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How can we live

a Christian Life?
It is when we have
learned to apply the
principles of true
spiritual conviction and
enjoy the comfort in our
daily life.
We love the Lord Jesus and
want to live for Him

Trying to live. . .
It is easy to join
in devotionals, to
quote Bible
promises, to
admire the
magnificence of
the Scriptures.
But we fail to prove
them in the very
places and at the
very times.
However, the Christian life is a
battle and much of the time we
find ourselves on the losing
side.
We don't want to be
hypocrites, but we just
cannot live up to what we
believe.
 
We think Christian life is a
beautiful thing, but we
can't make it work.
We mingle with people who
are not Christians.

We pass through
experiences that will
naturally worry and
irritate us.
We must mingle with those
who do not love Christ.
We all meet many troubles
and worries in ordinary
week-day life.
GOD doesn't just save us and
then leave us here to be battered
by the devil until we die and
pass on to the next world.
 
To be sure, the Christian
life is warfare, but we are
on the winning side, not on
the losing side.
The first step
toward a life of
victory is to
know that you
are in Christ and
that Christ is in
you.
(John 15:5)
Romans 8:9
You, however, are not in
the realm of the flesh but
are in the realm of the
Spirit, if indeed the Spirit
of God lives in you.

And if anyone does not have the Spirit


of Christ, they do not belong to Christ
"All that Christ has now becomes the
property of the believing soul;
and all that the soul has, becomes the
property of Christ. Christ possesses
every blessing and eternal salvation;
they are from this day forward the
property of the soul. The soul possesses
every vice
and sin; they are in future the property
of Christ.“
- Martin Luther
To be in Christ is to share His
victory over sin, the world, and
Satan.
But …
we cannot fight the
devil in our own
strength.
We must either
win our victories
or suffer our
defeats.
Reminder:
We are not told to be
strong in ourselves
Blessed are the poor in
spirit,
for theirs is the
kingdom of heaven .

(Matthew 5:3)
The Christian life is an odd
paradox.
When we are STRONG in
ourselves and full of self-
confidence,
we are really WEAK.
But when we are
WEAK in ourselves but
trusting in the Lord, we
are STRONG.
All God's giants have been weak men
who
did great things for God because they
counted on God's being with them.
Is there an answer to this
problem? 
The Armor of God
Ephesians 6:10-17

Finally, be strong in the Lord and in


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his mighty power. 11 Put on the full


armor of God, so that you can take
your stand against the devil’s
schemes. 
12 
For our struggle is not
against flesh and
blood, but against the
rulers, against the
authorities, against the
powers of this dark
world and against the
spiritual forces of evil in
the heavenly realms. 
Therefore put on the full
13 

armor of God, so that when


the day of evil comes, you
may be able to stand your
ground, and after you have
done everything, to stand. 
Stand firm then, with the
14 

belt of truth buckled


around your waist, with
the breastplate of
righteousness in place, 
and with your
15 

feet fitted with the


readiness that
comes from the
gospel of peace. 
In addition to all this, take
16 

up the shield of faith, with


which you can extinguish
all the flaming arrows
of the evil one. 
Take the helmet of
17 

salvation and the sword of


the Spirit, which is
the word of God.
How do you live the Christian
life? 
You live it by trusting and
obeying the Lord Jesus who
lives in you!

A good motto for us Christians is:


However, sin
does break your
fellowship with
GOD.
What do you do
when you sin?
Isaiah 53:6

We all, like sheep, have gone
astray,
    each of us has turned to our own
way;
and the LORD has laid on him
    the iniquity of us all.
- Confess it to
God and get
going again for
God. Your
position in Christ
hasn't changed.
You are still in
Christ, and He is
still in you.
(2 Corinthians 2:14)
The more we learn to trust and
obey the One who lives in us, the
more we will be able to say,
thanks be to God, who always
leads us in triumphal procession
in Christ.
Christian Life- One Way
Ticket to God’s Kingdom
To live a Christian life
is being
born again…
Being born again is not just
quitting one's sinful life and
beginning a new life after
believing in Jesus, as most
people think.
There are many Christians today, we
see that many of them in fact only
attend church on Sundays
But, no clear standard and
Word of salvation is found in
their Hearts.
This is not a change that comes
from human beings, but it is a
transformation that comes from
God.
The Christian
life is not only a
changed life—it
is an exchanged
life. 
Christian
Life
thru
Christian
Education
Christian
education happens
when people...
1. Learn the Bible
A word of warning:
 
Your new life in Christ is
a life, a Life that must be
cared for.
You need food for your
soul each day as well
as for your body.
 

It is in Christian
education settings that
we learn the stories of
the people of God and
become familiar with
God’s teachings through
our study of the Bible.
We learn to recognize God’s call
to us through the stories of the
Bible as well as through the lives
of the Christians who surround
them.
 
But, Knowing the Bible is not enough.

Knowledge of the Bible


doesn’t create Christians.
2. Accept God’s
Grace
It is the acceptance of God’s
saving grace offered
through Jesus Christ as a
special gift that enables one to
become the person God
created him or her to be. 
3. Grow in Christian
Faith
 

Christian faith becomes a


reality when the stories of the
Bible and our personal
experiences of God’s love and
grace inspire us to love God
and to trust God’s guidance.
 Christians are not
satisfied simply to know
the Bible and to believe in
God; Christians want to
grow in their
understanding of God’s
purposes.
Christians want their
relationship with God to
grow deeper day by day and
year by year. 
4. Become Part of a
Christian Community 
Christians recognize that the ability
to grow in relationship to God is
possible only in fellowship with
other Christians.
 Christians strengthen one
another so that they are
able to carry their
experience of God’s
presence and love into the
activities of their everyday
lives.
5. Answer God’s Call
to Christian Living ….
 
When you learn to follow
the example of Jesus
Christ, you become
Christian example…
Revealing the love of God
through your own actions at
home, at
work, at play, at church, or
anywhere you may be.
Ephesians 4:31-32

Get rid of all bitterness, rage and


anger, brawling and slander, along
with every form of malice. Be kind
and compassionate to one another,
forgiving each other, just as in
Christ God forgave you. 
A yearning to follow the example
of Jesus leads Christians to
recognize the NEEDS OF
OTHERS and to seek ways to
serve in God’s name.
Christian education is
a never-ending
process that is enabled
in Christian
community to study,
worship, fellowship,
and serve together
Christian education does not
happen quickly. Christian
education is a lifelong
process of…
LEARNING
BELIEVING
GROWING
The lessons of
Christian education
make it possible for
us to…
practice GOD’s
love
1 Corinthians 13:4-7

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not


jealous, it does not arrogant, it is not
proud.  It does not dishonor others, it is
not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it
keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not
delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
 
It always protects, always trusts, always
hopes, always perseveres.
live as children of
GOD.
Christian education
is a
continuing process.
Christian living is a
sacred
responsibility.

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