Article 7 – The Practice of Christianity
This short article was written in response to Christianity being boring, full of rules and regulations, with little excitement.
Christianity is boring to many because the Holy Scriptures are not completely adhered to. Many are either Sunday Christians or Christians with very little applied theology in their lives. Just as true education must transform lives; a change in life-style, thinking, and philosophy must occur in a Christian who truly believes and follows Jesus Christ. To be a Christian is to make a mental, physical, thought and spiritual commitment. ("Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind." Matt 22:37).
All commitments result in change, just as marriage requires changes in one's lifestyle. A marriage in which one or both parties keeps a bachelor/spinster lifestyle will eventually not last long, thus a Christian that makes partial commitments with no sacrifices is not truly committed.
Similarly, Christians with little or no reflection of God in their lives will naturally find their lives meaningless. What is the point of a lazy farmer who knows and memorizes the Book of Proverbs, its teachings against laziness, but remains lazy? Or the adulterer who memorizes the Book of Proverbs and lives a life of sexual promiscuity? How about the person who knows he is allergic to chicken and consumes roast chicken daily?
Believers who study the Holy Scriptures, reflect upon them, and try to apply the principles are constantly changing for the better. Sometimes, it is in small ways, and sometimes in big ways. These can range from thought processes to understanding of world views (from miser to philanthropist, from racist to all-encompassing charity).
Therefore, if a Christian finds that he/she is living the same way, the same style, same bad habits, having the same world view, same philosophy as they had years ago, then it is either one of few things: not reading/reflecting on the Bible, or not applying the Bible to their lives.
Constant change is exciting.
Yet, before the more experienced Christians judge, knowing is better than not knowing, although knowing with application is better than simply knowing.
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