There are no true Christians

I will reply in bold. He provided me with several tests for my faith. The first, would I drink poison to prove my faith? My first answer is this, I believe that God could protect me if I drank deadly poison. Secondly, I would not drink it to prove my faith. The Bible does not say that God "could" protect you. It says that no harm will come to those who believe. The Bible says in Dueteronomy 6:16, "Do not put the Lord thy God to the test." So why did Jesus say specifically that you drink deadly poison and as proof of your faith, no harm would come if it was sinful to do that? As for Deuteronomy, this has nothing to do with testing God. You are testing yourself to show others how powerful a true believer is. That was a strange use of that verse and is not at all relevant. Mark 16:7-8 says that you can recognize a believer by if they can perform those miracles, but doesn't say that all believers will go around doing these things on a regular basis. "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?The second question my opponent asked of me was, would I give him $1,000?The answer to this is... well... yes. Shocked? Okay, then I am asking. My Paypal yahoo address 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? The third and final question I was asked is this, Can I do greater things than Jesus?My answer: With Jesus, I can. This is simple Philippians 4:13 states, "I can do ALL things through Him who strengthens me." 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." While there are true stories of miracles performed by Christians through Jesus, these stories are few. Why? Because there are few who have faith even the size of a mustard seed. I surely don't. 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. There are such beings as true Christians. I know this for a fact. I know this because I am a true Christian. John 3:16 states "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son. Whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life." But you don't believe Jesus's words so you are not a true Christian. You have already admitted you don't have the faith to do the miracles Jesus did so therefore you do not have the faith to believe he will save you. You cannot have one without the other. I don't think Jesus wants to be told his words are not true by the same people who expect him to save them. You either believe all of Jesus's words or none of them. There is no middle ground where you can say "Jesus, I believe you will save me but I don't believe your words that I can do what you did and more. I think you were lying to me on that one." Only a real faith will save you. Wait, I am actually making this too complicated. He did not even say you had to have faith to do the miracles. He just said believers would. Sorry I took so long to say that. To sum up, if you have faith in Jesus and Jesus said you would do miracles, you are one of his if and only if you are doing the miracles. If you are not, well, you don't have the faith in him at all.