While Christians are supposed to represent Christ, Christianity is just a religion. How can all these religious denominations be right and wrong at the same time?
We have Catholicism, Lutheran, Methodist, Baptist, Wesleyan, Presbyterian, Pentecostal, Episcopalian, etc. Each one of these denominations has their own set of rules and regulations and most of them are not Biblically based.
I am not trying to offend anyone, but to make you realize that it is not the denomination that makes you Christian. What makes you a Christian is accepting Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, confessing your sins, believing that Jesus is the Son of God who died on the cross for you and was resurrected on the 3rd day, and obeying Jesus’s commands.
If people would learn to love their neighbor as themselves, this world would be so much better. Typically people are selfish and are only seeking what can benefit them the most. Most of the time the people who call themselves Christian are anything but and that is just sad.
So are you a real Christian or a religious Christian? There is a difference. While I am classified as a Wesleyan, the pastor at our church is not so much a religious person, but a person who is trying to teach us about Christ, help us to be like Christ, to follow Christ, and accept Christ as our Lord and Savior.
So am I a great Christian? No, in fact I do not like people for the most part. I have a special place in my heart for the young and the old, but the rest I really do not care for. I find most people to be rude, obnoxious, hateful, arrogant, etc. Notice I did not say they were loving and caring, because it is not what I typically see. However, should that matter? The answer is no.
Christ did not say love only those who love you. Instead He told us that the world will hate you because of Me. However, we are still to love everyone we encounter, but remember that it is our job to show them what Christ is like and not to save them. Only Christ can save.
Do you want everyone to be in Heaven? That goes for murders, rapist, or anyone who has hurt your or a loved one. That is a tough question to answer, but it has to be yes if we are truly saved and reborn.