A GOOD CHRISTIAN.

Feilding Star, Volume V, Issue 73, 31 May 1884, Page 3

A GOOD CHRISTIAN.

(advertisement.) Bj thp Word of GJ-od we may be saved and by it we shall be judged; it will either minister to our comfort aud salvation, or be a swift witness against us in the day of judgment. Others may esteem us as true Christians, anil write fulsome memoirs concerning us after we are" gone, but these things will not affect us in- the slightest decree, neither will the Righteous Judge alter His decisions by what men, under various impulses and from various motives, have written about us. From the New Testament we learn that the genuine Christian has— lst, .Repented of his sins. " Except ye ropent ye shall all likewise perish." This penitence is sincere and heartfelt, producing in his life "fruits meet for repentance; " such as a humble confession of siu, a perfect hatred of sin, and an intense longing for deliverance from the guilt and enslaving power of sin. 2nd, Believe! savingly on the Lord Jesus Christ as his saviour. "He that believeth not shall be damned." "He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life." " Heing justified by faith, we have peace with God, through our Lord Jesus Christ." 3rd, Kxperienced a change of heart and been made the partaker of a new and heavenly life. " Except a man he born again he cannot see the Kingdom ol God." "Therefore, if any man be in Christ " (and that is being a Christian). "heis a new creature; old things have passed away ; behold all things are become new." 4th. Being a new creature in Christ he practices nonconformity to the world. He lias no relish for the things he once so eagerly pursued. He has altogether forsaken the ball-room, the dancing saloon, the gambler's places of resort, the theatre, and indeed every vain and c- irrupting association and form of sinful pleasure and everything calculated to draw his heart from <Ad and carnalize his mind. "Be not conformed to thU world." " Lore not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world the love of the Father is not in him." sth. Lastly the true Christian has peace wilh God — "a piece which passeth all understanding." -- To be contused.