The Characteristics of a True Christian (Part 1 of ?)

Posted by: Scriptural Thoughts on: 10/27/2011

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According to the Authorized King James Version Bible:

• A New Birth:

1 Peter 1:23 (KJV)  Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.

John 3:5 (KJV) Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

Ezekiel 36:26 (KJV)  A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.

2 Corinthians 5:17 (KJV)  Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

James 1:18 (KJV) Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

Titus 3:5 (KJV)  Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;

• Marks of the new birth:  

Love: 

Ephesians 5:2 (KJV)  And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.
1 John 4:16 (KJV)  And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.

Love for the Church: 

Ephesians 1:15 (KJV) Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints,
Colossians 1:4 (KJV)  Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints,
1 Thessalonians 2:8 (KJV)  So being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us.

1 Peter 1:22 (KJV)  Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:
1 Peter 2:17 (KJV)  Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.

1 John 3:14 (KJV) ¹⁴We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.

1 John 5:2 (KJV) By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.

Love for GOD: 

Psalm 18:1 (KJV) I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.

Psalm 42:1 (KJV)  As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.

Psalm 73:25 (KJV) Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.
Psalm 84:2 (KJV)  My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.
Psalm 116:1 (KJV)  I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications.

Hebrews 6:10 (KJV)  For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.

John 4:19 (KJV)  The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.

Obedience to GOD: 

Whole heartness required:

Deuteronomy 26:16 (KJV) ¹⁶This day the LORD thy God hath commanded thee to do these statutes and judgments: thou shalt therefore keep and do them with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.

Deuteronomy 32:46 (KJV) ⁶And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law.

Is the Price for Success: 

Joshua 1:8 (KJV) ⁸This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

Better than Sacrifice:

1 Samuel 15:22 (KJV) And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.

Is a Duty in the Christian Life: 

Acts 5:29  (KJV) ²⁹Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.

(More Scripture on the Characteristics of a True Christian next week……………………)

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