What is a Christian?

1. A Christian is one who believes God exists, and that He created all things.
2. A Christian is one who believes what God has said is true and orders their lives accordingly.
   1. That God created us in His image.
   2. That through rebellion as a race we sinned against God and are lost.
   3. That the world is the way it is because of these things.
3. A Christian is one who has come to see the reality of their personal guilt and ruin before God, and their need of a Savior.
4. A Christian is one who has believed that Jesus Christ is the God/man, and that He died on the Cross historically to bear the just punishment for sin due to fallen mankind.
5. A Christian is one who has personally trusted in Christ’s death at Calvary as their substitute, and God’s only means to be reconciled to Him – through faith in that death.
6. A Christian is one who is now living their lives in loving gratitude and service to Jesus Christ as their Lord, proclaiming the grace and mercy that saved them, to others.
7. A Christian is one who is ever moving toward Heaven as their final home and their highest joy in being with God and Christ Jesus eternally.