Who is truly a CHRISTIAN?
A true Christian is simply someone THINKING like Christ because Christ (called the Holy Spirit) is invincibly and spiritually thinking through him or her.
Who is truly a CHRISTIAN?
A true Christian is simply someone SPEAKING like Christ because Christ (called the Holy Spirit) is invincibly and spiritually speaking through him or her.
Who is truly a CHRISTIAN?
A true Christian is simply someone LIVING like Christ because Christ (called the Holy Spirit) is invincibly and spiritually living through him or her.
The above simple definitions of a true Christian was the state (condition) and status (position) of the disciples of Jesus Christ in the World after He physically left them on Earth, which made the non-Christians in Antioch called them CHRISTIANS, which means Christ's followers. They did not call themselves Christians as we see people do today, but the World called them so because they saw them thinking like Jesus Christ, speaking like Jesus Christ and living like Jesus Christ. True!
The Bible reveals thus:
Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus, for to seek Saul: And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch. (Acts 11:25,26).
I am sent to tell you today that you are not a CHRISTIAN, if you do not think like Christ, if you do not speak like Christ and if you do not live like Christ in this World. This is because Christianity is not a religion, but a relationship of conformation to the lifestyle of Jesus Christ in terms of the way and manner He think, spoke and lived (and worked) in this World before now. True!
That is why Jesus Christ Himself said:
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father. (John 14:12).
Again, are you truly a Christian in the eyes of the World?
Are you truly a Christ's follower in the eyes of the World?
That is, among your family members, friends, neighbours, colleagues, associates, partners, etc in the World.
Think about it?
The Bible reveals that you and I are the divine Salts and lights in Christ of the World, not the Church. So until the World calls you and I CHRISTIANS because of our way of thinking, speaking and living among them (that is, in terms of our walking and working with God in Christ in this World), our Christianity is questionable. True, it is. (Matthew 5:13-16; 1 Peter 2:9,10).
The Bible reveals that one of God's critical reasons of calling you and I out from the World is to make us CONFORM to the IMAGE of His SON, Jesus Christ, in terms of thinking like Him, speaking like Him and living like Him in this World. The Bible reveals thus:
For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be CONFORMED to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified. (Romans 8:29,30; Romans 12:1,2).
The above truth by Apostle Paul was confirmed by Apostle John when revealed thus:
Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as He (Jesus Christ) is, so are We in this world. (1 John 4:17).
Do you get it?
After your born again experience, which spiritually birth you through Jesus Christ into the Kingdom of God, what makes you a christian is not your attitude and activities in Christ in your local Church, but your attitude and activities in Christ in the World. True!
The World's people called the disciples of Jesus Christ Christian, not Jesus Christ Himself or other disciples. Therefore, until the World called you a Christian (Christ's follower):
1. By the way and manner you taste as divine salt in the World, your Christian is questionable. True!
2. By the way and manner you shine as divine light in the World, your Christian is questionable. True!
Therefore know and note this:
Coming to church does not make you a Christian, but your loving attitude and activities like Christ before the people of the World does. (1 John 4:19-21).
Believing in God does not make you a Christian, but your forgiving attitude like Christ before the people of the World does. (John 8:1-12).
Reading your Bible does not make you a Christian, but your Godly attitude like Christ before the people of the World does. (Hebrews 4:14-16).
Praying and fasting to God does not make you a Christian, but your contentment attitude like Christ before the people of the World does. (1 Timothy 6:6-12).
Giving to God does not make you a Christian, but your peaceful attitude like Christ before the people of the World does. (Hebrews 12:14).
Working in a department in Church does not make you a Christian, but your patient attitude like Christ before the people of the World does. (Hebrews 12:1-4; Hebrews 6:12).
Preaching the gospel of Christ does not make you a Christian, but living moderately like Christ before the people of the World does. (Philippians 4:5).
Are you truly a Christian?
Think about it!
Even the Jesus Christ, you and I are claiming to be following said thus:
I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world. (John 9:4,5).
Think about it also because if your being a divine light is to the church of saints on service days and not to the World of sinners every day, then your Christianity is questionable. Yes, it is questionable!
Ask yourself now, am I truly a Christian (Christ's follower) indeed in the true sense of the Word of God and in the eyes of the people of the World? (James 1:19-27).
Think about it and do something fast before it is too late for you on Earth. Yes, before it is late!
Welcome to a week of reflecting on your Christian life journey in Christ in this World.
God bless you!
MODIBO GODWILL
Divine Destiny Messenger,
Author & Speaker
@The Purpose-costal Movement (TEPUM)
Visit www.shiftstatusinternational.com
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