The Christian Experience
As a Christian, I’m aware of my many failings and faults. The Creator sees me as holy only because of my faith in His Son. I have no power in myself to overcome sin in my life. It’s only by the power of God’s Spirit working in me that I’m able to make progress towards becoming more like Jesus. The Creator’s Spirit gives me power to live righteously as I ask for it and trust Him.
All too often I make the mistake of being “self-reliant” or proud. It always ends in failure and disappointment- not only for myself, but for those around me. The world is full of people who are labeled “Christian”, but many have never actually come to Jesus for forgiveness or asked Him for His Spirit to come into their lives. So, for those folks life goes on and they are still subject to all the passions and weaknesses of the general “non-christian” public. There is a sort of ethnic Christianity if you will and a Biblical Christianity. The Biblical Christianity shares the common experience with those first Christians we read about in the New Testament.
The Biblical Christian experience is very simple to enter into. Just believe that Jesus is who He says He is and ask Him to forgive your sins and He promises to do so and ask Him to come into your life by His Holy Spirit. That’s it! His Spirit works in each of our lives to bring us to that point. If we ignore Him long enough, He may stop drawing us and we will can find ourselves in the worst possible position. But, making that simple step of faith towards our Creator was the beginning of a truly fulfilling life for me.
Wayne Hollyoak