Who is a Christian?

Who is a Christian?
“My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,”    
 Galatians 4:19

Christianity is Christ reproduced in the human person. There are lots of people who have a wrong view of what Christianity means. Some of them think being a Christian means you are weak and powerless. They do not know what it means to be a Christian.

There is a story of a Christian man that was on his way to church in Lagos. While he was at the park, armed robbers drove past that way shooting sporadically in the air as they went. In the process he was met by a stray bullet. The bullet just rolled down his body and did him no harm. As people surrounded him to see what has happened, he took advantage of the opportunity and began to preach the gospel to the on lookers.

Why did the bullet not harm him? The Bible says in Galatians 3:27, “For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.” This is your rhema for today: you have been clothed and completely wrapped up with Christ. You have sunk into Christ. He is your covering. He is your shield. Nothing shall by any means hurt you.

This is the understanding you should have of who a Christian is. It is Christ reproduced in you. You are not ordinary anymore. You are born of God. The Bible describes a Christian in John 1:12-13 saying, “But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.”

Confession.
I have received Jesus Christ as my Lord. He has given me the power to become a son of God because I believe in His Name. I am born again. I am not born of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, I am born of God.

For further study, read:
1 Peter 1:23, Romans 9:8, James 1:18.

Doing the Word:
Do not live according to the flesh, let the Word of God guide your conduct.