Striving For Strength: How to be a Strong Christian

Charles Spurgeon lays out a comprehensive ministerial guide for students and pastors. There is an enormous amount of energy directed towards the minister’s lifestyle, spirituality, and sincerity. Spurgeon makes the case that ministry must be handled with precision, attentiveness, and truth. He further shares, “What a dreadful thing it will be for me if I should be ignorant of the power of the truth which I am preparing to proclaim” (2010, Chap. I). The preacher must take great care in managing his own soul before pursuing the heart of others.

Christians must have a made up mind to surrender to God’s will and His way. Some concrete ways that I exercise to help me to do better are by fasting and prayer. I let God know that the problem is far bigger than I am and I need the gracious assistance of the Holy Spirit to be victorious over it.

In today’s society the word “Christian” can mean many different things for everyone. Often times the word gets terrible labels on it such as: two-faced, unreal, fake, or in other words, a hypocrite. This label that the word “Christianity” gets can mostly come from the fact that many Christians say one thing, but live something entirely different. There is a huge pressure on Christians to live their lives perfect without sin which is impossible to do. The definition of the word Christian can be described as a follower of Christ or someone Christ-like. This is a very difficult lifestyle for Christians to live up to because no one is perfect, we sin everyday so when someone see’s a Christian is doing something bad or unchristian they point fingers

When in a crowded room, I can pick out who is a Christian, and who is not simply by the attitude they presume. Christians have this unexplainable joy in their lives, which permeates everything they do. Whether at work, in the car, or in their homes, true gentlefolk live their lives to please the one who made them, and not to please man. However, this does not mean they do not serve their fellow man. On the contrary, this makes them love God’s image bearers more. Therefore, a true follower of Christ can be called nothing other than a gentleman, or

Those who are Christian believe in monotheism; that God is an absolute God and in control of all things. They believe that the Bible is the inspired word of God.” The Bible is the text from which Christians govern their lives and actions. From the Bible we derive the truths by which we govern our lives. The Bible holds the truths regarding issues from the Holy Trinity to salvation. It is straight forward about our salvation, which no man is saved except through Christ, as such, must accept Christ as one’s personal lord and savior, or will spend eternity in

When we sat down the preacher made a statement saying they were a bible believing church, so you need a bible and notebook. If you didn’t have one they’ll get you one. Starting the worship we went to Proverbs 1:5, “let the wise also hear and gain in learning, and the discerning acquired skill”, and he said listen with understanding. The preacher went on to saying that we need to hear and understand. He told us 2 things about hearing. The first one was hearing will determine what you will receive. He continued to repeat that every time you come to church you should read and learn the word of God. We went to Acts 19 and he screams “AMEN” and starts reading “while Apollos was in Corinth, Paul passed through the interior regions” and “we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit”. After reading that he continues to say that “what you hear is what you’ll receive” and made us repeat what he just said. The second important fact about hearing was, it drives out unbelief. He preached on how hearing will drive out wrong thinking, wrong hearing, and speaking against God. The preacher then said “A true pastor would want you to grow and increase in life learning. He then said “turn to your wise neighbor

The word Christian has a variety of meanings to people depending on their history with Christians; and the word has come to represent something other than the dictionary definition. The word Christian is often interpreted as someone that is hypocritical, judgmental, and oftentimes egotistical; but that shouldn’t be how people view the word. Sadly, some Christians are well-suited for those terms, but the majority of Christians don’t fit the negative standard.

The core of Christianity comes down to one central tenant above everything else. In modern society, Christianity is often depicted as a group of hyper-judgmental, overzealous, backwards hypocrites, but the reality is that we are centered on one thing and one thing alone. That central point is the Gospel. Once you understand the Gospel, you understand that those things I mentioned above that are often used in depictions of Christians should simply not be. The Gospel is the basis for the entire Christian faith and, if you are a Christian, the basis for all knowledge and understanding.

A pastor, as a leader, must lead based on his relationship with God. In 1 Corinthians 10, Paul had just been sharing with the Corinthians of how he would compare his actions of spiritual liberties in the light of their impact on others. In 1 Corinthians 11:1 he continues to say, “Be imitators of me as I am of Christ.” Paul just renounced his rights when it came to minister to other people. When a congregation imitates their pastor they shoudle be following the footsteps of imitating Christ. Imitating Christ is what any spiritual leadership should lead the followers to

Baxter suggested several ways pastors can ensure their doctrine does not become stumbling block and render the Word of God worthless. First, pastors should serve God with deeds as well as words; they should live what they preach. Second, pastors “must study as hard how to live well, as how to preach well”. In other words, in order for pastors to be beneficial to the Kingdom of God they must, maintain innocence, be charitable to others, and condemn sin. Additionally, pastors must be mindful of the qualifications for pastoral work. Baxter stated, “He must not be himself a babe in knowledge that will teach men all those mysterious things which must be known in order to salvation”. Pastors must be well informed on the basic religious principles, they must be preachers, counselors, and teachers and the must understand Scripture. The qualifications for the work of pastor requires studying the word, praying, discussing the word and practicing. Pastors must take heed that they are not negligent in their qualifications for ministry. Baxter believed that pastors grow weak through negligence and their weakness hinders the work of

The Christians faith believes that Jesus Christ is god but in the flesh. Also that Jesus died on the cross in Jerusalem carrying the sins of the world. Christians also believe that whoever calls on the name of Jesus can be saved.Christians also believe that the only way you can be saved and not perish and go to hell for all eternity is through Jesus Christ and surrendering your life to him and becoming a born again christian. To be born again christian you must let god define you and make you a better sinless person. you To be saved and to not perish you must also repent from your sin. When Jesus was alive people believed he was god because he spoke words of peace and wisdom he also did many things that seemed impossible. For example

Christian worship services basically include singing, prayer and a sermon. A large number of churches have a special ceremony for ordination. Most Christians practice pray at home and also read the Bible. Many Christian will have baptism, when they was an infant or grew up an adult. They need to participate communion in regular time. The morality in Christian said that they need to focus on the relationship between the people and the God, and Christians need to have love. Christianity also emphasizes the confession, repentance, forgiveness, humility and so on. Therefore, “God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them, male and female he created them.” (Genesis 1-3) Teachings is

Christianity is a lifestyle not just a set of beliefs. A Christian is not merely someone who attends church once in a while and believes

One of the biggest misconceptions about Christians is the we all believe the same thing, which is anything but true. We all have the same basic belief, that Jesus died on the cross for our sins. No Christian will argue with you about that, but they will start to argue

I didn’t really know a valid definition for Christianity. The best way for me to understand Christianity is that it is a religion based on the miracles and teachings of Jesus. People say that Christianity is a relationship with the true and living God through the person of Jesus Christ, which who has forgiven us for our sins and escape the righteous judgment of God. To help me better understand and comprehend how glorious Christianity is, I had the enjoyment of interviewing my good friend William Wendell. The friendship that William and I have is a very strong. One thing that we find most joyful within our friendship is learning about each other’s religion. William is a practicing Christian that truly believes in his