WHO IS A CHRISTIAN?

 According to wiktionary, a christian is an individual who seeks to live his or her life according to the principles and values taught by Jesus Christ. They can also be called those people that has an encounter with God and has sacrificed their heart to the work of God (Kolawole Adedayo, 2017). These sets of people or an individual called christian are those living with heaven in view.

      In the whole bible, the word CHRISTIAN is mentioned just in three places (Act 11:26, 26:28 and 1Pet. 4:16) which makes the name so unique and shows its worthyness.

        A person is said to be a christian when he/she exhibits all what Christ has taught us and all that is written for us in Gal. 5:22-23. He will also be able to bear his cross as Christ has commanded in Luke 9:23. Apostle Paul also enlighten us more on what to pay in being a christian as seen in Gal. 6:14.

THINGS EXPECTED TO DO AS A CHRISTIAN

Accepting Jesus as our Lord and Saviour is not what is only expected of us as a christian. There are a lot of things expected to be done in this present world, in which failure to do them, can cost us our heavenly gain/crown or even our eternal home. We would be examining 10 things expected of a real, genuine and heaven focus christian.

1. Constant soberness: 1Pet. 5:8, Act 26:25, Rom. 12:3, 2Cor. 5:13, 1Thess. 5:6-8, 1Tim. 3:11, Titus 1:8, 1Pet. 1:13, 4:7.

2. Constatnt vigilant: 1Pet. 5:8, 1Tim. 3:2

3. Constant resistance: James 4:6-7, Eph. 4:27

4. Constant holiness: Luke 1:75, Rom. 1:4, 6:22, 2Cor. 7:1, 1Thess. 4:7, Heb. 12:14

5. Grieving not the spirit: Eph. 4:30-31

6. Constant subdueing of the flesh: 1Cor. 9:25-27, Luke 9:23-25

7. Drastical surgery operation: Matthew 4:24-25, Act 3:2-9, 1Cor. 12:9, Act 10:38, Luke 9:11

8. Constant patience: James 5:7, 1:3-4, Heb. 6:12C

9. Constant obedient: James 1:19-25

10. Constant preparation: Eph. 6:11-18, Rom. 13:12, Matthew 25:1-13

In conclusion, for us to be a perfect and heaven in view christian, we must constantly be doing/carrying out heart renovation, for our heart is the temple and workshop of God and the Holy spirit.

Shall we pray......