Bible Questions Answered:
“...I have some Christian friends that don't seem so righteous...”
Randy/ Rgina, Canada
Bible Answer:
SIGNS OF FOLLOWING JESUS:
Matthew 7:20 KJV
Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
God's People Are People Of Belief:
I John 5:1 NLT
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has become a child of God..."
God's People Have A Life Of Righteousness:
I John 2:29 KJV
If ye know that He is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of Him.
God's People Attained Church:
Hebrews 10:25 KJV
Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
God's People Live A Sinless Life:
I John 3:9 NLT
Those who have been born into God’s family do not make a practice of sinning, because God’s life is in them. So they can’t keep on sinning, because they are children of God.
God's People Have A Heart Of Love Towards Others:
I John 4:7,8 KJV
7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
God's People Are Kept By The Power Of God:
I John 5:18 NLT
We know that God’s children do not make a practice of sinning, for God’s Son holds them securely, and the evil one cannot touch them.
God's People Are Overcomers:
I John 5:4 KJV
For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.
God's People Have A Lively Hope:
I Peter 1:3 KJV
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to His abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
God's People Live A Life Of Prayer:
Ephesians 6:18 KJV
Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
God's People Live A Life Of Confession:
Romans 10:9,10 KJV
9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
God's People Live A Life Of Worship:
Psalm 95:6 KJV
O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our Maker.
God's People Are Faithful Stewards:
I Corinthians 4:2 KJV
Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.
God's People Are Fruitful:
John 15:5 KJV
I am the Vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in Me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without Me ye can do nothing.
Most people questioned today, will reply that they are Christians. And yet if you were to ask them just what a Christian is, what a multiplicity of answers you will receive.
Being a Christian, means being one who has repented of their sins and who has received the Lord Jesus Christ as their personal Saviour (born again (John 3:1-21).
It is “not,” by what some one says, that proves discipleship, rather Jesus said, it is “by their fruits ye shall know them. (Matthew 7:20 KJV)”
Matthew 7:21-29 KJV
21 Not every one that saith unto Me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of My Father which is in heaven.
22 Many will say to Me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from Me, ye that work iniquity.
24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of Mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a Rock (Psalm 18:2):
25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a Rock.
26 And every one that heareth these sayings of Mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
27 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
28 And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at His doctrine:
29 For He taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.
