Are you a good person?

If you are like most people, you’re a pretty good person — compared to Adolph Hitler.

When we look at other people, it's easy to say, "I'm a good person." The question you need to ask yourself, however, is, "How do I measure up against God’s standard?"

Are you willing to take a few minutes to see what God says about you? These few minutes could change your life.

Do You Know Him?

Many people claim the title "Christian." Yet many of the same people ignore what Jesus tells us in the Bible. The Bible teaches about true Christianity; about becoming a disciple of Jesus.

First, we must believe.  The Bible plainly sets forth belief in Jesus as the requirement for eternal life.

Within the context of Scripture, we understand that belief requires action. We believe, we give up sin, and we seek to love God with our entire being.

• "Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,'shall enter the the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. 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?' And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness.'"
  Matthew 7:21-22 (NKJ)

You see? Belief requires action. Jesus says those that will enter heaven are the ones who do the Father’s will. See what Scripture says about loving God.

• "Teacher, what is the great commandment in the law?" Jesus said to him, "'You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.' This is the first and great commandment."
  Matthew 22:36-38 (NKJ)

So we believe, we stop sin, and we love God with everything we are and with all that we have. . Read it, believe it, live it.

Being a follower of Jesus requires personal commitment and sacrifice. Jesus tells us in Luke 14 what it means to be a disciple of His.

• "If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also,. And whoever does not bear his cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple. For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, whether he has enough to finish it..."
  Now skip down to verse 33. It says:
  "...whoever of you does not forsake all that he has cannot be My disciple."
  Luke 14:25-28, 33 (NKJ)

Count the cost. Do you love Jesus more than your possessions, career, or even your family? A disciple of His puts Him above all else. See what Paul tells us.

• But what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ. Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish…
  Philippians 3:7-8 (NKJ)