I'm sure most of you know the phrase " Don't be a Christian only on Sunday . " For those of you who don't this is referring to the group of people who claim to be Christians because they go to church on Sunday , yet their actions and words and their daily life on the other 6 days of the week don't reflect their faith . This is a problem . You can't be a ' part time ' Christian and expect to get into heaven when you pass away . It doesn't work that way . As bold as that is it's the truth .
Matthew 23:4 "They tie up heavy loads and put them on men's shoulders , but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them . "
Matthew 23:4 puts these people in perspective quite well . These ' part time ' Christian's go about their daily lives building up these 'heavy loads' of sin , expect to be saved and forgiven on Sunday , then go back out the next day and make the same bad choices all over again . Jesus didn't die for us to use his death as an excuse to be reckless with our faith . We as Christian's were put here to spread the word of God and express his Love for US in our OWN lives 7 days a week .
Being a Christian is so much more than attending Church and living a ' good ' life as a ' nice ' person . You may be a great person , and you may live a clean , pure life .. but doing that is living for yourself . We're not here to live for ourselves . We , as Christian's , are here to live FOR Jesus . It's up to us to spread His love for everyone around the world and it's our job to show this in our every day lives .
So What does it mean to be a Christian 7 days a week ?
Here are some questions you could ask yourself ..
- Do you desire Jesus in your every day life ?
- Do you open your Bible on a regular basis ?
- Do you think about and pray about what you read and ask for Guidance on your reading so you can reflect what you have read into your own life ?
- Do you obey the 10 commandments ?
Let me stop for a second and explain this question a little bit . A lot of times I hear non-Christian's joking around by saying " are you ' allowed ' to do that as a Christian ? " We are not ' robots ' who arn't allowed to have a little bit of fun in our lives but there ARE some set rules that we need to apply to our daily lives and these include the 10 commandments . One that I really want to hit on is number 3 ..
Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain .
This strikes me as extremely important to talk about because I hear Christian's take His name in vain EVERY single day and it urrkks my soul . I juss don't understand how someone can miss this one specific commandment or how they can convince themselves that it's okay . You need to stop . Point blank . Can't really be any more clear than that .
Honor thy father and mother .
Your parents are your parents . They are here to protect and watch over you as you grow up . You should never hate your parents when things don't go your way . Most of the time the reason you get mad at them is because YOU did something wrong and you should expect the consequences . I'm not saying this is a free card for parents to do whatever they want , but i'm saying not getting what you want , or not being able to go places you want to go , isn't a reason to dislike your parents . You should tell them you love them on a daily basis . Show them that you respect their wishes and that you understand why they make the decisions they make .
- When people look at you , do they say " Yeah , he / she is definitely a Christian " ?
- Does the music you listen to encourage your beliefs or does it corrupt your thoughts ?
I'm going to make a separate post about this question so i'll leave it up in the air for now .
There are many MANY more questions you could ask yourself but i'll stop here .
Remember .. We are Christian's on MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY .
1 Peter 1:16 " for it is written: ' Be Holy , because I am Holy ' . "
