John 1:15

John 1:15 says, John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me. John the Baptist again told the people that Jesus was the One he had been talking about. Christianity is never about who we are, but always about Who He is.  People may point to a Christian and talk about how good they are, but if so, it needs to be because they reflect Christ.  There are many good people in the world who do many good things, but they either don't know Christ or do not reflect His glory.  There are others who profess Christ as their Savior, but don't reflect Him in their actions and attitudes.  Our purpose as followers of Christ is to reflect His glory in all that we do.  Once more, we are not called to give up on the world and cower in fear, but we are to work so that the lost might be redeemed.  When Christianity becomes a religion of hate and exclusion, then it becomes simply a religion.  Christianity is always about a relationship with Christ, and not about our goodness and what we deserve.  John the Baptist did everything to point people to Christ. We must be the same way. Following Christ is a choice, and even though once we accept Him as our Savior we are saved forever, it is still a choice we must make every day as to whether or not we will reflect His glory to the world.  We have the power of God dwelling in us, through the Holy Spirit, and we sit around defeated, because the world is so bad.  If God's people will claim the power of God in their lives, then we will reflect hope and forgiveness to a lost and dying world.  People have never seen God except through Jesus Christ. We are to reflect Christ to the world so that they might see God.