What is Christianity?

Coming to Christ is not the end of a search, it’s the beginning of an adventure! Jesus challenged His disciples to make a difference in their world when He said:

"Ask and it will be given to you; Seek and you will find; Knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; He who seeks finds; And to him who knocks, the door will be opened." Matthew 7:7-8

Jesus wanted His disciples, or those who had chosen to live their lives according to His ways, to move beyond rites and rituals to a dynamic, daily relationship with Him. That is what Christ wants of us today. To Jesus, faith was - and still is - an essential for daily life as a Christian! True faith learns. It asks, seeks and knocks. Faith asks about the nature of God and what He has to say to life as we find it. Then it seeks to show God’s love in a world that is far from Him by knocking on the doors of opportunity found in daily life. Faith takes the initiative! It wrestles with such questions as:

• What is a godly marriage?
• How does God want me to raise my children?
• What is Christ’s church?
• How do I serve it?
• How would Christ run a business?
• How should I relate to my community? schools? government?
• Where should I stand on the "burning issues" of society?

For answers to these and many other questions, join a Bible study in an Assemblies of God church or a full gospel believing church near you.

In short, disciples, or followers of Christ, wrestle with what it means to become a "godly influence in their world." This is what true faith and true discipleship are all about - daring to ask the hard questions. It is giving our best effort with God’s help to live a godly life and be a godly example in a world that desperately needs Him. It is living our lives for God and for others all around us.