Living the Faith

Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. (James 1.22 TNIV)





Many people have written many books on what it means to be a Christian. If I were to ask 100 people what a Christian is, I am sure I would get 100 different answers. Hopefully, though, they would be variations of some basic ideas. In it's basic, distilled form, a Christian would be a "Christ follower". But from that one idea sprouts many paths. But to take this basic idea just one step farther, you could say the being Christian involves both belief and action.


This is not unique to Christianity. Anyone, following any religion or belief system, requires you to have beliefs that lead to actions in your life. The diference with Christianity is the radical claim that Jesus made; that he was God. If we are truly to be his followers, we must both believe and act. Without action, belief cannot be faith. It would only be mere mental assent.

We are called to love God with all our soul, mind, and strength. We are no longer our own; we have been bought with a price. The old is gone; the new has come.