There are no true Christians

I will reply in bold as well.The Bible does not say that God "could" protect you. It says that no harm will come to those who believe.I still do not see God's recommendation that I should drink poison? The point was that, if I had faith in God, I could not be harmed. But I shouldn't drink it as a "test".So why did Jesus say specifically that you drink deadly poision and as proof of your faith, nor harm would come if it was sinful to do that? As for Deuteronoomy, this has nothing to do with testing God. You are testing yourself to show otehrs how powerful a true believer is. That was a strange use of that verse and is not at all relevant.I will provide the context that Jesus used it in."9And he led Him to Jerusalem and had Him stand on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down from here;10for it is written, ‘HE WILL COMMAND HIS ANGELS CONCERNING YOU TO GUARD YOU,’11and, ‘ON their HANDS THEY WILL BEAR YOU UP, SO THAT YOU WILL NOT STRIKE YOUR FOOT AGAINST A STONE.’”12And Jesus answered and said to him, “It is said, ‘YOU SHALL NOT PUT THE LORD YOUR GOD TO THE TEST.’” 13When the devil had finished every temptation, he left Him until an opportune time."What you see is an almost identical test being provided to the Son of God Himself. He was told to jump off the temple, not to prove that God would save Him, but that He was the Son of God. It wasn't a strange use of the verse at all. Again, I pointed out that nowhere in the verse about believers doing miracles does it say we would do those regularly. Also, nowhere does it say we should drink poison to be able to "prove" it has no effect on us."These signs will follow those that believe..." There is no mention of how often. How about, as a testimony to Jesus, you do it once and video tape it and put it on Youtube or call a press conference and do it on live TV? After everyone sees the miracle, won't people be interested in learning more about the power of Jesus? Isn't that the point of what Jesus said? Why drink it just for nothing?Two responses.First. Jesus was saying that those who believe in Him are protected from poison, were they to drink it, and provided they have faith. Again, I am not to put the Lord my God to the test. You can word it as nicely as you want, but trying to prove my invinvibility in Jesus needlessly is a sin against God. There are plenty of miracles every day, you hear about nearly impossible survival stories, people being cured of cancer spontaneously, and great things happening for almost no reason. These are miracles in their own right, yet you don't ask where they come from? If you're not going to believe, a parlour trick certainly wouldn't convince you. But I digress, I am getting off topic.Second. My faith isn't strong enough. It's that simple. Do I know without a doubt that my God is omnipotent and will save me from all harm? Yes. But I am a skeptic, a doubter, just like anyone sometimes. My faith falters. Jesus said that "Even those with faith as small as a mustard seed" would be able to move mountains. I am not there yet.Okay, then I am asking. My Paypal yadoo adress is brettw777. I promise to find some very good causes for the money too and not just spend it all on myself. How soon can you send that over?I am not joking when I say I would. Two problems, though. One, I don't HAVE $1,000 to give you. I am still a high schooler, and have yet to get a steady course of income. Second, I have no guarantee with what my opnent will do with the money. Matthew 10:16 states, "Be as shrewd as serpents, but as innocent as doves.". In my "shrewdness", if you will, I know that most people on the internet aren't who they say they are. I'd rather give it to the charity asking for donations that has a good track record of using money in God-honoring ways. It's nothing personal. It's just the internet.Then it will not be a problem for you to go to the nearest Cancer hospital and lay hands on the people and watch the doctors be amazed and let Jesus be severely glorified, right? I can see mass numbers of people getting saved left and right within just hours of this. When would be a good day for your schedule and I will contact the hospital in your town and we will start there. I will be your campaign manager. I am thinking handicapped, blind, deaf, all diseases, etc. With your faith, the world is going to be healed. BTW, this is not about what Jesus "can" do through you but what the Bible says you "will" do with faith in him. He is not going to be doing anything. Remember, Jesus told the woman "your faith has healed you." Jesus is necessary for any miracles, first of all. Yes, He could only heal those who had faith in Him (another problem with your proposition), but it was Jesus healing them. Act 3:6 recounts a discussion between Peter, John, and a parlytic who asked them to give him money for his disablitiy. Peter responds, "Silver and gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk". He doesn't do the miracles in his own power, but in Jesus Christ's.Secondly, aside from the problem of others not having faith, I do not have enough faith. It is as simple as that.Then I am afraid I have some bad news. You are not a child of Christ. It works like this; you either believe Jesus or you don't. He either told the truth or he lied. If you believe he is going to save you but don't believe his words that you can do all that he did and more, then you are not with the kind of faith that saves because if you don't have faith in all of it, you don't pass the test. By you not having the faith to heal someone, you are essentially saying "I don't really have that kind of faith in Jesus" and are basically calling Jesus a liar. Don't worry though. You are not alone. I am with you all the way.This argument falls apart about midway through. My opponent stated that if I don't have faith in all of it, I don't pass th test. This isn't true at all. Jesus only provided ONE stipulation for eternal life. John 3:16 states, "For God so loved the world, He gave His only begotten Son. Whoever believes in Him, shall not perish, but have eternal life." I have full faith in this. I have full faith in all the Bible. As the father of the dying boy stated in Mark 9:24, "Lord, I believe. Help my unbelief!" Another account of doubting in faith came from Peter. It is Matthew 14:22-22. It says, "22 Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowd. 23 After he had dismissed them, he went up on a mountainside by himself to pray. Later that night, he was there alone, 24 and the boat was already a considerable distance from land, buffeted by the waves because the wind was against it. 25 Shortly before dawn Jesus went out to them, walking on the lake. 26 When the disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were terrified. “It’s a ghost,” they said, and cried out in fear. 27 But Jesus immediately said to them: “Take courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.” 28 “Lord, if it’s you,” Peter replied, “tell me to come to you on the water.” 29 “Come,” he said. Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus. 30 But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, “Lord, save me!” 31 Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him. “You of little faith,” he said, “why did you doubt?” 32 And when they climbed into the boat, the wind died down. 33 Then those who were in the boat worshiped him, saying, “Truly you are the Son of God.”"Jesus said that we could know a believer by the miracles they perform. However, He never stated that those who do not perform miracles are NOT Chrisitians. God only provides one way to be saved. My opponent also never refuted my arguments about acts of love superceeding miraculous actions in the kingdom of God. Therefore, as before, I remain as a counter to the idea that a "true Christian does not exist".