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You are viewing lesson 8 in the series What Must I Do?” which provides 27 lessons starting with some basic teaching on the steps into Christ. Supplementary lessons follow. You'll see what is essential for a person to do so as to be a Christian saved by grace.

 
 
 

Author: Ron Graham

Six Steps

Are You Actually a Christian?
—Six Questions

In this and the next three lessons, we will be looking at the characteristics of a true Christian. We start by asking how one becomes a Christian in the first place.

Are you actually a Christian? If you cannot answer “yes” to the following questions, then you have not yet ACTUALLY become a Christian. You need to correct this.


1 Have You Heard?

Have you heard the gospel of Christ which you can read in the New Testament, rather than hearing those who teach something different?

Romans 10:17, Matthew 15:9


2 Have You Believed?

Have you believed that Jesus Christ was God manifest in the flesh and he is the Son of God?

Matthew 16:16, John 20:28, 1Timothy 3:16, John 3:16


3 Have you Repented?

Have you repented of sin, seeing that you are a sinner and have fallen short of the glory of God?

Romans 3:23, Acts 17:30-31


4 Have You Confessed Christ?

Have you openly confessed faith in Christ so that it is no secret that you are a believer in him?

Romans 10:8-10, Matthew 10:32-33


5 Have you been baptised?

Have you been baptised —immersed in water in the name of Jesus for the forgiveness of sins by grace?

Romans 6:4, Acts 2:38, Acts 22:16


6 Are You Faithful?

Are you living faithful to the Lord, endeavouring to keep his commandments?

Revelation 2:10, Colossians 1:23 1John 2:5


Banana Parable

A banana is a yellow fruit that is good for you. But that isn't all that constitutes a banana. Otherwise a lemon would be a banana, because a lemon is a yellow fruit that is good for you.

A lemon does not have all the characteristics of a banana, therefore a lemon is not a banana

Some people have some of the characteristics of a Christian, but not all the characteristics that constitute a Christian. Therefore they are not Christians.

Examples of Conversion

  • Pentecost, the 3000 (Acts 2:37-41)
  • The Ethiopian (Acts 8:36-38)
  • Saul [Paul] (Acts 9:17-20, Acts 22:16)
  • Cornelius the Centurion (Acts 10:25-48, Acts 11:12-18)
  • Lydia the Merchant (Acts 16:11-15)
  • The Jailor at Phillipi (Acts 16:23-34).
  • The Romans (Romans 6:3-6)
  • The Corinthians (Acts 18:4-11)
  • The Galatians (Galatians 3:26-28)

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