Emmanuella Oluchi Nwokedi

Relationships and Triumph of Christian Character Emmanuella Oluchi Nwokedi

No Christian relationship triumphs without the foundation of a true Christian character that has been deliberately built overtime. A Christian relationship doesn't succeed merely because Christians are involved in it. Rather, it triumphs because of the touch of the Christian character of those involved. This supposes that Christian character on its own is a sure way to triumph in any relationship. As a spirit being, you've got a tripartite trait of existence; that is, a three constitutional makeup; you're a spirit, with a soul and you live in a physical compartment called a body. This spiritual and physical makeup is a clue that you've been divinely designed to LIVE in a balanced three-dimensional relationship level, namely, with self, God and other people. It's at this point where the relevance of the fruit of your born again spirit comes in as stated in Galatians 5:22-23. It's only one fruit of the born again spirit, but this singular fruit expresses itself in nine different forms which I refer to as entities (units or articles). Hence, we have one fruit of the born again spirit, and nine entities which are grouped into three groups of threes, with each group meant to address a specific aspect of man's three-dimensional relationships with self, God and others. In RELATIONSHIPS AND TRIUMPH OF CHRISTIAN CHARACTER, the author has attempted to establish, in the light of God's Word, that relationships can only triumph when those involved make deliberate efforts and commitment to cooperate with the Holy Spirit to cultivate the fruit of their born again spirit: joy, patience, self-control, faithfulness, humility, love, peace, gentleness, and goodness. To deal with this, the book has been divided into three parts: The Inward Relationship with Self; The Upward Relationship with God; and The Outward Relationship with Other People.