What does it mean to be a “real Christian?” Going to church? Believing in Jesus? Living in America? First we must know what it means to be a Christian at all! What does the word “Christian” actually mean?
The word “Christian” means “Christ like.”
So real Christians are really like Christ.
If anyone is like Christ, or one with Christ, he or she is a “new creation,” according to God’s word.
But what does THIS mean?
To be new in God’s eyes doesn’t just mean the opposite of old, but constantly new! Eternal. Immortal. It means the new creation constantly surprises, is ever growing, and ever changing.
Surprises attract attention. So do new creations. So do real Christians.
Yet how do real Christians attract and KEEP attention BETTER THAN ANYONE ?
To understand this, we must understand being born of the Spirit!
Jesus said real Christians, or God’s children, are Spirit born, or Wind Born.
Being born of the wind, they are like the wind:
Unpredictable. Uncontrollable. Unknowable.
As it is written, “No one knows the thoughts of a person except the spirit of the person. And no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.” When there are “gaps in our knowledge,” there is curiosity. Intrigue. Interest. Sustained attention. This is how it is with real Christians.
Surprise gets attention. Interest keeps attention. No one ever was, is, or ever will be more surprising and interesting than Jesus Christ. Real Christians are really like Christ. So real Christians attract and keep attention better than anyone!
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