21/03/2026
THE EVIDENCE OF NEW LIFE IN JESUS
“Finally then, brethren, we urge and exhort in the Lord Jesus that you should abound more and more, just as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God.” 1 Thessalonians 4:1
New life in Jesus Christ is not about going to church or changing your church, It’s not about being serious or being committed in church or being involved in the church as a worker, deacon or minister.
New life in Jesus Christ is far from getting involved in fasting and prayer meetings, attending every church programs and special conferences and programs.
It’s more than being faithful in tithes and offerings, sowing to pastors’ lives or donating generously to church or ministries. The new life in Jesus goes beyond taking Holy Communion, speaking in tongues, doing miracles or preaching about Jesus. It’s not about singing praises and worship. It’s not about what you claim to be or what your people call you.
New life in Jesus Christ is all about how you walk with Him and how you please Him. It says, "How you ought to walk and to please God.” 1 Thessalonians 4:1
HOW YOU WALK
Genesis 17:1- Walking before God and be perfect. That is the number one evidence of your new life in Jesus, if truly you have it. The walk here is about our lifestyles and attitudes. Before you come to Jesus, you walk in a sinful lifestyle and ungodly attitude. Ephesians 2:2, "in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience"
But when you come to Jesus and you genuinely surrender your life to Jesus, you don’t continue to live and behave the ways and manners you were used to. Your lifestyle must change so that will be obvious to people. Your attitude, your action and re-action, your manner of responding to people and situations, your way of talking, your way of dressing, your priority, your focus, your motivating factors in life, and your mindset.
Your salvation in Christ Jesus must also affect your relationship with people, those relationships you need to end and those you must continue and how you must relate with people. Genuine salvation in Jesus Christ will affect your business and work, as a genuine child of God, what business or work you must do and how you must do them.
Walking with God is practical, persistent and permanent!
Say LORD, THANK YOU FOR SAVING ME. HELP ME TO WALK WITH YOU AND PLEASE YOU DAILY. AMEN IN JESUS NAME.
Gideon Akande
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