Are you a Christian? How does one know? We have been told our entire life to choose Jesus, to say the sinners prayer. For many it has become a transaction - a punch my ticket for heaven and I am in.
Thomas Keating suggests that "The fruits are the first indication of our transformation in Christ." This means that the sign that you are a Christian is not that you said a prayer or came to the front or put a bumper sticker on your car, but the signs/fruit of the Christian are:
Love, joy, peace, patience, goodness, kindness, faithfulness, gentleness and self control. May we all be praying for more of these characteristics to come to life in our daily transactions with others.
It's a beautiful day in God's world, be sure to see the good.
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