A Christian is someone who:
- •Knows their sinfulness
- •Wants forgiveness
- •Wants what Jesus did to pay for what they did
- •Trusts God to change and make things right
- • A Christian is spiritually born again (John 3:3, 1:13, 14:17, Eze 36:26, Deut. 30:6, Rom 8:9-11, I Pet 1:23, Titus 3:5, Eph 2:22, 3:16-17, 4:24)
- •God puts his Holy Spirit in us and we are justified once and for all
- •We die unto self daily and are sanctified moment by moment (Luke 9:23)
- •The Christian is grateful that God provides everything
- •It is the Spirit of God “who wills and does” (Phil 2:12) in the Christian so that Paul says he is "struggling with all His energy, which so powerfully works in me." (Colossians 1:29)
- •We love ourselves within the context of greater love for God and others
- •We are no longer a “slave of sin” but free to live for God
What is the evidence of being a Christian?
- •A Christian loves God and others (Matt 22:37). To love God is to obey his commandments (I John 5:3)
- •We’ll know Christians by their love for each other and others (John 13:13, Gal 6:10, I Thess 3:12, John 17:21)
- •The fruits of the Spirit (Gal 5:22)
- •A growing recognition and distaste for sin in one’s life
- •A growing desire to do the will of God over our own
- •A growing desire to read and study the Bible
- •A growing desire to be in mutually accountable relationships with other Christians
- Christians restrain themselves to only say and do in love. If not in love, we are wrong even if technically correct (my mother)
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