Our Seven Responsibilities as Christians (Part One)

Responsibility: Obligation, Commitment, Duty
Christian: To be Christ like

As Christians we have commands and responsibilities. The Lord wants to show forth His love, goodness, and His mercy through us.  We must conduct ourselves as ambassadors, representing our Holy Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.  Today, I want to share with you three of seven responsibilities that God has given us.  If we want to be pleasing to Him, we must obey or fulfill these requirements:

1. WITNESS:  We have a responsibility to be a witness of the Lord Jesus Christ and His saving power.  A witness tells what he has seen or heard. Some times we don’t have to say anything - the way we live our life will speak for us.  However, in order to be a true witness, our life and our words must be the same.  We cannot be a witness with power when we are not living according to the word. Isaiah 43:10 says, "Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am He: before me there was no God formed, neither shall be after me."
2. SALT:  We have a responsibility to be salt that has not lost its savor. Salt has preserving power in the natural.  Jesus wants us to have the preserving power of His Spirit and word working in our lives which will preserve us from sin. Then we can truly share the truth of the Lord with others, and it will preserve them, causing them to be thirsty for the living water of the word. Matthew 5:13 tells us, "Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? It is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and be trodden under foot of men."
3. LIGHT:  We have a responsibility to keep the light burning in our vessel, our souls, so that we can share with those who are in darkness. We have a responsibility to keep our ugly attitudes cleaned out of our vessel by pleading the blood of Jesus over them, because they can hinder our light from burning brightly. The light in our heart cannot shine if we are always murmuring and complaining. We must do as Matthew 5:16 instructs, "Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven."

Come back next week for the remaining four responsibilities. Until then, be of good cheer knowing that God has overcome the world!

With all that said, let the church say amen… and AMEN!