Why do Christians believe they are "saved"as individuals?

I think all Religions carry with them a self inducing elitism.

The absence of any inference that they just might be wrong is lacking, that to me is indicative of elitism. :)

Who is "Christ?" Whom are you calling a "Christ?"

What do you believe about what a "Christ" is?

. MATTHEW 16:20.

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20. Then charged he his Disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ.

Why do you think that Jesus Commanded his Disciples not to tell anyone that he was The Christ?

If GOD did not tell you, by Divine Revelation that Jesus is The Christ, it is totally meaningless. You have millions of examples of people who believe Jesus is the Christ, because someone told them so, and it is COMPLETELY USELESS.

They wait on someone to tell them the NEXT thing to do- and NOBODY knows THAT- because only GOD knows what EVERYBODY should do NEXT, after abelieving that Jesus is The Christ.

The Christ is God's Leader for all Mankind, and if anyone does not accept his authority, God will judge them.

. AMOS 3:3.

God's least judgment is that He does not walk with you.

The Revelation that God gave to Peter that Jesus is The Christ is how everyone is to come to Jesus.

. MATTHEW 16:13-20.

. JOHN 6:43-45.

Once you have made this first jump, other next jumps become apparent.

When Atheists lie about Jesus, they cannot show the Scriptures they are supposedly talking about, either because they do not exist, or else they do not say what they claim they say, and even Answer the false Question they are raising.

. MATTHEW 7:21-23.

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21. "Not every one that saith unto me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter into The Kingdom of Heaven; but he that doeth The Will of my Father Which is in Heaven.

22. "Many will say to me,

'Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy Name?

And in thy Name have cast out Devils?

And in thy Name done many wonderful works?'

23. "And then will I profess unto them,

'I never knew you: depart from me,

ye that work iniquity.' "

. THE THREE FACTORS OF EDUCATION.

THE Students must confront the Physical Example of whatever they are being taught, or else there is NO way for the Teachers to know that the Pupils have understood, nor can the Pupils possibly know what their Teachers are talking about.

2. The Learning-Curve must not be too steep. It must not have gaps, repetitions, nor reverses.

The Instruction must progress:

Elementary => Intermediate => Advanced Principles.

3. Each and every Technical Term Jargon must be THOROUGHLY DEFINED, using the Standard, Agreed-Upon Dictionaries and Technical Manuals.

ONLY A VERY WICKED PERSON CAN MISUNDERSTAND THE BIBLE.

. JOB 28:28.

. PSALM 111:10.

The Commandments of God FORCE the Mind to create the BUILDING-BLOCKS and KEYS of Understanding.

Someone may or may not have those keys and building-blocks apart from God's Religion. The Bible eliminates all CHANCE.

. JOHN 13:13.

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13. "Ye call me Master and Lord:

and ye say well, for (so) am I."

The Ninth of the Ten Commandments says:

. EXODUS 20:16.

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16. "Thou shalt not bear False Witness against thy Neighbour."

Jesus is more important than any other neighbour we can have. If you can bear False Witness against HIM, you must have done so against others.

If you have never borne False Witness before, why would you begin with JESUS?

Atheists are fond of saying that we are incompetent at logical reasoning? How am I doing?

Jesus said that calling him "Lord, Lord," is not enough to enable entry into The Kingdom of Heaven, WHEN ONE DOES NOT DO THE WILL OF GOD HIS FATHER.

How on Earth could it be otherwise?

How can you call Jesus" Lord, Lord," and do CONTRARY to The Will of God, and expect to enter into the Kingdom of Heaven?

WHAT IS "THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN?"

WHAT iS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN "THE KiNGDOM OF HEAVEN" AND "HEAVEN?"

You do not know, because you HATE God, you HATE Jesus, you HATE those who serve Jesus, and you HATE The Bible.

. ECCLESIATES 8:4.

. MATTHEW 12:28.

"Heaven" is The Seven Universes in which God is manifest and rules.

"The Kingdom of Heaven" is where God's Commandments to Heaven are enforced, creating an area in which God's Rules are obeyed over any objections- such as "Laws of Nature," "Scientific Law," and other stupid limitations that only apply to the ignorant and extremely powerless.

. JOHN 14:15-27.

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Therefore those who DO LOVE Jesus, who DO DO THE WILL OF JESUS' FATHER WHICH IS IN HEAVEN, these ARE in The Kingdom of Heaven, and have the Right to say that they are "Saved."

. JOHN 10:14.

Those who Obey Jesus get to know him, and know God His Father.

. JOHN 8:31-32.

. JOHN 14:4-7.

Jesus said there are some who call Him Lord but don’t do the will of His father and therefore He doesn’t know them (Matt. 7:21-23). He was accusing them of saying something with their mouth they really don’t believe in their heart.

In John 6:40 He said His father’s will is that all who look to the Son and believe in Him will have everlasting life. The Greek word for believe means to entrust our eternal destiny to Him. There are many other verses confirming the fact that we’re saved because of what we believe, not because of how we behave.

From this we can conclude that some who call Him Lord don’t rely fully on Him for their salvation, but are trying to help save themselves by their own works. These are the ones who call Him Lord but don’t believe He paid the full price for their salvation, so they have to do the rest. These are the ones Jesus will deny knowing. Jesus said the only work God requires of us is to believe in Him (John 6:28-29).

Also, at the end of the age many who will call Him Lord will be taken away to eternal punishment. In Phil. 2:9-10 we read that every knee will bow and every tongue will confess (agree) that Jesus is Lord. This doesn’t mean everyone will be saved. It means after the 2nd Coming there won’t be any doubt about the fact. They will have to agree He is the Lord, even though they didn’t believe He died for their sins and never asked Him to be their savior.

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Christ said calling them Lord, Lord--- and don't do what he commands

is meaningless.

We have a tangible, undeniable example of someone intentionally, completely, directly, unmistakeably distorting scripture with an agenda to mislead people from what was originally intended within...

and then the same people point their finger at ignorant, misled people who don't understand the religion correctly and blame it on God, etc.

Most Christians do not read the Bible.

The few that does do not bother to read the History of their religion and how Jesus was only voted into a Deity in 325 AD and all that Jazz about "died for our sins", "Lord and Saviour", "My Father and I are one", "Before Abraham was born, was I am" were all written into the Bible to confuse and confound later generations.

But Jesus left an alibi!

Many will say to me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?' # Then I will tell them plainly, 'I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!' [Matthew 7:22-23]

Matthew24:13" But the one who has endured to the end will be

saved."

Luke21:19"By your endurance you will preserve your lives."

A person can not just say they are saved but have to endure in the christian course based on accurate knowledge.

It is meaningless IF you don't have FAITH in Him, instead you rely on YOUR good works to save you.

God's word is indeed True and accurate,

1Co:2:14: But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

They belong to man-made denominations who have altered their Bibles to agree with their beliefs.