A convert is someone who has accepted Jesus Christ as their savior. That doesn't necessarily make a person a Christian. So what is a Christian?
I truely belive that a Christian is a convert that has chosen to live life as a Christian. Being a Christian is a way of life; an attitude that we chose on a daily basis. What does a Christian attitude look like?
Easy. The Bible gives us a list of fruits that someone with a Christian attitude and life exhibits.
Galations 5:16-26
16 I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. 17 For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish. 18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
19 Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, 20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, 21 envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. 24 And those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. 26 Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.
A Christian is someone who has chosen to love others over all things. Someone who has chosen to not judge but rather listen to others before coming to conclusion. We say the literal definition of Christian is "Christ-like" but we don't remember that the Word says that God is LOVE.
If He is love and we are like Him, then we should also be love. That is a Christian.
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