AN AUTHENTIC CHRISTIAN HAS FRUIT LIKE CHRIST The Americanized church tells us that all you have to do to be saved and go to heaven is to say the prayer to ask Jesus into your heart without going through the process of forgiveness to those who sinned against you and deliverance from your own pride and sin. Interestingly even Wikipedia states: In religion and theology, salvation generally refers to the deliverance of the soul from sin and its consequences. The truth is that when we make a decision to become a Christian like Jesus then we need to actually end up having similar fruit like Jesus had. Of course if we die the day after we decide to serve Christ then we don’t really have time to show our fruit just like the thief on the cross next to Jesus. But for everyone else who has been attending church for years our fruit of our lives should be closely aligned with Jesus if we are authentic Christians, understanding it’s a process of sanctification. In order to have similar fruit to Jesus in our lives we need to do what Jesus did and that is to forgive everyone who ever sinned…

The typical church and pastor preaches that once a person asks Jesus to come into their hearts that they are saved so then the next step is to disciple them so that they know more about the Bible and do some good works for Jesus.  Some of them get into teaching at church or leading small Bible groups, helping with worship or music, go on mission trips, etc.  Some get filled with the Holy Spirit, speak in tongues, prophesy over others, cast out demons from people, do many miracles for the Lord.   What great Christians these people are, right?  But according to the Bible (Matthew 7:21-23) it states that many of these Christians will not get into heaven.  Why? Matthew 7:21-23 NKJV I Never Knew You 21 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. 22 Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ 23 And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’   Sadly I know of many who would…