Three Areas of Christian Living

When one believes, repents, confesses faith and is baptized for the remission of sins, the Christian life begins (Mark 16:16; Acts 2:38; 22:16; Rom. 10:9-10). Obeying the gospel is the condition of becoming a Christian. The condition of going to heaven is a faithful, godly, Christian life. There are basically three aspects of faithful Christian living.

Daily Righteousness

Jesus said that we must follow him "daily" (Luke 9:23). The apostle John declared, "if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin," (I John 1:7). the Christian life is the "abundant" life (John 10:10), but it must be lived daily.

Faithful Attendance

When the local church assembles, God commands his people to be present:

Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;) And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching. (Hebrews 10:23-25).

Lack of faithful attendance indicates a lack of love for God on our part. If we love the Lord, we will keep his commands (I John 5:3). We are commanded to assemble (Hebrews 10:25). Therefore, if we love as we should, we will assemble together with the saints when they meet.

Diligent Work

The church is the Lord's "vineyard" and a vineyard has "laborers" (Matt. 20:1). We should "be ready to every good work," (Titus 3:1).

Let us be faithful to God here so we will be prepared to serve him eternally in heaven; "and his servants shall serve him" (Revelation 22:3).

RK