7th August 2020
THE 100% CHRISTIAN
David Abankwah
READ: 1 Corinthians 13:11
And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an HUNDRED.
-Mark 4:8 | NMV
After going through the ranks of being a baby Christian (30%), youthful Christian (60%), you then come to the last stage of Christianity called the adulthood stage, the holy of holiest or the 100% mark. It were these stages that Apostle Paul went through in Christianity and then wrote them down for our appreciation. He said in 1 Corinthians 13:11 that when he was a child (30% Christian), he spoke like a child and he understood like a child but when he grew (going through the rank of 60%), he finally reached the rank of an adult (100%) where he put away the childish things. It were the same stages the other Apostles went through. It was the immature stage that Peter was, that made him deny Jesus Christ three times.
But when he became an adult full of faith and of sound mind, he put away the childish things of fear, doubt, panic, and double mindedness. He stood boldly before the assembly and witnessed about Jesus Christ. It was the immature stage that Thomas was that made him say unless he touch the resurrected body of Jesus Christ, he would not believe that he was truly risen. But when he became an adult, he put away the childish thing of seeing before believing. Three years of following after Jesus Christ, eleven disciples achieved 100% mark of Christianity. The question I am asking ourselves is that: How many years have we been believers and which level of Christianity are we in?
Signs of a matured person include: 1. A 100% Christian is someone whose soul has been sanctified from all sins. 2. A 100% Christian has the fullness of the Holy Spirit (Spirit of wisdom, Spirit of knowledge, Spirit of understanding, Spirit of counsel, Spirit of the fear of the Lord, Spirit of might, and Spirit of Truth) living in him. 3. A 100% Christian is someone who cannot sin 4. A 100% Christian is full of love 5. A 100% Christian is full of faith 6. A 100% Christian is full of peace. 7. A 100% Christian is full of joy. 8. A 100% Christian is full of patience 9. A 100% Christian is full of kindness 10. A 100% Christian is full of goodness 11. A 100% Christian is full of faithfulness.
12. A 100% Christian is full of gentleness. 13. A 100% Christian is full of self-control. 14. A 100% Christian is poor in Spirit 15. A 100% Christian mourn for sinners/unbelievers. 16. A 100% Christian is full of meekness 17. A 100% Christian hungers and thirsts for righteousness, holiness, and sanctification. 18. A 100% Christian is full of mercy 19. A 100% Christian is pure in heart, mind, and soul. 20. A 100% Christian is a peacemaker or a minister of reconciliation. 21. A 100% Christian counts it all joy when he goes through serial temptations, trials, persecutions, sufferings, or crisis because of his faith. 22. A 100% Christian has eternal life.
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Lift up prayers for the resilience to work your own salvation and press towards the higher mark of Christianity with fear and trembling in the name of Jesus Christ.
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A 100% Christian is at par with Jesus Christ in terms of sanctification, in terms of righteousness and in terms of holiness.
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