ABCs of Christian Living

"...continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you" (Phil 2:12b-13a).

Very simply, if you are a Christian you:

• Admit you're a sinner, 
• Believe in Christ and 
• Confess your sins.

How would you then live practically? You "work out your salvation with fear and trembling" (Phil 2:12-13).

• Know that God is working in you through all the good and bad that is happening about you.
• In response to God working in you, you work it out in the practical details of your life.
• In all things you seek to obey the will of God for your life (Phil 2:12a).

These are suggestions for practically working out the Christian life:

1. Accountability (Heb 3:13; 2 Sam 12:1-14). Atonement (Lk 23:34; 2 Cor 5:21; Gal 2:20). Availability. Accessibility.
2. Beauty (Ps 27:4; Isa 33:17). Be a Blessing (Gen 12:3; Jn 13:34; Jas 1:19; Phil 2:3; Rom 12:3). Blessedness. Begin with the Bible (Dt 8:3; Ps 1:2; Ac 20:27). Not bound by boredom (tedium, duty, responsibility).
3. Constancy of Christ (Mk 1:15, 35; 1 Th 5:17). Community (Ps 133:1). Confession. Church (1 Tim 3:15).
4. Delight in the Divine (Ps 37:4). DO IT! (Jn 13:17; 2 Tim 2:1-10).
5. Experiantial life (Ps 34:8). Equality (Gen 1:27). Evangelism (Mt 28:29).
6. Freedom (Gal 5:1; 2 Cor 3:17; Jn 8:31-32; Gen 2:16). Friendship (Jn 15:15). Fellowship (Ps 133:1; 1 Jn 1:3).
7. Grace (1 Cor 15:10). Gospel (Ac 20:24). God (2 Cor 13:14).