Portrait of the Christian Faith (2)

Christianity is an individual relationship with God the Father through God the Son, our Lord Jesus Christ.  No man can have access to Almighty God by his own merits because we are born sinful and unholy.  We enter through the grace of God's only Son who gave Himself as the atoning sacrifice for our sins; only He could do it. Whether we choose to believe that or not is our personal decision for life or death.

Therefore a Christian is one who has believed on Christ Jesus and His work of atonement on the cross at Calvary. That person is given the right to become a child of God, is rebirthed by the Holy Spirit of God and becomes a completely new being carrying God's seed in him.  Such a one cannot go on living in sinfulness; they have been sanctified and remain holy unto the Lord, living righteously in Him and for Him.

Sadly this is not the picture we get from the majority of professing Christians today, and the problem has been compounded in Africa where witchcraft, superstition and human traditions have been thrown in a melting pot with Christianity and not many know what they profess to believe. This has fatal consequences; God is not mocked.

There is only ONE way to be a Christian!