| Show za oes o te e ile 3 Sa a aBy aj y yBy By REV LEO E. E RUBEL Many people even some church members do not I know what it means to be a II Christian If we were to stop the next people we meet I and ask them What does it mean to be a Christian nine out of the ten would say something like this It means to be honest to be a good neighbor to obey the I Golden Rule to pray to be bea a member of oi a Christian Church This is the common fallacy and Satans Satan's blindfold that people are right with God because of decency respectability respectability respectability re re- re- re membership in inan inan inan an earthly organization How wrong can you be WHO THEN is a Christian The great Apostle Paul gives us the answer as he tells the jailor at Philippi Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shall be saved To be a Christian we must first of all believe that Jesus Christ lived a perfect life for forus forus forus us fulfilling Gods God's law in every every ev ev- evI I detail for and believing believing ery elJ us an 1 ing that He died on the accursed accursed accursed ac ac- ac- ac cursed tree of the cross to pay the penalty of our sins i A Christian is one in whom Christ Jesus dwells as the Bible says Christ in you the hope of glory A Christian Christian Christian Chris Chris- tian is one who is born again I j of God If any man be in I Christ is a Christian he isa is isa a new creature old things I Iare are passed away behold all I things are become new says the Bible I i TilE THE BIBLE says of Christians Christians Christians Chris Chris- If thou wilt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus and shall believe in thine I heart that God hath raised Him from the dead thou shall be saved Romans I Being a Christian is more than bearing a title it is I living a life dedicated to the services of Christ Jesus and our fellowmen THEREFORE as Christians we have new goals in life I Our chief purpose in life is isto isto I Ito to glorify Christ in our conduct conduct con- con I duct duel and through our witness witness- ing Do you know the answer to I Ithe the question What is a I Christian |
