Let Me Tell You About My Friend

[341 words] I have a good friend. He doesn’t drink alcohol, thus has never been involved in any alcohol-related crimes or embarrassments. He doesn’t destroy his mind through the use of illicit drugs. I’ve never once heard my friend gossip or tell a single lie. He never wastes his time in night clubs, casinos, or questionable establishments. I can’t recall ever hearing him speak with profanity or vulgarity. And he has never cheated a soul in business. Many people would call my friend a “good Christian.” Yet you need to know that I have just described my dog, Patches! We need to learn what being a Christian is all about; that being a Christian involves more than merely not doing evil. Being a Christian concerns actually doing good, fully submitting to Christ and living by faith. Christ taught, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, and…