary motivational factor...to behave. That text essentially motivated the public to police themselves. That text has changed in content to be more in keeping with acceptable changes in the standards of our society. Even "progressive" segments of the Muslim community (hard to use "progressive" and "Muslim" in the same sentence) have called for change in the Koran to reflect less draconian "law". In the Koran the wages of homosexuality is death. It was the same thing in the Bible at one time as well. Is Christ less or more tolerant of homosexuality today, or does he stand by his original words of death and condemnation as in the old testament? Just a thought.
If your understanding of Christianity is that it is motivated by "fear" then you have been listening to the wrong teachers. Christians are motivated by love! God has not given us a spirit of fear but of peace and love.
The law of Moses was not created by man. It was given to Moses by God on the mountain. The purpose of it was as a "tutor" to not only show men their sins but to teach them God's requirement of a sacrifice to atone for their sins.
It was impossible for them to understand the grace and mercy of God if they did not understand the consequences of evil. God pointed out their sins as a way of contrasting white against black. How could they appreciate the light if they did not see the darkness first? The mosaic law pointed out the darkness of their hearts. The animal sacrifices show them a symbolic way of atonement (or forgiveness). It cleansed their hearts. The sacrificial "scapegoat" symbolically bore the burden of their iniquities as did the sacrificial lamb. This was God's way of illustrating to them the coming lamb of God who would give himself up as a once for all time sacrifice for the sins of men.
It was only through this contrast that the people could understand the love of God for them. The old testament saints were sanctified the same way we are. They looked forward to the coming lamb of God; we look back to the lamb of God on the cross.
Our U.S. laws were originally based largely upon the moral aspects of the mosaic law. The Founders recognized the mosaic law as a good moral standard for fruitful living. It was more about keeping society safe than it was in punishing crime... although punishment was a necessary aspect of it. It wasn't perfect but it was basically fair. It abated chaos and anarchy for many decades. People identified with it because most people were bible believing christians. Early institutions of higher learning were originally bible schools and seminaries. No one really thought the laws were unjust.
As we all know, homosexuality was a crime in this country for a very long time.
And in answer to your question, yes, the New Testament still calls homosexuality a sin and abomination to God.
However, we are told to hate the sin but love the sinner. We ALL sin to varying degrees so we should not condemn others for their sins. That is the job of God.
That does not mean we do not point out the teachings of the scriptures on sin. But in doing so we admit that we too are guilty of sin in our own lives. We ALL are in need of the saving grace of God.
I will say that in taking the practice of homosexuality to the level of marriage, it is a type of blaspheme against God's rite of marriage. It is one thing to sin. It is quite a different thing to throw it in the face of God!
Does God still demand death for homosexuality?
The O.T. law of Moses has been rendered obsolete (Heb 8:13) with the New Covenant of Christ.
But know that ALL sin will require the death penalty in the final Great White Throne judgement. Only those who have been saved by the grace of God and covered with the atoning blood of Christ will live forever with God.
But we do not come to faith in Jesus Christ because of any kind of fear of hell. That is NOT the way it works. We come to Jesus Christ because of His irresistible grace that draws us to Him. It is God who initiates salvation and we simply respond to Him.
If you do not believe any of this, it is certainly your prerogative. But you now know the truth and are without excuse on judgement day. Maybe one day God will touch your heart and you will bend to His will.
God bless!
Quote from: kroz on January 03, 2016, 01:42:24 PM
If your understanding of Christianity is that it is motivated by "fear" then you have been listening to the wrong teachers. Christians are motivated by love! God has not given us a spirit of fear but of peace and love.
The law of Moses was not created by man. It was given to Moses by God on the mountain. The purpose of it was as a "tutor" to not only show men their sins but to teach them God's requirement of a sacrifice to atone for their sins.
It was impossible for them to understand the grace and mercy of God if they did not understand the consequences of evil. God pointed out their sins as a way of contrasting white against black. How could they appreciate the light if they did not see the darkness first? The mosaic law pointed out the darkness of their hearts. The animal sacrifices show them a symbolic way of atonement (or forgiveness). It cleansed their hearts. The sacrificial "scapegoat" symbolically bore the burden of their iniquities as did the sacrificial lamb. This was God's way of illustrating to them the coming lamb of God who would give himself up as a once for all time sacrifice for the sins of men.
