THE CHALLENGE REAL CHRISTIANS FACING TODAY...what is a true Christian?

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*The Challenges facing the real Christians today is to stay focused on the right priorities: the true God, the real Jesus, the world of God and the true Gospel. *Real Christians must develop the knowledge and character that God can use to accomplish the mission of His Church and bring to fruition His great plan. *Many think the church as just a building. Others, the church is vaguely considered as a collectio of people who believe in God & Jesus. Millions o people belong to this *mystical body* of Christ. Yet, when we focus on what the Bible reveals about the Church, we find just the opposite. Jesus said that the Church He established would cntion to exist-as a real entity. (MATTHEW 16:18) *He saidit would be a small, scattered and persecuted group of people (LUCK 12:32; JOHN 15:20; 16:32) Jesus said that true Christians are *not of this world*(JOHN 17:16). But are commanded to come out of th world & be separate (2CORINTHIANS 6:17) Christ also said *WOE TO YOU WHEN ALL MEN SPEAK WELL OF YOU, FOR SO DID THEIR FATHERS TO THE FALSE PROPHETS* (LUCKE 6:26). Jesus was cautioning against seeking acceptance & praise from the religous establishment. *Yet 4 many today who have lost ther focus, seeking acceptance by mainstream Christianity is a major goal-even though many mainstream beliefs originated in pagan religous practices condomed in Scripture (DEUTERNONOMY 12:29-32; MATTHEW 15:8-9) **THE TRUE CHURCH founded by Jesus Christ & the Apostles can be recongized if we focus on what the Bible reveals. The Church has a biblical name-a doezen times, the New Testament refers to the *CHURCH OF GOD or CHURCHES OF GOD*. The true Church is not characterized by *doctinal diversity* but is compose of members *joined together in the **same minde** and in the **same judgement** (1 CORINTHIANS 1:10) **The biblical church of God has a hierachical structure, through which leaders are appointed based on qualifications and fruits of conversion in their lives, they ar enot elected by appeal to voters (EPHESIANS 4:11); TITUS 1:5) The Church Jesus established kept the Sabbath & Holy Days, following the example 9LUCK 4:16; ACTS 13:14,44) **HOWEVER, just as Jeroboam changed the days of worship in ancient Israel and led the antion astray, theologians have rejected God's Sabbths (which is Satuday and not Sunday) (LEVITICUS 23) and adopted Sunday worship & Christmas & Easter celebrations originating in pagan antiquity (EZEKIEL 20:28-32). ** As a result, God'ss chosen people have lost their focus & their nationa identity (DEUTERONOMY 32:16) ** The bible reveals that God's rebellious people will also lose His protection & their freedom because they ahave loste their way. ***THIS WILL BE A COSTLY LESSON***