How to live a Christian live style?

**CupOfMilk** · May 31st 2009, 11:02 PM

I am a fairly new Christian not brand new but still new. I spent some time reading about God and such. I am having a hard time living a Christian life style. I always sin and have a terrible mind set that i can sin and then one day i can turn my life around. I know this is no way to live a christian life style but how do i get rid of this mindset? then afterwards when rethinking about this mindset i feel that i am not worthy to be a Christian. I also feel theres apart of me that wants to make the change from a sinner to a child of God but theres still the old me in me that wants to stay a sinner. Did anyone else feel this way when they first came to know Jesus? Also a side question. What type of things did you battle with when first comming to God and how long did to take you to switch over from your sinful life style to a Christian life style?

***livingwaters*** · Jun 1st 2009, 01:37 AM

To live a Christian lifestyle one must be a born-again Christian (Christ follower), 1) one must constantly seek the Lord and ask for His direction and wisdom. The Holy Spirit was sent to us as our Comforter, Helper, Convictor; HE will go ahead of you in all you do, just simply pray and ask HIM!!!! Read HIS Word, even if you don't understand some of the things you read...whenever God feels that you are ready to understand certain scriptures, HE will give you the revelation to understand. HE will make it clear, 2) find yourself a true Bible-teaching church and attend faithfully, whether you feel like it or not, 3) when we come to know Christ as our Lord and Savior, we must surrender all to HIM...most of the time "self" will throw up feelings to keep you from what God wants you to do, 4) everyday, before your feet hit the floor, say, "self you are dead!" When you were born-again, the "old man(self) died, and you are now a new creature in Christ, 5) read Ephesians 6 and learn how to put on "the full armour of God. Seek Christian fellowship and don't be yoked together with unbelievers. We are to tell the lost about Jesus and HIS free gift of salvation..we are to tell others how Christ has changed your life. Read the Bible, pray, go to church, fellowship with other "true" Christians whose life reflects that the Holy Spirit lives within them...not the ones who say, "I'm a Christian, but live like the devil!!!" If you are a child of God, you will live like a Child of God....you will fall short from time to time, but it shouldn't be a constant sinning and repentance process for the same thing or when you ask for forgiveness but have already planned to go do what you know to be wrong. The Bible tells us that Grace is NOT a license to sin!!!!The Word of God says, "if you love me, you will obey what I command" Jesus gave two commandments to follow and said if they were followed the other eight would be covered!!!! 1. Love your God with all of your heart, mind, soul, and strength, 2. Love your neighbor as yourself.

"If you love me, you will obey what I command." (John 14:15)

"Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name's sake" (Psalm 79:9).

Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
John 15:13

“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.” Isaiah 55:8-9

Just remember this, ONLY through the repentance of our sins and the acceptance of Jesus as our Lord and Savior can we be saved. ONLY through the Blood of Jesus can we come boldly to the throne of God...ONLY through the Blood of Jesus are we not consumed for our sins. ONLY through the Blood of Jesus are we spared eternity in hell and granted eternity in Heaven.

God Bless You....if you have any more questions, feel free to ask!!!

**Twin2** · Jun 1st 2009, 02:02 AM

7 Submit yourselves threfore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.
8 Draw night to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners, and purify your hearts, ye double minded. James ch. 4, 7-8 KJV

I have struggled with sin in my life and although they weren't biggies, they were destroying my walk with the Lord. Big or little, sin is sin. Once we come to realize it, we need to purge our lives of sin. I have found that when I seek the Lord, sin is not a problem in my life. When I start to relax and drift back, the sin returns. My advice would be to just keep seeking the Lord. Ask him to help you give up anything that is keeping you from a closer walk with him. Don't give up. Your conscience is still working, or you wouldn't be bothered by this.

ImHe · Jun 1st 2009, 11:05 AM

Originally Posted by CupOfMilk

I am a fairly new Christian not brand new but still new. I spent some time reading about God and such. I am having a hard time living a Christian life style. I always sin and have a terrible mind set that i can sin and then one day i can turn my life around. I know this is no way to live a christian life style but how do i get rid of this mindset? then afterwards when rethinking about this mindset i feel that i am not worthy to be a Christian. I also feel theres apart of me that wants to make the change from a sinner to a child of God but theres still the old me in me that wants to stay a sinner. Did anyone else feel this way when they first came to know Jesus? Also a side question. What type of things did you battle with when first comming to God and how long did to take you to switch over from your sinful life style to a Christian life style?

There is always the temptation to sin, I had to give up alcoholism, pornography, cussing, and doing alot of stuff with other women. Getting it all taken care of took me about 3-4 years. Its not goin be easy, but you gotta do it.

