To really enjoy a good life as a Christian we need to also have a good Christian life.

To be an active Christian and to be closer to God is not an easy thing to do. For one we have to constantly look at ourselves to ensure that we are doing good things and not bad things. Everytime we do bad things we push ourselves away from God, so our aim is to do good things so that we can be happy with the things that we do and also be happy that we are closer to God.

God is an example of total holiness.

The goodness of people cannot be as good as the goodness of God. But we can try and work on it. There are many ways that we can separate ourselves from God even after we have been saved. It works like this, God can be an important, constant part of your life while you are living a life of godliness. But even though you are an active Christian you can separate yourself from God in small increments or large if you do something really bad. So one of your major goals in life should be to be as good as you can. As easy as we like to believe that this can be achieved or wish it to be, it is not easy to be a good Christian.

This is one of the reasons that the world has many lost and confused Christians. They come to the faith full of desire to please God. They are excited that they have found the secret to life, this joy is overwhelming for them as they cry Jesus’s name in prayer. But as time goes by their enthusiasm wanes, they hesitate, look around and realise that being a good Christian is not as easy as it seemed at first. Many first time Christians struggle with all the ungodly things that they do in order to try to be closer to God. Many make excuses for their weaknesses, some even give up the faith because they think it is to hard to keep trying.

Many continue to go to church but they say one thing, then do another. They become hypocrites, they deceive themselves and all those that they know if they can.

All the best from
James Martin Sandbrook.
‎Thursday, ‎29 ‎April ‎2004, ‏‎6:30:00 AM.