What I believe

I believe too many people call themselves Christians who don't know what the word means; “Christian" is translated "little Christ, or Christ-like; this was a title given to Jesus' followers by the people of the day. This is not to be taken lightly because to be Christ-like is to live the life Jesus lived. Can we be perfect in our walk? No, but one does not become a Christian because he or she goes to "church", why? Well, first of all the church isn’t a place, rather it is the body of believers; secondly, Jesus commanded his “church” (those who accepted Jesus as Lord and Savior) to go out into the world, to minister to the lost, the unbelievers, those that were destitute, widowed, in prison. He told his church to “go out into the world and proclaim the gospel; that gospel by the way was the salvation message of Jesus Christ. Are you a Christian? Are you living the life that mimics Jesus’ life? If not, you can say all the amen’s you want, you can talk about how much you love God but if you are not living the life of Jesus, don’t call yourself a Christian. Jesus said, “My sheep will know me by my voice”. Do you know the voice of Jesus? Do you really hear Him in your life? What is He saying to you? Too many times we lift our hands in church and sing praises to Him but it is with the same hands that wield the knives we use on each other. Jesus was motive driven because He knew we couldn’t walk blameless, unfortunately we miss that in our judging of others; “Christians” are all too quick to condemn others when their needs are not met the way they “perceive” they should be met. The bible says, “Love covers a multitude of sin” and we believe that until we bring those “sins” back up in an argument, or gossip, to crucify the other person. When we do that, we mock Jesus and what He did for us. I would rather not be labeled a Christian than to know I am mocking what He did for me at the cross. The next time you profess your “Christianity”, first think about what that name means and what Jesus went through for us to have that privilege.