christian character

1. CHRISTIAN
CHARACTER
HOW TOBUILD GODLY CHARACTER

2. CHRISTIAN CHARACTER
• And the LORD said unto
Satan, Hast thou considered
my servant Job, that there is
none like him in the earth, a
perfect and an upright man,
one that feareth God, and
escheweth evil?
JOB 1:8

3. JOHN 15:16
• Ye have not chosen me, but
I have chosen you, and
ordained you, that ye
should go and bring forth
fruit, and that your fruit
shoul

4. ROMANS 8:29
• For whom he did
foreknow, he also did
predestinate to be
conformed to the image of
his Son, that he might be
the firstborn among many
brethren.

5. 1 JOHN 2:6 •He that saith he abideth
in him ought himself
also so to walk, even as
he walked

6. EPHESIANS 4:13
• Till we all come in the unity of
the faith, and of the knowledge
of the Son of God, unto a
perfect man, unto the measure
of the stature of the fulness of
Christ:

7. CHRISTIAN CHARACTER • HONEST
• LOVING
• HUMBLE
• FORGIVING
• LOYAL
GOOD AND BAD
CHARACTER

8. WHAT IS CHARACTER
• M't:23:25: Woe unto you, scribes and
Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean
the outside of the cup and of the platter,
but within they are full of extortion and
excess.
• M't:23:26: Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse
first that which is within the cup and
platter, that the outside of them may be
clean also.
• M't:23:27: Woe unto you, scribes and
Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto
whited sepulchres, which indeed appear
beautiful outward, but are within full of
dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.
INNER LIFE OF A MAN

9. REVELATION 3:1
• And unto the angel of the
church in Sardis write; These
things saith he that hath the
seven Spirits of God, and the
seven stars; I know thy works,
that thou hast a name that thou
livest, and art dead.

10. GENESIS 39:9-10
• Ge:39:9: There is none greater in
this house than I; neither hath he
kept back any thing from me but
thee, because thou art his wife: how
then can I do this great wickedness,
and sin against God?
• Ge:39:10: And it came to pass, as
she spake to Joseph day by day, that
he hearkened not unto her, to lie by
her, or to be with her
WHAT IS CHARACTER

11. FUNDAMENTAL
TRUTH ABOUT
CHARACTER
• IT’S IN THE MATTER OF THE
HEART
• IT IS YOUR TRUE BEAUTY AND
CHARACTER
• IT IS NOT A GIFT
• IT HAS TO BE CONCIOUSLY
CULTIVATED

12. TEST OF
CHARACTER BUILD • Then said his wife unto
him, Dost thou still retain
thine integrity? curse God,
and die.
1. HARDSHIP
JOB 2:9

13. TEST OF CHARACTER
BUILD
• 7:1: Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and
all the people that were with him, rose up
early, and pitched beside the well of
Harod: so that the host of the Midianites
were on the north side of them, by the
hill of Moreh, in the valley.
• 7:2: And the LORD said unto Gideon,
The people that are with thee are too
many for me to give the Midianites into
their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves
against me, saying, Mine own hand hath
saved me.
2. LITTLE THING
JUDGES 7:1-2

14. TEST OF CHARACTER
BUILD
3. CHOICES
4. DELAYS
5. WHEN NO ONE IS LOOKING
• Nu:12:1: And Miriam and Aaron
spake against Moses because of the
Ethiopian woman whom he had
married: for he had married an
Ethiopian woman.
• Nu:12:7: My servant Moses is not
so, who is faithful in all mine house.
NUMBERS 12:1

15. HOW TO BUILD
GODLY
CHARACTER
• LUKE 19:8-9
• Lu:19:8: And Zacchaeus stood, and
said unto the Lord; Behold, Lord,
the half of my goods I give to the
poor; and if I have taken any thing
from any man by false accusation, I
restore him fourfold.
• Lu:19:9: And Jesus said unto him,
This day is salvation come to this
house, forsomuch as he also is a son
of Abraham.
A. SURRENDER TO
THE HARDSHIP
OF CHRIST

16. HOW TO BUILD
GODLY
CHARACTER
• PHILIPPIANS 4:8
• Finally, brethren, whatsoever things
are true, whatsoever things are
honest, whatsoever things are just,
whatsoever things are pure,
whatsoever things are lovely,
whatsoever things are of good
report; if there be any virtue, and if
there be any praise, think on these
things.
B. GUARD YOUR
MIND AND YOUR
HEART

17. HOW TO BUILD
GODLY
CHARACTER
• 1 KING 11:3
• And he had seven hundred
wives, princesses, and three
hundred concubines: and
his wives turned away his
heart.
C. RESIST
TEMPTATION
AND
COMPROMISED
WITH GOD

18. HOW TO BUILD
GODLY
CHARACTER • PSALMS 119:11
Thy word have I hid in mine
heart, that I might not sin
against thee.
D. APPLY ON WORK
AND TO YOUR
LIFE AND
CHARACTER

19. HOW TO BUILD
GODLY
CHARACTER
• GALATIANS 5:22-23
Ga:5:22: But the fruit of the
Spirit is love, joy, peace,
longsuffering, gentleness,
goodness, faith,
Ga:5:23: Meekness,
temperance: against such
there is no law.
E. ALLOW THE
HOLY SPIRIT TO
TRANSFORM YOU