***Firefighter*** · Jun 1st 2009, 05:16 PM

Seek God. Love God. Love your neighbor. Have fun. Enjoy Life!

***Bladers*** · Jun 3rd 2009, 01:23 PM

Originally Posted by CupOfMilk

I am a fairly new Christian not brand new but still new. I spent some time reading about God and such. I am having a hard time living a Christian life style. I always sin and have a terrible mind set that i can sin and then one day i can turn my life around. I know this is no way to live a christian life style but how do i get rid of this mindset? then afterwards when rethinking about this mindset i feel that i am not worthy to be a Christian. I also feel theres apart of me that wants to make the change from a sinner to a child of God but theres still the old me in me that wants to stay a sinner. Did anyone else feel this way when they first came to know Jesus? Also a side question. What type of things did you battle with when first comming to God and how long did to take you to switch over from your sinful life style to a Christian life style?

I have 5 words for you: "Be Filled With The Spirit"

[DAILY]

***KATMAN*** · Jun 6th 2009, 03:48 PM

Besides reading the bible,try to surround yourself with as many Christian people as possible.This has helped me a lot though support and prayer.Pray every day,maybe not always asking for forgiveness,but that he will lead you into right and holy decisions.

**Faithwalker** · Jun 11th 2009, 10:38 PM

The simplicity of Christs message is 'come to Me, and I will fill you with Myself.'

~ from the moment He fills you, it is no longer you living, but Him living in you (new birth)
~ it is He who gives you life by planting His Spirit in you
~ it is He who causes you to grow up strong (like a child) by the milk of His Word (Himself)
~it is He who produces all the change that will create in you any goodness or likeness of Himself
~it is He who teaches you (like a child) to walk, who teaches you to talk, who teaches you everything you need to know
~ it is He who completes the life He began, and presents you to God, His finished work.

That is why we say praise HIS glory, because if we live a hundred years we have no ability to grow, or grace, or knowledge to glory of ~ life is ALL in Him and nothing in ourselves.

Those who will not come to HIM, and allow Him to fill them, can never know Him as LORD or Savior...and any attempt at 'growing in the grace and knowledge of Jesus Christ' is a futile attempt to save oneself without receiving the life He gives.

I`ve watched many a person attempting to live as a Christian, lives that showed no obvious change, that produced no fruit (of the Spirit) that is the natural result of the new birth, and all because men and women try to produce a life in themselves that is not possible without being filled with Christ, it can only be an awful frustrating way to live.

You can only live this life by being filled with His Spirit

***revrobor*** · Jun 13th 2009, 12:22 AM

Originally Posted by CupOfMilk

I am a fairly new Christian not brand new but still new. I spent some time reading about God and such. I am having a hard time living a Christian life style. I always sin and have a terrible mind set that i can sin and then one day i can turn my life around. I know this is no way to live a christian life style but how do i get rid of this mindset? then afterwards when rethinking about this mindset i feel that i am not worthy to be a Christian. I also feel theres apart of me that wants to make the change from a sinner to a child of God but theres still the old me in me that wants to stay a sinner. Did anyone else feel this way when they first came to know Jesus? Also a side question. What type of things did you battle with when first comming to God and how long did to take you to switch over from your sinful life style to a Christian life style?

You are experiencing what most of us have experienced and if anyone tells you differently they are being less than honest. I have been a follower of the Lord for 60 years. Fifteen years after I "accepted Jesus" I began a 10 year period where I committed adultery, fornication and was drunk a number of times. After I finally woke up to what I was doing and surrendered my life to God He gave me the wife He wanted me to have and I ceased that overt sinning. Do I still have sinful thoughts? Yes! Do I struggle to overcome these? Yes! But as long as we live we will struggle to overcome our old nature and the Enemy. But don't let Satan use this struggle to defeat you. God has given us the power through the Holy Spirit to overcome the Enemy of our souls. There is no "Christian lifestyle" other than rules and regulations imposed on you by churches. God works differently in each of our lives and we are as diversified as their are stars in the sky. Being a "Christian" is not what you do or do not do but who you are in Jesus Christ.

**coldfire136** · Jun 13th 2009, 10:16 PM

If I may ask, what do you mean when you say you are having difficulty with a Christian lifestyle?

