Living like  Jesus

By Obeying His Word!

What's the point? Isn't believing that Jesus died for me as a sacrifice enough?

"If you love me, you will obey what I command. And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Counselor to be with you forever-- the Spirit of Truth. The world cannot see him because it neither sees Him nor knows Him. But you know him, for He lives with you and will be in you. I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. Before long, the world will not see Me anymore, but you will see me|. Because I live, you also will live." -John 8:15-18

"Now that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me"                                                      -Phillipians 3:12

Often the temptations of sins are too great to refuse. How do i stop myself from living in sin?

"No temptation has seized you excepted what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under."                                    -1st Corinthians 10:13

So how do I obey Him?

These are the commands, decrees, and laws the LORD your God directed me to teach you to observe in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess, so that you, your children, and their children after them may fear the LORD your God as long as you live by keeping all his decrees and commands that I give you, and so that it may go well with you and that you may increase greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD out God, the Lord is one. Love the LORD you God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads (not to be taken literally like Orthodox Jews)" Deutoronomy 6:19-

Do I have to be super-religious. Can't I just have fun and wait until I'm older to start studying the Bible and acting like a Christian? Doesn't God want me to have fun?

"Can papyrus grow tall where there is no marsh? Can reeds thrive without water? While still growing and uncut, they wilt more quickly than grass. Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so perishes the hope of the godless."                                                 -Job 8:11-13

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