The Simple Truth About A True Christian

[RJ]

• Romans 8:11 And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of his Spirit who lives in you.
• 1 Corinthians 3:16 Don't you know that you yourselves are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in your midst?
• Colossians 1:27 to whom God willed to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
  
• John 15:5 "I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.

It is all of God and none of us. I have been here at T.J. for sometime and I find that it is a microcosim of the outside world. This is not a direct % relationship because most are here to share their faith or are seeking. What I find though, my opinion only, that some are not Christian. Just like in the world and even church, many who claim to be Christian are not. Oh, I have seen blatant anti-Christians come in, but due to diligent Moderators, they don't last long. What I am talking about are those who slip under the radar screen. You have seen them, it is not just me.
But such is life, they come and go as they do in life, even in our churches. We should be steadfast and call them out when appropriate.
Through out scripture, our God is a God of separation. He continually talks about separating things like Wheat from the Tares and the Sheep from the Goats, and I believe that this separation is finalize at our judgement. God has initially marked us by putting Christ in us at salvation and made us separate from everyone else. There are many who claim this but have never attained it. Either when Christ comes to claim his church or you die, your final separation will occur. In the end, you will either go to the right or the left of God, you will be either a Sheep or a Goat and determined by whether Christ is in you or not. Which are you?