It was only through this contrast that the people could understand the love of God for them. The old testament saints were sanctified the same way we are. They looked forward to the coming lamb of God; we look back to the lamb of God on the cross.
Our U.S. laws were originally based largely upon the moral aspects of the mosaic law. The Founders recognized the mosaic law as a good moral standard for fruitful living. It was more about keeping society safe than it was in punishing crime... although punishment was a necessary aspect of it. It wasn't perfect but it was basically fair. It abated chaos and anarchy for many decades. People identified with it because most people were bible believing christians. Early institutions of higher learning were originally bible schools and seminaries. No one really thought the laws were unjust.
As we all know, homosexuality was a crime in this country for a very long time.
And in answer to your question, yes, the New Testament still calls homosexuality a sin and abomination to God.
However, we are told to hate the sin but love the sinner. We ALL sin to varying degrees so we should not condemn others for their sins. That is the job of God.
That does not mean we do not point out the teachings of the scriptures on sin. But in doing so we admit that we too are guilty of sin in our own lives. We ALL are in need of the saving grace of God.
I will say that in taking the practice of homosexuality to the level of marriage, it is a type of blaspheme against God's rite of marriage. It is one thing to sin. It is quite a different thing to throw it in the face of God!
Does God still demand death for homosexuality?
The O.T. law of Moses has been rendered obsolete (Heb 8:13) with the New Covenant of Christ.
But know that ALL sin will require the death penalty in the final Great White Throne judgement. Only those who have been saved by the grace of God and covered with the atoning blood of Christ will live forever with God.
But we do not come to faith in Jesus Christ because of any kind of fear of hell. That is NOT the way it works. We come to Jesus Christ because of His irresistible grace that draws us to Him. It is God who initiates salvation and we simply respond to Him.
If you do not believe any of this, it is certainly your prerogative. But you now know the truth and are without excuse on judgement day. Maybe one day God will touch your heart and you will bend to His will.
God bless!
Kroz,
I don't disbelieve. I don't know, either. And one cannot have faith if that faith is stated in words but not felt within, correct? That person I would call an optimistic hypocrite, regardless of the benevolent premise. I don't want to claim that title and lie to myself. Would God approve of that? What I do believe in, without a doubt, is that if we are to live happily, harmoniously, and with purpose, the Ten Commandments is a wonderful life guide. You sound like a very good and kind person. I envy you. You've found your way. All my best to you! :smile:
Quote from: Traninit on January 03, 2016, 05:35:00 PM
Kroz,
I don't disbelieve. I don't know, either. And one cannot have faith if that faith is stated in words but not felt within, correct? That person I would call an optimistic hypocrite, regardless of the benevolent premise. I don't want to claim that title and lie to myself. Would God approve of that? What I do believe in, without a doubt, is that if we are to live happily, harmoniously, and with purpose, the Ten Commandments is a wonderful life guide. You sound like a very good and kind person. I envy you. You've found your way. All my best to you! :smile:
My heart goes out to you, traninit. I do believe that you have a good attitude.
You are right about faith being internal and felt by the believer. The Spirit of God is a central part of a believer's life. He quickens our heart in many ways and makes Himself known to us.
That is why when I hear a politician say that his faith is personal and not relevant to his political life, I know that he really cannot be a true believer. Like you said in your post, this person is lying to himself. Because a true Christian is impacted by the Spirit of God in every aspect of his/her life. God will not be relegated to a compartment in your life. It is all or nothing.
I cannot know who is truly a Christian or not. However, I will say that my spirit senses the Sprit of God in only three of the candidates. That is Cruz and Santorum and Huckabee. There could be more but I haven't sensed more. That is certainly not to say that they are the only Christians. Like I said, I have no way of knowing for sure. However, I am extremely confident of Cruz's faith. It has been manifested in virtually every aspect of his life!!! And that is absolutely critical to his governing as President. Remember how Reagan was so impacted by his faith when he was in the WH. It was an integral part of Reagan's life and he acknowledged it publicly.