Are you a believer? Do you act like you believe? Can people tell you are a believer by how you live your life? It matters.

If you truly believe….

• You will Know Him – Fully appreciating the sacrifice He made for you
• He will Know You – Committed to Living a life worthy of the price He paid
• You will be Yielded – No longer You that lives but Him through You
• You will be IN Christ – Accepting His finished work; Born Again, Forgiven, Focused Forward  
• You will be Transformed – Heart cleansed of unhealthy desires, Mind completely renewed by His word
• You will as different – IN the world, not OF the world
• You will imitate God – Walking in love as He did.
• You will be an ambassador – Compelling others with your example
• People will see Jesus when they see you in action – Him in you.
• You will do all the works He did – Active, Not passive.
• You will be leading by example – A bright light in the darkness
• You will be a beacon for the kingdom – Bringing glory to Him.

Do you really believe? Do you live like you really believe? 

Once you actually dig in a bit… His expectations are very clear: If He does not know you, you will not get into heaven. You better make sure He knows you before it is too late. Talk to Him, Listen for His word, Do what He says, Go where He leads you, Transform into His image, Become a beacon for Him. Learning ABOUT Him is nice, but getting to KNOW Him personally is transformational.

Something to ponder.

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Supporting scriptures.

Know Him and what He did for you

“This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.” John 17:3

“More than that, I count all things to be loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them but rubbish so that I may gain Christ,” Philippians 3:8

Act Accordingly – Walk worthy – Be Committed

“By this we know that we have come to know Him, if we keep His commandments.” 1 John 2:3

“So as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him: bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God” Colossians 1:10

“Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving side by side for the faith of the gospel” Philippians 1:27

“We exhorted each one of you and encouraged you and charged you to walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into his own kingdom and glory.”1 Thessalonians 2:12

Be In Christ – Accepting His Fininshed work – Born Again, A New Creation, Forgiven and Focused Forward

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.” 2 Corinthians 5:17

“There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.” Romans 8:1 

“For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.” Ephesians 2:10

Be Transformed by convicting desires in your heart and renewing your mind

“To put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires, and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.” Ephesians 4:22-24

“And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.” Romans 12:2

Be Different – Not loving things of the world or Being loved by the world

“Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.” 1 John 2:15

“If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you.” John 15:19

“I have given them your word and the world has hated them, for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world. My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. They are not of the world, even as I am not of it.” John 17:14-16

Imitate God – Walk in love as He did

“Therefore be imitators of God as dear children. And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma.” Ephesians 5:1-2

Be an Ambassador – Compelling others with your example

“Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to God.” 2 Corinthians 5:20

People shoud see Jesus in you

“I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.” Galatians 2:20

Do the works He did…and more

“Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father.” John 14:12

Be an Example for others – a Shining Light

“You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.” Matthew 5:14

Share your story and Give Glory – Be A Beacon for the kingdom

“…let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.” Matthew 5:16

He must know you – or you will not get in

“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’” Matthew 7:21-23

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