For Christians to ask themselves,
If you accept Jesus Christ in your heart as your personal Lord and Savior, and then go back to living
the way you were, are you really Saved? Or do you have to actually live according to how Jesus Christ wants you to live. How can we show others the Light we have in us if we live in the dark? The way we live should be a testimony to others as to what Jesus Christ has done for us. The way we live should show others, that we've been delivered from the lifestyle that we had prior to surrendering to Christ. But instead we carry on doing what we've been doing, and tell other's it's alright, I'm saved, I can ask for forgiveness.
If you can really believe that, then do you really love God? Did you really Surrender? We call ourselves
Christians but don't read the bible, Hardly go to church, believe everything the world tells you, but doubt the Validity of the Bible. A Christian is a Disciple of Christ. Disciple means Student. A few definitions of the word student are: any person who studies, investigates, or examines thoughtfully, One who studies something, An attentive observer, someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines. Now if you apply any of these definitions of student to your walk with Christ does it fit? Are you a person who studies Christ, or an attentive observer of Christ, do you examine the Bible thoughtfully? If upon Getting "Saved" you didn't do anything else, can you really call yourself one of Christ's Disciples?
Did you know that in the Bible it talks about how when Christ called some of his disciples they dropped everything to follow him. They didn't say okay I'll follow you, but give me a week or let me get right 1st. They justs followed. Were they automatically given the power of laying hands on people to heal them or of prophecy, or were they able to preach the word of God? No, all that came later in their walk, but to get there they had to surrender to Christ, and show him that they were serious about following him.
Being a Christian is hard, especially in the beginning. But it's also something that takes your attention. You have to literally devote your life to it. You can't just accept Christ and say now that that's over with let me go back to the strip club, let me go get high with my friends. What you should do is say let me hang out with my other brothers and sisters in Christ so I can learn what this is about. Let me talk to my Chaplain, or Pastor, or one of the ministers to see what I need to do to grow, or let me joing my local church and find out what it's like to serve God's people. You have to learn how to build a relationship with God, and find out what it is that he wants you to do, and ask him to show you the way that you need to get there. You need to learn the different qualities that you should have to be a Christian, like love, joy, and peace. You need to Pray, and Praise. It's a continuous journey of love, discipline and learning what God wants us to do. This isn't a
game. God is not to be played with. It's like getting married but still carrying on like you're single. When you get married you can't still go out on dates, you can't flirt with members of the opposite sex, and try to get to know them better. You have to build your relationship with the person that you get married to, and think about starting a family. When you become a Christian you have to build your relationship
with God, and start thinking about Building your NEW family.
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