THE CHARACTER OF THE CHRISTIAN

Call To Prayer

Title: The character of the Christian

By: Michael Ntow

Date: 03/05/2022

They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. JOHN 17:16

We must consider what our Lord has to say about the Christian. Here is the character of the Christian. The first thing I notice is a negative. He says in John 17:6, “I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world.”

Now that is the first thing He says about the Christian. He is not of this world. In verses 6-19 Jesus repeats that four times. In addition to verse 6, He says in verse 9, “I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me”; again in verse 14, “I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world”; and then in verse 16, “They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.” Our Lord goes on repeating that phrase because He wants to impress it upon us.

The first thing that is true about the Christian is that he does not belong to this world.
In the light of this, it is vital that we should ask ourselves the question, am I of the world or am I not? That is the fundamental distinction that runs through the Bible from beginning to end. There are only two groups of people in the world today, those who are of the world and those who belong to Christ. In the last analysis there is no other division or distinction that has the slightest importance or relevance.

That is why most of us are defeated by nance in this world, we recognize other distinctions that are quite unimportant. But when we all come to die, does it make the slightest difference which political party we belong to? Does it matter whether we are rich or poor, learned or otherwise? There is only one fundamental distinction, and that is whether we belong to the world or to Christ.

A thought to ponder 

The Christian does not belong to this world.

Prayer point 

The grace to live our lives to please God knowing that we are not of this world.

God bless us all 

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