Musick-al Note # 268
Some might think this an irrelevant question, “Why, everybody knows what Christianity is! It’s the following of Jesus Christ!”
To be sure, Christianity is the following of Jesus Christ but it should be more than a perfunctory answer to elude the fundamental purpose of asking the question. Consider the manifold divisions among all people who claim to be following Him. Look at their conflicting doctrines, their attitudes of hate, party spirit and covetousness as well as their acts of lying, stealing, drunkenness and adultery, then you will know why the question is asked. Can we separate “Christianity” from the lives of the disciples? Perhaps we can academically but in the reality of life we cannot.
If we “follow Christ”, there will be no conflicting doctrines taught because Christ is our teacher and He teaches all the same thing. He does not teach one to do a thing and another to do an opposite thing. He does not bind upon one a particular command and release another from that same command. The Lord is no respecter of persons.
If we “follow Christ”, our attitudes, thoughts and desires will be brought under His control. We will love what He loved, hate what he hated, work for his desired goals, follow His actions in word, deed and thought, and present ourselves before God as He presented himself. No more of this party spirit, hatred of God’s creatures, covetousness of this world’s goods and no more destroying one another through division and backbiting. God’s people will be ONE in teaching, thought and actions (John17:20-21.
If we “follow Christ”, our lives will reflect that we have been with Jesus. We will obey Him and not man. He is our Lord, our Redeemer and our Savior. To Him we devote ourselves even denying self for His cause. We exemplify Christ to the world. Truly such is Christianity and every believer is capable of attaining the high and holy calling found in Christ Jesus
Gordon Musick
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