We all have an image that we have formed in our mind.
Is he someone that:
Follows a lot of rules and regulations?
Goes to church every Sunday?
Has to act a certain way?
He might be, but that's not what it is about. We are followers of Jesus, because of what God promised.
What did God Promise?
Rom 10: 9That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved. 11As the Scripture says, "Anyone who trusts in him will never be put to shame."
That is an awesome promise.
So how does that make us different then some other people? When you make this choice, we are born again. God sends the Holy Spirit to live inside you and help us.
If he did all that for us, we should love him for it. If we love him, we should want to please him.
John 14:"If you love me, you will obey what I command
Just like with your wife/husband or girlfriend/boyfriend, you want to make them happy if you love them. In the same way we should want to please God.
Does this mean we are now perfect?
No, we are just trying to live for him.
Romans 7:18bFor I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. 19For what I do is not the good I want to do; no, the evil I do not want to do--this I keep on doing.
Even so we can't always do what we are supposed to do, we should do the best we can.
What is awesome about all this is that if we try to live for God, with the help of the Holy Spirit we will succeed in the end.
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