GOOD CHRISTIAN

By Rick Mathes

Romans 7:21 (NASB77) ²¹  I find then the principle that evil is present in me, the one who wishes to do good.

What is the good in a good Christian and what becomes new a evil is displaced with good? First let’s consider what godly good is:

• Good for good is manlike
• Bad for bad is beastlike
• Bad for good is Satan like, and
• Bad for good is Christ like!

Believe me; it is better to lost the battle and win the war. God’s agape love will always prevail if you have the spiritual “T” to pull it off.

Now what changes from ol to new when your old you is born again and a new you rises from the dead?

All you have to pray is, “Create in me a new heart, O Lord,” and He will. You can’t repair a sin infected heart, O Lord” and He will. You must have a heart transplant to insure a new future with a new life. The old fades out to make way for the new, no longer shackled to the past nor worried over the future.

It’s not usual for a close old acquaintance to say, “I don’t even know you anymore. You’re not the person you used to be. What happened to you?” Well, you can let him know that you are waling a new walk in a new life you never suspected even existed.

You pledge allegiance to an old God that has made Him-self new to you. He has been there for all eternity just waiting for you to confess Him as your Sovereign Lord. It’s given you a new occupation.

Your employment is only useful to support your occupation of knowing, loving and sharing the love of God with others. This is a new source of energy for you because the more you share Him with others the more you receive of His love and goodness.

A new family surrounds you now of those wonderful Christians that were there all the time but you just don’t choose to notice. You have received a full inheritance from your Father in glory anda new assurance that you cannot lose the love of celestial family ever, for all eternity.