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Direct Answer Based on David Bercot’s teaching, defining Christianity as an “obedient love-faith relationship with Christ” challenges any church talk that treats faith mainly as agreement with doctrines or a private experience rather than a lived, obedient relationship shaped by Jesus’ teachings.

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• He defines “kingdom Christians” as those who “take the Sermon on the Mount literally and try to live by its teachings with the power of the Holy Spirit.”
• He says they “understand that the essence of Christianity is an obedient love-faith relationship with Christ.”
• He argues this isn’t a fringe idea: “The New Testament Christians and the early Christians before the Council of Nicaea were all kingdom Christians.”
• He insists witnessing is not optional even for teachers: “witnessing is a responsibility of every Christian and of every church.”
• He warns against using “my gift isn’t evangelism” as an excuse: even if your main work is teaching, “we should all still be seeking to make disciples.”