WHAT WILL YOU DO WITH TRUTH? · INVESTIGATION 36

What Does Following Jesus Change?

Does biblical faith affect everyday life?

Grace calls believers into a whole-life discipleship shaped by love, holiness, mercy, justice, stewardship, sexual integrity, care for the body, generosity, service, reconciliation, and witness. Adventist Christian living includes health principles because the body belongs to God, but health practices do not earn salvation.

Reformation principle. The gospel changes how we live because Christ claims the whole person.

SCRIPTURE TO EXAMINE

Read the biblical evidence

  • Romans 12:1–2Believers present their bodies to God and resist conformity to the world.
  • 1 Corinthians 6:19–20The body is the temple of the Holy Ghost and belongs to God.
  • Micah 6:8God calls for justice, mercy, and humble walking with Him.
  • Colossians 3:12–17Christian life is marked by compassion, forgiveness, love, peace, and gratitude.
STRONGEST OBJECTION OR ALTERNATIVE READING

Examine the challenge

Lifestyle standards can become legalistic, culturally narrow, or controlling. Every application should be tied transparently to biblical principle and Christian liberty.

YOUR VERDICT

Which statement best reflects Christian lifestyle?

  • Lifestyle earns salvation
  • Lifestyle is irrelevant to salvation
  • A transformed life is the fruit of belonging to Christ