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The Bible teaches that the Christian life is one of constant growth. When you were born again, you were born into God's family. It is God's purpose that you will grow into fill stature and become mature in Christ. It would be against the law of God and nature if you were to remain a baby and thus become a spiritual dwarf. In 2 Peter 3:18, the Bible says that we are to grow. It implies steady development, constant enlargement, increasing wisdom. For one to grow properly certain rules must be observed for good spiritual health. 1. Read your Bible daily. Do not be content to skim through a chapter merely to satisfy your conscience. Hide the Word of God in your heart. It comforts, guides, corrects, encourages - all we need is there. 2. Learn the secret of prayer. Prayer is communicating. Every prayer that you pray will be answered. Sometimes that answer may be "Yes" and sometimes "No," and sometimes it is "Wait," but nevertheless it will be answered. 3. Rely constantly on the Holy Spirit. We know that the Holy Spirit prays for us (Romans 8), and what a comfort that should be to the weakest of us. Stand aside and let Him take over all the choices and decisions of your life. 4. Attend church regularly. The visible church is Christ's organization upon earth. Christians need one another, we need to gather together to worship God and nothing can take the place of church attendance. 5. Be a witnessing Christian. We witness in two ways: by life and by word - and the two, where possible, should go hand in hand. 6. Let love be the ruling principle of your life. Jesus said to those who followed Him, "By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another" (John
13:35). The greatest demonstration of the fact that we are Christians is that we love one another. 7. Be an obedient Christian. Let Christ have first place in all the choices of your life. 8. Learn how to meet temptation. Temptation is not sin. It is yielding that is sin. Let Christ through the Holy Spirit do the fighting for you. 9. Be a wholesome Christian. Our lives and appearance should commend the Gospel and make it attractive to others. 10. Live above your circumstances. Don't let your circumstances get you down. Learn to live graciously within them, realizing the Lord Himself is with you. 2023 Billy Graham Evangelistic Association 8 essential Christian beliefs Here are eight essential beliefs a true Christian will have. 1. True Christians believe God exists. One cannot be a Christian if he or she doesn't first believe in an invisible power that created everything (Genesis 1:1; 2:4). It is foundational that a true Christian will believe in a Supreme Being of superior power and intellect who is responsible for all life. There are some who think they can believe in evolution but also be a Christian. But the truth is that those two things are completely incompatible. You cannot be a Christian and deny that God is responsible for the creation of the universe and all life.
2. True Christians believe Jesus Christ was God in the flesh. Christianity is based on Jesus Christ. Christians believe He did exist and walk the roads of Judea about 2,000 years ago. But it isn't enough to believe simply that the historical figure Jesus Christ lived. A Christian must believe He was who He said He was—the Son of God. He was God. He was the Word (the being who communicated with mankind in the Old Testament), who came to earth as a human being (John 1:1-3, 14; Philippians 2:5-8). 3. True Christians believe Christ died for the sins of all humanity and was resurrected to eternal life. "Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!" (John 1:29). This statement from John the Baptist sums up the Christian belief that Christ gave Himself as a sacrifice so that every human being may be forgiven his or her sins (Hebrews 9:28). But if He had stayed dead, we would still be in our sins and not have a living Savior (1 Corinthians 15:17). Thankfully, three days and three nights later, Jesus was resurrected to life again by the Father (Matthew 12:40). He is alive today and seated at the right hand of His Father in heaven (Hebrews 12:2). We have a living Savior. 4. True Christians are characterized by having love for one another. Jesus Christ made this crucial statement identifying His followers: "By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another" (John 13:35). Love, outward concern for others, should be a key descriptor of every Christian.
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