--John 20:30-31 --- -People's attitudes toward Jesus Christ tend to fall into three categories.*First, there are some who don't believe He is God. They reject, diminish, or ignore His character and lifesaving work, claiming He was simply a good person. **Second, there are some who intellectually acknowledge Jesus is God's Son but have no personal relationship with Him. ***Third, true followers believe Christ is Savior (Rom. 10:9). Through genuine faith, believers are made part of his family.
Our position in the Lord affects everything about us--attitudes, emotions, conversation, and conduct. The ungodliness of our culture no longer fits who we are. As believers, we are to grow in Christlikeness, embracing ideas, thought patterns, and activities that please God, while rejecting all others.
Jesus is the perfect God-man, who willingly took out sins upon Himself and experienced divine wrath in our place. God accepted His death as full payment for our sins, and He raised Jesus from the dead to a position of divine glory (Eph. 1:20). His Spirit now lives within us. So understand who Jesus is, and let that knowledge strengthen your commitment to be like Him.~~
