{"id":61338,"date":"2005-06-11T20:54:00","date_gmt":"2005-06-12T01:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=61338"},"modified":"2023-06-11T20:56:43","modified_gmt":"2023-06-12T01:56:43","slug":"notes-on-christian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/notes-on-christian\/","title":{"rendered":"Notes on Christian"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<ul>\n<li>The word Christian means a follower of Christ.<\/li>\n<li>A Christian is a person who keeps God&#8217;s commandments &#8211; I John 2:3-6; John 8:31<\/li>\n<li>A Christian does not make sin a habit (breaking the law of God) &#8211; I John 3:4-10<\/li>\n<li>A Christian loves God and his brethren &#8211; I John 4:7-21<\/li>\n<li>Love requires the keeping of God&#8217;s commandments &#8211; I John 5:2-3; John 14:15; 15:14<\/li>\n<li>A Christian is a person who has been saved from his sins &#8211; Acts 2:47<\/li>\n<li>A Christian listens to God&#8217;s words &#8211; John 6:45; Romans 10:14, 17; I Corinthians 15:1-2; James 1:18<\/li>\n<li>A Christian believes God &#8211; Hebrews 11:6; John 3:16-17; 8:24; Acts 16:31<\/li>\n<li>A Christian repents of his sins &#8211; Luke 13:3,5; Acts 2:38; 17:30; II Corinthians 7:9-11<\/li>\n<li>A Christian confesses Christ &#8211; Romans 10:9-10; Matthew 10:32-33<\/li>\n<li>A Christian has been baptized &#8211; Acts 10:48; Romans 6:3-5; I Peter 3:21; Galatians 3:26-27<\/li>\n<li>It is baptism that puts us into Christ &#8211; Galatians 3:26-27<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The word Christian means a follower of Christ. A Christian is a person who keeps God&#8217;s commandments &#8211; I John 2:3-6; John 8:31 A Christian does not make sin a habit (breaking the law of God) &#8211; I John 3:4-10 A Christian loves God and his brethren &#8211; I John 4:7-21 Love requires the keeping&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[201],"tags":[450],"class_list":["post-61338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-notes","tag-christians"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2176,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/how-to-become-a-christian\/","url_meta":{"origin":61338,"position":0},"title":"How to Become a Christian","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"March 1, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"by W. 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