Christianity assumes a Relationship

The word Christian was first used  by a group of people, recorded in scripture (Acts 11:26) who were not necessiarly followers or believers in Christ themselves. The name was given to those disciples of Christ who were not only followers but also believers in Who He was.
There are many today who consider themselves followers of Christ but are not necessarily believers in Who He is.
I begin this blog today as a challenge to both the followers and belivers of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Regardless of the group you consider yourself to be a part, I believe that all of us have a huge Resposibility to live our lives by the teaching of the Person we claim to follow/believe.
In the coming days and months from a lay perspective....believing that God's word is our guide for ALL of Living, we will look at challenges from scripture that give explicit direction in many areas of living.
Some of you will challenge my education...nothing formal...only a life of attempting to live to God's glory. Many struggles...many failures....growth by experience and obedience to God.  Obedience to God...what is that? It is nothing more and nothing less than believing that scripture is God's word...that it is absolute truth....that God's Holy Spirit is the teacher.
 My prayer and hopefully yours is that we be  DOERS of this Word....not  hearers ONLY.
What are some of the issues Gods word addresses and that we will present here?

• Dependence....on Government?......on others?   on self?....on God?
• Health.....any personal responsibility here?   its my body so......
• Defer....to whom?......when? ......why?
• Attitudes.
• Response to negative circumstance
• Thankful
• Contentment
• Money.....or the lack thereof
• Much more

A book that I read some years ago  Pain: the Gift Nobody Wants by Dr. Paul Brand & Philip Yancey, describes how wonderful pain is...it is want motivates us to take action.
My desire is that you with me, regardless of pain it causes us, will allow the challenges to live possibly more differently than ever before to change our lives....our thinking....our actions.

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To His glory

Chet Hiatt