It is often asked, so what are the qualities of a Christian? Is it someone who goes to Church on a regular basis? Is it a person who reads the Bible and prays daily?
Those are certainly things a Chrisitan should do but to see some of the qualities a Christian should have we need to go right to the source--Scripture. Consider the following:
"...that the older men be sober,reverent,temperate,sound in faith,in love; in patience the older women likewi...se, that they be reverant in behavior, not slanderers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things---that they admonish the young women to love their husbands,to love their children, to be discreet,chaste,homemakers,good,obedient to their own husbands,that the word of God may not be blasphemed. Likewise,exhort the young men to be sober-minded, in all things showing yourself to be a pattern of good works; in doctrine showing integrity, reverence, incorruptibility,sound speech that cannot be condemned,that one who is an opponent may be ashamed,having nothing evil to say of you."
(from Paul's Epistle to Titus, Chapter 2.)
Paul pretty much spells it out here, it's a lifestyle brothers and sisters. It's the way we think and act.
Through God's Grace and His Holy Spirit,Christians can possess these qualities.
Those are certainly things a Chrisitan should do but to see some of the qualities a Christian should have we need to go right to the source--Scripture. Consider the following:
"...that the older men be sober,reverent,temperate,sound in faith,in love; in patience the older women likewi...se, that they be reverant in behavior, not slanderers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things---that they admonish the young women to love their husbands,to love their children, to be discreet,chaste,homemakers,good,obedient to their own husbands,that the word of God may not be blasphemed. Likewise,exhort the young men to be sober-minded, in all things showing yourself to be a pattern of good works; in doctrine showing integrity, reverence, incorruptibility,sound speech that cannot be condemned,that one who is an opponent may be ashamed,having nothing evil to say of you."
(from Paul's Epistle to Titus, Chapter 2.)
Paul pretty much spells it out here, it's a lifestyle brothers and sisters. It's the way we think and act.
Through God's Grace and His Holy Spirit,Christians can possess these qualities.
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