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Love your Friend to Faith Becoming a Credible Christian Church Renewal Resource Evangelism Ministries USA/Canada Region Church of the Nazarene

Becoming a Credible Christian Purpose: Reflect the humble character of Jesus. Keep the unity of the Spirit in peace. Apply the grace-gifts in building up the body of Christ. Objectives: To live a worthy and virtuous life. To keep the unity of the Spirit. To apply the grace- gifts God gives.

A.Introduction 1.The question asked in these incidences is "Who is right?" 2.The scriptures do not answer the question of who is right, but the Bible does tell us who is credible. 3.Here are ways you can tell if a person is an authentic Christian. 4.A CHRISTIAN lives a worthy and virtuous life. Becoming a Credible Christian

B.LIVING a worthy life 1.We are to live a life of HOLINESS. 2.We are CALLED from sin to right living.

Becoming a Credible Christian C.LEADING a virtuous life. 1.We are to be HUMBLE. We laugh when someone quips, "I sure am proud of my humility." a.HUMILITY means to be teachable. b.Humility allows someone else to act as an authority or a LEADER without undermining. 2.We are to be GENTLE.

Becoming a Credible Christian D.Because God is ONE. 1.We who would choose to be like Him will be UNITED. 2.This passage does not call for UNIFORMITY. 3.Be CREATIVE, God enjoys variety. 4.God is over all; He is in charge of UNITING people not tearing them apart.

Becoming a Credible Christian E.Because we are BOUND together through peace. 1.CONFLICT divides; peace unites. 2.Keeping peace requires EFFORT. F.GOD gives a variety of gifts. 1.Apostles are sent by God with special powers and for specific PURPOSES. 2.Prophets PROCLAIM the truth of God. 3.Evangelists call people to DISCIPLESHIP. 4.PASTORS care for a flock of people. 5.Teachers instruct LEARNERS about God.

Becoming a Credible Christian G. GOD’S purposes are to: 1.Prepare people to SERVE. 2.BUILD the body of Christ. 3.Unite people in faith and KNOWLEDGE. 4.Bring PEOPLE to maturity.

Becoming a Credible Christian H. CONCLUSION: 1.Believers and unbelievers can discern who the credible Christians are by how they live, treat people, and build up the church. 2.What about those churches who disagree with each other? a.God is not bothered by our disagreements unless we divide, become unloving or fail to build up the body of Christ. b.Can we point to our differences? Yes, but we are not to fight. 3.For all of us who wish to lead other people to Jesus, let us live a life worthy of God's call to holiness.

Becoming a Credible Christian 1.What are the Christian virtues that positively impress unbelievers? 2.How does our church handle conflict among church members? 1 excellent poorly 3.How can we better restore broken relationships? 4.Who are some of the best peace-makers in our church? 5.How can we become like them? 6.How do you evaluate your own personal spiritual life on each of these virtues? (Rank on a scale of 1-5 with 1 being highest to 5 being the lowest.)

Becoming a Credible Christian Evaluate your own life. Are there some areas where I need to work in my own life to be a credible Christian? How can I use the strengths of those areas? How well do I do I use my spiritual gifts (e.g. service, mercy, faith) among unbelievers/non-Christians? List ways you find that are easy and natural for you to serve people around you?