WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A

CHRISTIAN

OUR MAIN PURPOSE / GOAL OF THIS PRESENTATION

IS FOCUSED ON MORAL RECOVERY PROGRAM.

WE ARE NOT TALKING OF RELIGION

WE ARE NOT TALKING OF GROUP OF PEOPLE OR SPECIAL PEOPLE

IN GENERAL, OUR ADVOCACY IS TO BRING CORRECT INFORMATION, GOOD

NEWS AND MAKE THINGS CLEAR TO MANY QUESTIONS

TO ANSWER MISCONCEPTIONS, WRONG UNDERSTANDINGS AND FALSE NOTIONS

OF WHAT IS REALITY

TASK: EXPLAIN WHAT ARE THE ESSENCE/ IMPORTANCE OF CHRISTIANITY

TOPIC:

WHAT IT MEANS TO BE CHRISTIAN

THERE WAS A STUDY CONDUCTED ON THE TOPIC: WHO

WAS THE GREATEST PERSON WHO EVER LIVED ON
EARTH?

BUDDHA

CONFUCIUS

LAO TZE

ALEXANDER THE GREAT

NAPOLEON BONAPARTE

SOCRATES
AND OTHER WISE MEN AND LEADERS WHO HAD LIVED AND MADE HISTORY.

CONCLUSION:
THE STUDY CONCLUDED WITH ALL
EVIDENCE AND SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS
THAT JESUS CHIRST WAS THE GREATEST
PERSON WHO EVER LIVED ON EARTH.

QUESTIONS:

WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A TRUE CHRISTIAN?

HOW TO BE SURE THAT A PERSON IS A CHRISTIAN

-MANY ARE NOT SURE OF THEIR SALVATION REGARDLESS
OF HOW HARD THEY TRY AND HOW DISCIPLINE THEIR
EFFORTS ARE TO PLEASE GOD.
-THEY ARE STILL UNCERTAIN OF THEIR RELATIONSHIP
WITH HIM (DOUBT OF SALVATION)

LACK OF ASSURANCE IS DUE TO MANY

REASONS:
1.

MISCONCEPTION: (FOR SOME PEOPLE)

2.

MISINFORMATION/ LACK OF REGARDING WHO GOD IS

3.

CHRISTIANITY IS A MERE RELIGIOUS SYSTEM

4.

CHRISTIANITY IS A MERE MORAL SYSTEM

5.

CHRISTIANITY IS A MERE SOCIAL OR HUMANITARIAN SYSTEM

6.

IT IS AN ESCAPE FROM REALITIES OF LIFE

TO FULLY UNDERSTAND WHAT IS

INVOLVED IN RECEIVING JESUS CHRIST
AS THE SAVIOR AND LORD
WE NEED TO KNOW THAT CHRISTIANITY IS NOT A PHILOSOPHY, NOT A
CODE OF ETHICS, NOT A STANDARD OF PERFORMANCE.

IT IS A LOVING PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH

GOD AS HE HAS REVEALED HIMSELF TO MAN
THROUGH THE LORD JESUS CHRIST

AS CHRISTIANS

BECOMING A CHRISTIAN INVOLVES RECEIVING THE LORD

JESUS CHRIST BECAUSE IT IS A DIVINE GIFT OF GODS LOVE
AND FORGIVENESS BY FAITH.

IT IS THE RESULT IN A THREEFOLD (3) COMMITMENT TO A

PERSON

INTELLECT

EDUCATION

WILL

HE WAS COMMISSIONED BY THE FATHER

TO BE THE SAVIOR OF MANKIND
SAID, I A M T H E W A Y ,
THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE.
NO MAN CAN ENTER INTO THE
K I N G D O M O F T H E FA T H E R
EXCEPT THROUGH ME.

JESUS

QUESTIONS:
IN

WHAT WAY CAN A PERSON BECOME A

CHRISTIAN?
WHAT ARE THE TRAITS THAT A PERSON
CAN BE CALLED A CHRISTIAN?
IS THERE A MEASUREMENT OR MARKS THAT
WE CAN CALL THE PERSON A CHRISTIAN?

ANSWERS:
3 KINDS OF PERSON THAT LIVE IN THIS
WORLD:

1. NATURAL OR ORDINARY PERSON

2. SPIRITUAL PERSON
3. CARNAL PERSON

PERSON

NATURAL MAN
HE

IS NOT A CHRISTIAN

HE

DEPENDS UPON HIS OWN RESOURCES

HE

LIVES IN HIS OWN STRENGTH

HE

CANNOT UNDERSTAND OR ACCEPT THE

TRUTH OF GODS WORDS

HIS

INTEREST AND AMBITIONS ARE

CENTERED IN THINGS FLESHLY AND
WORLDLY.

SPIRITUALLY,

HE IS DEAD TO GOD

PERSON

SPIRITUAL MAN
IS

A CHRISTIAN

WHO

IS CONTROLLED AND EMPOWERED BY THE

HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD

RESOURCES
LIVES
HE

OF GODS LOVE AND POWER

IN THE STRENGTH OF THE LIVING CHRIST

UNDERSTANDS AND BELIEVES GODS WORD

INTEREST

AND AMBITIONS ARE CENTERED AROUND

AND SUBJECT TO THE PERFECT WILL OF GOD THIS
PERSON IS ALIVE

PERSON

CARNAL MAN

DEFEATED AND FRUITLESS CHRISTIAN

HE IS LIVING IN THE ENERGY OF THE FLESH INSTEAD OF THE RESOURCES OF THE

HOLY SPIRIT

EVEN THOUGH HE IS A CHRISTIAN, IS IN CONTROL OF HIS OWN LIFE

UP AND DOWN SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE

DIFFICULTY IN UNDERSTANDING SELF- WANT TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT BUT CANNOT

NO POWER (TO PRAY, WITNESS, LOVE)

LIVE IN SINFUL NATURE

FRUITLESS WITNESS OF CHRIST

POOR PRAYER LIFE

NO DESIRE IN BIBLE STUDY

IMPURE THOUGHTS