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The Christian Life—Scripture
You've just made the most important decision you'll ever make—to receive Jesus as your Lord and Savior and to follow him the rest of your life! We at ChristianityToday.com extend to you our warmest greetings and welcome you into the family. The Bible says that even now, angels in heaven are rejoicing over your decision (Luke 15:7).
But what do you do now? Have you ever tried to complete in an even that took long hours, weeks, months, maybe even years to prepare for? Perhaps you've run a marathon or sun in a choir. Then you'll know how crucial daily discipline is to reaching your goal. So it is with the Christian life. To grow as a Christian, we need to spend time each day soaking in God's word from the Bible, pouring out our hearts to God in prayer, and linking up with other Christians making the same journey. On this page, you'll find verses from Scripture that directly describe what a Christian life should look like—and we hope they will spur you to kow Christ more intimately.
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1 John 4:15
If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in him and he in God.
John 14:6
Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
Colossians 1:13-14
For he [God] has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
1 Peter 5:7
Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.
Galatians 5:16-17
Life by the Spirit
So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature. For the sinful nature desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the sinful nature. They are in conflict with each other, so that you do not do what you want.
Matthew 6:25,33
Do Not Worry
"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? … But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
Matthew 4:19
"Come, follow me," Jesus said, "and I will make you fishers of men."
Hebrews 13:5
… God has said, "Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you."
Romans 3:23-25a
… for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. God presented him as a sacrifice of atonement, through faith in his blood.
John 1:12
Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.
Romans 10:9
That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
Galatians 3:11
"The righteous will live by faith."
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.
John 14:21
"Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me. He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love him and show myself to him."
John 15:8
This is to my Father's glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.
Romans 12:1-2
Living Sacrifices
Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
Hebrews 10:25
Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
Philippians 4:12-13
I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do everything through him who gives me strength.
Matthew 6:19-21
Treasures in Heaven
"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
Acts 1:8
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.
Mark 16:15-16
He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
1 Thessalonians 4:1-7
Living to Please God
Finally, brothers, we instructed you how to live in order to please God, as in fact you are living. Now we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus to do this more and more. For you know what instructions we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus. It is God's will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality; that each of you should learn to control his own body in a way that is holy and honorable, not in passionate lust like the heathen, who do not know God; and that in this matter no one should wrong his brother or take advantage of him. The Lord will punish men for all such sins, as we have already told you and warned you. For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life.
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