Jn 10:10b - The life God promised us and called us to live through Christ and in Christ is a full and abundant life.
Consider the what, why and how of the Christian life:- What the Christian life is
- 2 Tim 1:5 - a sincere (real) faith.
- Rom 1:17 - living by faith.
- Eph 2:8-9 - faith is a gift of God.
- Why live the Christian life
- Jn 10:10b - it is the most fulfilling life.
- Mt 11:28-30 - being (yoked) with Jesus, the only truly gentle and humble One.
- 2 Tim 1:7 - it is a life of love, power and self-discipline, a life without fear.
- How to live the Christian life
- 2 Tim 1:6 - "fan it" requires your active involvement and participation
- Phil 2:12b-13 - work it out.
- 2 Tim 4:7 - "fight."
- 2 Tim 1:8 - join with others.
- 2 Tim 1:8 - "by the power of God."
- Rom 1:16 - the gospel is the power of God.
- Acts 20:24 - the power of the gospel is the grace of God.
- 2 Tim 2:1 - strength comes from grace.
- 2 Tim 1:9 - this grace is from "before the beginning of time."
- 1 Cor 2:13 - "This is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom but in words taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual realities with Spirit-taught words."
- Ps 34:8 - "Taste and see that the Lord is good."
- Accountability (Heb 3:13).
- Bless others (Lev 19:18; Mt 22:39; Mk 12:31).
- Constancy (Phil 2:12b).
- Do it (Jn 21:19, 22).
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