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A life of faith and hope and love

If what Jesus said was really true, and if the Christian lifestyle is really as compelling as it is made out to be, why do we not see more people signing up to it? Perhaps the answer to this question is that most people have never really met someone who is clearly demonstrating a distinctive Christian lifestyle. In the first chapter of his first letter to the Thessalonians, Paul said:

“We never forget before our God and Father your ardent faith and fervent love and enduring hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.”

Someone who is really following Jesus will be living a life which is overflowing with faith and hope and love. Such a person naturally trusts other people and inspires other people to trust him or her; believes that life is worth living and demonstrates this by living life well; believes that there is a purpose to life, and has taken the time to discover what that purpose is, and has then oriented his or her life towards that purpose.

A follower of Jesus who really lives a life of faith and hope and love cannot help standing out as being really different from everyone else.