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Basic Christian Life

By Glenn Davis

As disciples of Jesus Christ, we want to live the Christian life in a way which pleases Jesus. Someone has said, "The Christian life is not difficult, it is impossible." We cannot live pleasing to God on our own strength. A supernatural life must be lived by the power of the supernatural Holy Spirit. However, living a supernatural, God-pleasing life does not mean throwing our brains out the window! We have to study and learn what pleases God and then cooperate with the Holy Spirit, working those attitudes and actions into our lives. We enter into a true partnership with God. Working together also brings us together.  We need both correct doctrine [teaching] and correct application.

"Study and be eager and do your utmost to present yourself to God approved (tested by trial), a workman who has no cause to be ashamed, correctly analyzing and accurately dividing [rightly handling and skillfully teaching] the Word of Truth." 2 Tim. 2:15 [Amp.]

A big part of the problem is that we all, by nature, think in the world's way. We have never developed a truly Biblical worldview. We were born looking at the world upside down. But the world's way is backwards to reality. It is a fantasy world. As we are born into  God's world [i.e. spiritual birth], we enter reality.

When we accept Jesus as Lord and Saviour, we enter this new world - the world of reality. Unfortunately, our minds are still trained in the old world's fantasy way. Our minds need to be re-educated. That retraining comes as we study, meditate, memorize and apply the Word of God.  

One important starting point is understanding what a Christian actually is.  Too many people equate Christianity with a lifestyle, a culture, the family in which they were born, saying the "Sinner's Prayer" and making a "decision" or the teachings they believe.  All of those things can be important, but it is possible to be correct in all those things and still not be a true Christian.  The devil enjoys giving people a false sense of security.  He likes a person who goes to church every week and thinks they are saved, but isn't really saved, better than the drug addict who knows they are in trouble.  

Once we have genuinely accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour, we need to work on developing a truly Biblical worldview.  We need to learn both what God says is true and how to apply it in a world hostile to Christianity.  We must be willing to jettison any beliefs we hold that are shown to be contrary to the Word of God.  Knowledge is where we start, but it is not enough.  We must also have the wisdom to apply God's Laws and principles in our lives and in our areas of influence.  Jesus and the apostles emphasized that we must not only be hearers of the Word, but doers of the Word.  Christian life gets very practical.  It infiltrates and changes every aspect of our lives until we reach God's goal for us... to be conformed to the image of Christ.

"There's a way of life that looks harmless enough; look again—it leads straight to hell. Sure, those people appear to be having a good time, but all that laughter will end in heartbreak." [Pr. 14:12-13, The Message]

Understanding the Christian life takes courage. We all have cherished beliefs that we hold on to. Looking at life from God's perspective means being willing to open our minds to what God reveals in Scripture. It means being willing to let go of any ideas and preconceived beliefs which are shown to be invalid by the Word of God. [Which means that everything you read and see on our Free Bible Study Lessons site or elsewhere must be judged by the word of God in context. If it doesn't measure up, reject it.] We are launching into a brave new world, but we hold the hand of the One Who has gone before us.

One area in which many Christians have been deceived is victory in this world.  It is difficult to give your life for a cause if you don't really believe it will triumph in the end.  Christians have been sold the lie that they are to wait around for the soon return of Jesus to rescue them from a doomed world.  Scriptures have been twisted and manipulated by the famous and not-so-famous to promote this idea.  Their unBiblical worldview is that you don't "polish the brass on a sinking ship."  The Truth is that Jesus Christ won the victory on Calvary.  The war is won.  Now the Holy Spirit is working through His people, genuine Christians, in implementing the victory of Christ in every area of life.  The cause of Christ will win.  This world will reflect the Glory of God.  The knowledge of the Lord will cover the earth as the waters cover the sea.  Evil will be forever crushed.  Jesus is returning to be welcomed by a victorious Bride, not to rescue the deceived and lazy who want an escape from world problems.  The Holy Spirit, using the Word of God and working through Christians, has all the answers.  We just have to discover and implement them.  Will you put your shoulder to the wheel to apply the victory of Christ in our world, or will you hang your head in shame when He returns?  Your choice.

[Note: One of the major reasons why Christians have promoted literacy in history is that they wanted everyone to be able to read the Bible for themselves. If you know anyone who is struggling with reading, you can direct them to our sister site: Read With Confidence.]

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