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 \nThere's a great deal to be said forknowing Jesus Christ if you hope tospend a lifetime calling yourself aChristian.Really knowing Him,thatis.Knowing Who He is and what Hestands for.Believing in Him—andthrowing in your lot with Him for good.  \nWe have no time for fakes or frauds,fellows who sail under false colors.Some of them have been known todress as clergymen,to push their pri-vate rackets.That's an ugly kind offaking and we can be glad that it isn'ttoo common.  \n# DO WE REALLY BELIEVE?\n\nBut let's face it.Most of us getcaught in more ordinary kinds of fak-ery.The whole school,for example,thinks we're tops.Our parents are sureof it.But sometimes,at the end of adate perhaps,we're not so good at all.Or imaybe we copy homework like crazy—stealing from someone else in orderto get a passing grade,a diploma,andperhaps admittance into college.  \nOn the day of our Baptism,everyone of us declared that we accept ourLord Jesus Christ as God and Saviour.Most of us said this through our God-parents.And this is the faith thatmade Christians of us—that made usmembers of Christ in His one,holy,catholic and apostolic Church.  \nFather Gerard S.Slayan,Ph.D.,Head ofthe Department af ReligiausEducation,the CathalicUniversity af America.  \nNow,the BIG question is this:Dowe really believe it now?And do wemean it with all our strength?We'dlike to believe it,yes,but perhaps wedon't know enough about Our Lord to\"go all out\"for Him.That is why real-ly getting to know Him,through thiscourse this year,is going to make atremendous difference in our lives.  \nDo you remember the knife-likewords Our Lord threw at the fakes Hemet?You will find them in Chapter23 of Saint Matthew's Gospel.  \nNow,there is another way of play-ing the fake.Most of us were borninto a community of people who be-lieve in Christ,more or less—our fam-  \nHI-TIME,with the ecclesiosticol opprovol of the Milwau kee Archdiocese,is published weekly during the school yeor,Sept.15 to June 1,except school holidoys,by HI-TIMEPublishers,Inc.Editoriol ond publicotion office:12001 W.Deorbourn Ave.,Milwoukee 13,Wis.Moiling oddress:Box7337,Milwoukee 13,Wis.Subscription price:in lots of 25or more fo one oddress,$2 per yeor per subscription.Single subscription,'55 per school yeor.(In porishes t0o smoll to worront 25 copies for CCD closses,the bulk price willopply to orders for 10or more.)Religion Editor,the Right Rev.Msgr.Jerome J.Hostrich;Monoging Editor,Henriette M.Mockin;Assistont Editor,Michoel F.Vogl;BusinessMonoger,Williom A.Ketterer.Second-closs postoge paid ot Milwoukee,Wis.Copyright HI.-TIME Publishers,Inc.,1961.  \nfriends?Because of what they knewabout Him.He was not merely their.Friend;He was the Lord!(For the Is-raelites—or Jews,as they were latercalled—only God was\"The Lord.\")  \nHow could these strict Jews say thatabout a man?Because the Holy Spirithad assured them that Jesus,Whomwicked men had killed,and Who roseagain,on His own power,was“Lord.”Men had no other Saviour but Him.To believe Him was to have life.(Jesussaid that,Himself.John 6:47.)Andso,nothing that the mobs or rulerscould do,could shake them or weakentheir faith in Him.  \nWhat about us?Can we take it—the jibes,the sneers sometimes—andremain loyal and unshaken?  \n# HOW MANY OF US WOULDGO ALL OUT FOR CHRIST?\n\nMost of the ideas we need to graspabout Jesus are in that story of thestrong,courageous faith of the earlyChurch in Jerusalem that we find in\"The Acts.\"In the first place,withoutfaith we cannot be sure Who Jesus is.Saint Paul tells us we can't even sayHis name,except in the Spirit(I Cor.,  \n12:3).That means if we want to un-derstand Jesus,we have to ask Godthe Holy Spirit,the Third Person ofthe Blessed Trinity,to make our per-sonal Penteco","cbCaipaiESvkqb13","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaipaiESvkqb13","pdf",1455773,16,"English","# ARE WE CHRISTIANS, OR FAKES?\n# DO WE REALLY BELIEVE?\n# HOW MANY OF US WOULD GO ALL OUT FOR CHRIST?\n# WHAT DOES “GOING ALL OUT FOR CHRIST” MEAN?\n# WHAT TO DO?\n# DO WE AGREE?","[{\"question\":\"Why does the article warn against “fakes or frauds” who claim to follow Jesus?\",\"answer\":\"It argues that calling oneself a Christian without truly knowing Jesus turns faith into a dishonest disguise, including examples of misleading religious behavior.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the Holy Spirit relate to understanding Jesus in this text?\",\"answer\":\"It states that believers must ask God the Holy Spirit, so that personal Confirmation and spiritual understanding can become meaningful.\"},{\"question\":\"What does “going all out for Jesus” mean according to the article?\",\"answer\":\"It means loyalty, and that loyalty leads to taking up the Cross, which brings purpose and lasting joy rather than aimless searching.\"}]","JESUS: LORD & CHRIST - The Jesus Whom the First Believers Preached - Chapter | PDF",1789959227]