I know the text on this photo really caught your attention that’s why you click on this and started reading it. Maybe some of you got offended upon reading the quote stated on the banner, and some are examining their Christian living right now. So, which one are you?

I would like to start this with some questions like, “How long you’ve been a Christian? Also, do you still remember the exact date and place you accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and Personal Savior?” (You can comment down your spiritual birthday or you can also keep it by yourself)

Upon answering these questions, (okay I’ll make it taglish, so I can fully expressed myself or my thoughts rather to you guys, hehe) Siguro some of you are now celebrating their long years of being a Christian, and some are like new born babies palang sa pananampalataya. Don’t worry, both are okay and valid naman. It doesn’t matter naman kung gaano ka na katagal na Kristiyano.

Buuuuuut— do you know what really matters? (Guess what?)

What really matters here is your CHRISTIAN LIVING. Again, “Christian Living”.
Ikaw kapatid, kumusta na ang buhay mo simula ng makilala at tanggapin mo ang Panginoon bilang iyong Diyos at sariling Tagapagligtas? Did you noticed some changes or difference between your old life and your life today? May nagbago ba? O may mga bagay na nanatiling ganoon pa rin gaya ng dati?

The Bible says in I Corinthians 5:17, Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
So, I therefore conclude na [dapat] may nagbago nga.

Dahil kapatid, I’ll make it straight up to you, kung walang nagbago sa buhay mo mula nang makilala mo ang Panginoon, magiging isang malaking “?” ang buhay-Kristiyano mo. Kung sa kabila ng pagiging taga-sunod (?) mo, at pagkilala sa Panginoon bilang Diyos at Tagapagligtas ay nagpapatuloy ka pa rin sa pagkakasala, I’m telling you this— it’s not the Lord Jesus Christ you’re pleasing but rather Satan. Hindi si Lord ang naitataas mo. Remember that as a Christian, your life will [and SHOULD] be your first and greatest testimony upang maipakilala mo si Kristo sa ibang tao.

Hindi pwedeng tatay mo si Lord tapos ninong mo si Satan. It’s a no no, kapatid. God will never allow that. Bilang isang Kristiyano, you should not be only a hearer of His Word but most importantly, a ‘DOER’. As what James 1:22-25 says, “But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror. For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like. But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing. (ESV)

Yes, we are humans. Minsan may mga pagkakataon na dinadaig tayo ng kalaban upang gumawa ng bagay na hindi ayon sa kalooban ng Panginoon. Ngunit, bilang isang anak ng Diyos, dapat alam natin kung paano labanan ito. Bilang anak Niya, kalooban lang dapat Niya ang sinusunod at isinasapamuhay natin.

WE MUST LIVE A LIFE THAT IS PLEASING TO HIM.

Written By Donnalyn Lacson