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A CHRISTIAN


Text. 1 Corinthians 13:2 

If I have the gift of prophecy and can understand all secrets and every form of knowledge, and if I have absolute faith so as to move mountains but have no love, I am nothing.

A Christian is anyone who lives for and behave like Christ.  *You are not a Christian because you go to church or because you answer a Christian name, you are a Christian because you are Christlike.

We have many people today who answer the name Christians but who do not look or behave like Christ in anyway. 

Expressly, Jesus says "You shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?"(Matthew 7:16). 

Everyone around you will know who you are by your character and not by what you say or the church you attend. Our world is full of many professing Christians but very few practicing Christians.

Note that, fruits are to be eaten by men and not by the tree itself. In the same way, men are supposed to eat of your good fruit and give glory to your Father in heaven.

Let's not deceive ourselves, your good works will be seen by men. God and the angels in heaven don't need your good works, people on earth do. 

In the same vein, when your life produces sour fruits, men will equally see it and this will bring reproach to God's name.

Matthew 5:16 says Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

Examine yourself today. What kind of a Christian are you? What kind of fruit is your life producing? When people wants to eat the fruit of kindness, is your life producing it.

When men wants to eat the fruit of patience, are you giving them impatience? People are always looking for fruit of love, be a Christian that will supply this within your circle of influence.

BE A CHRISTIAN IN DEED AND NOT JUST IN WORDS.

 Bible reading:

 Matthew 5:13-16.

 PRAYER FOCUS

1.) Father, I receive the grace to live as Christ here on earth.

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