The Christian Life
Overall, the Christian life should be an adventure, a journey, of sorts, not a legalistic burden of trying to follow a bunch of rules that we'll end up breaking anyway. The Bible records the Pharisees' attempts to live strictly by a rule code, but Jesus condemned them for it. Biblical rules, known collectively as the Old Testament Law, are not an end to themselves, according to my understanding. Their purpose was to show that we need God, that we can't succeed in this life without Him. If we could keep all of the Law, all of the time, then we'd have no need for God, right? Well, we need Him. But how do we express that need to Him? How do we welcome Him into our lives? And how do we live our lives for Him? Why exactly should we commit to Him? To answer those, and for more information, I want to refer visitors to a Christian resource more qualified than I, also one of my favorites, GotQuestions.org. It's a site where anyone can find answers to hundreds, if not thousands, of questions there are regarding Christianity, God, the Bible, Christian life, sin, and much more, and for whoever visits, I think the Crucial Questions would be an appropriate starting place.
Please feel free to also read about my salvation experience and/or my full Christian background—sometimes one's experiences speak louder than his advice to others.
May God bless us all, and help us make the decision to live for Him, if
we haven't done so yet. That is my prayer for all of us.
In
Christ,
Anthony
Orginal Date: September 1, 2007
Last Updated:
December 29, 2007