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Christians Must
Contributed by Eddie Perry on Feb 2, 2002 (message contributor)
Summary: An outline of christian attributes.
Christians Must
1. BE KIND
Eph 4:32 And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
Rom 12:21 Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
2. BE THANKFUL
Psa 100:4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.
3. BE ACTIVE
James 1:22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
Gal 5:15 But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.
4. BE MERCIFUL
Luke 6:36 Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.
2 Th 3:13 But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing.
5. BE A WITNESS
1 Pet 3:15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:
John 20:27 Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing.
6. BE STRONG
Eph 6:10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
1 Pet 3:14 But and if ye suffer for righteousness’ sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;
7. BE FRUITFUL
Col 1:10 That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
Titus 3:14 And let ours also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful.
Gal 6:7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
8. BE TRANSFORMED
Rom 12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
9. BE AN EXAMPLE
1 Tim 4:12 Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
1 Cor 7:23 Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.
10. BE HOLY
1 Pet 1:15 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;
Heb 13:2 Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
11. BE STEADFAST
1 Cor 15:58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
12. BE READY
Mat 24:44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
2 Pet 3:8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
Luke 21:8 And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them.