The Marks of a True Christian

“I have baptised you with water, but he will baptise you with the Holy Spirit.”Mark 1:8This is an amazing promise—that God’s presence, God’s power, and God’s own Spirit should come into your life. Maybe you find yourself thinking, “How could the Holy Spirit of God come into the life of a person like me?” Answer: Because you are forgiven. You’re in Christ! The good news of the gospel is much more than repentance and forgiveness. Jesus will give you the Spirit— God’s power and God’s presence, poured out into your life, making you a new man, a new woman, and giving you new birth, new life, new power, new peace, and new joy. All of this is found "in Christ." When you find Christ, you will find repentance in Him. When you find repentance, you will find forgiveness through Him. When you find forgiveness, you will receive the Holy Spirit from Him. These things are all found together in Christ. What we have here are the marks of a true Christian. Ask yourself, “Are these things true of me?” If you are a true Christian, you believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, you know that you are a sinner and you repent of your sins, you know that you are forgiven and washed by the blood of Christ, and you know that the Holy Spirit lives in you. All these things are found in Christ. If you are in Christ, these things are true of you. If these things are not true of you, then you need to come to Christ and you will find them in Him.Are these four marks true of you?