**th1bill** · Jun 14th 2009, 04:34 AM

Originally Posted by CupOfMilk

I am a fairly new Christian not brand new but still new. I spent some time reading about God and such. I am having a hard time living a Christian life style. I always sin and have a terrible mind set that i can sin and then one day i can turn my life around. I know this is no way to live a christian life style but how do i get rid of this mindset? then afterwards when rethinking about this mindset i feel that i am not worthy to be a Christian. I also feel theres apart of me that wants to make the change from a sinner to a child of God but theres still the old me in me that wants to stay a sinner. Did anyone else feel this way when they first came to know Jesus? Also a side question. What type of things did you battle with when first comming to God and how long did to take you to switch over from your sinful life style to a Christian life style?

CupOfMlk,
... There is not a man or a woman alive that can live the Christian life. Since you are claiming the name of the Christ for your own I will assume that you are a saved man and as a saved man you were filled with the Hoy Spirit of God the moment you were saved. Now, what you need is the course, taught by Paul, Christianity 101. The course material is already in your hands, it's called the Book of Romans.
... I will suggest that you begin a thread titled Christianity 101 and that as you run into difficult passages that you post them and there are a number of us that will respond to help yu as yu lear to let God live through you.

**PictCry** · Jun 14th 2009, 05:13 AM

what your feeling is perfectly normal. I was saved at a young age and I still battle with my old sin loving nature and my new God loving nature. It is a hard struggle especially for the mind and heart. I can be fearful of following God and yet fearful He'll leave me for sinning so much (even though I know he won't). I think in what you call switching over is maturing in Christ and that of course takes time lots and lots of time. Also there are different struggles with sin that we experience at different times and maturity levels, for example you might now struggle with wanting to go to church, but then later after that one in conquered you might struggle with patience. Sometimes we can get disappointed and frustrated with our spiritual lives and even get frustrated with God. It is all part of the relationship though and growing and personally to me it makes the relationship with God all the more beautiful. What kind of relationship would it be if we didn't have to struggle and better ourselves? We could easily get bored and complacent. To me struggles are healthy and normal, tests to pass to help us be better people. Somtimes too the same sin or the same test keeps popping up in our lives to remind us to be careful or to help us pass something that is hindering us in our lives.

**CupOfMilk** · Jun 14th 2009, 05:42 AM

Originally Posted by th1bill

CupOfMlk,
... There is not a man or a woman alive that can live the Christian life. Since you are claiming the name of the Christ for your own I will assume that you are a saved man and as a saved man you were filled with the Hoy Spirit of God the moment you were saved. Now, what you need is the course, taught by Paul, Christianity 101. The course material is already in your hands, it's called the Book of Romans.
... I will suggest that you begin a thread titled Christianity 101 and that as you run into difficult passages that you post them and there are a number of us that will respond to help yu as yu lear to let God live through you.

Can i have a link to this thread? And is it for any passage in the bible what so ever?

**CupOfMilk** · Jun 14th 2009, 05:57 AM

Originally Posted by coldfire136

If I may ask, what do you mean when you say you are having difficulty with a Christian lifestyle?

Hard for me to explain. For whatever reason i feel like theres a Christian lifestyle that i am just not living.

**Elijah Lau** · Jun 14th 2009, 07:54 AM

Originally Posted by CupOfMilk

I am a fairly new Christian not brand new but still new. I spent some time reading about God and such. I am having a hard time living a Christian life style. I always sin and have a terrible mind set that i can sin and then one day i can turn my life around. I know this is no way to live a christian life style but how do i get rid of this mindset? then afterwards when rethinking about this mindset i feel that i am not worthy to be a Christian. I also feel theres apart of me that wants to make the change from a sinner to a child of God but theres still the old me in me that wants to stay a sinner. Did anyone else feel this way when they first came to know Jesus? Also a side question. What type of things did you battle with when first comming to God and how long did to take you to switch over from your sinful life style to a Christian life style?

(John 1:33 [KJV])

And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.

(John 3:5 [KJV])

Jesus answered,

Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and [of] the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

(John 20:22 [KJV])

And when he had said this, he breathed on

[them], and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:

(Rom 8:6 [KJV])
For to be carnally minded
[is] death; but to be spiritually minded [is] life and peace.

(1John 2:16 [KJV])
For all that
[is] in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

(John 5:14 [KJV])
Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him,
Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.

YOU ARE FULLY QUALIFIED TO BE CALLED AS CHRISTIAN, BECAUSE HE CALLED SINNERS TO REPENT.
(Mark 2:17 [KJV])
When Jesus heard
[it], he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

(Heb 10:26 [KJV])
For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,

(Heb 12:1 [KJV])
Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset
[us], and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

(Rom 6:1 [KJV])
What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
　
(Rom 6:2 [KJV])
God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
　
(Rom 6:3 [KJV])
Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?
　
(Rom 6:4 [KJV])
Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.

(2Cor 12:9 [KJV])
And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
　
(2Cor 12:10 [KJV])
Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.