A Christian on a general note is one who has accepted Jesus into his or her life, and now lives, behaves and also has the mind of Jesus.

Philippians 2:5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

The apostles of old where first called Christians in Antioch because they behaved like Christ and therefore they were nicked named Christians

Acts 11:26 And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.

There are other attributes which describes who a Christian is and I will explain a few of them.

* A Christian Does Not Cover Up Sin

A Christian is not a sinner and a sinner is not a Christian but a Christian can fall into sin, that does not mean he is now a sinner. When such Christian falls into sin, he or she does not hide his sin but cries out to God for mercy and seeks counsels from people on how to escape an habit or the other.

* A Christian Accepts Correction

A Christian readily accepts corrections and seeks to be corrected because he or she knows they can make mistake without knowing it, so they willingly accepts corrections when they are faulted.

I could remember back in my secondary school days, I needed to ask my class mates to write the things they hated about me. A few of them wrote and I worked on those areas of my weakness so that I will not be Christian who is offending others without knowing.

* Places Themselves In The Shoes Of Others

A Christian tries to weighs their decisions and words and tries to place themselves at the receiving end if they can bear such things to be done to them or such words to be spoken unto them. The reason is to have a conscience void of offense towards God and man.

Acts 24:16 And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men.

* Operates With The Fruit Of The Holy Spirit.

Galatians 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
5:23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

The fruit of the holy Spirit enables a Christian to live peaceably in this word of Sin. Without the fruit of the Holy Spirit, there will be great abuse of the gifts of the holy Spirit.

It is called Fruit and not Fruits because it is like a capsule with different supplements in it. It is expected of every Christian to have this nine fruit of the holy Spirit if they must live peaceably in the world. Mine is not complete, I am working daily to get them because a tree does not grow in a day

* Heavenly Minded And Earthly Useful

A Christian is so heavenly conscious because the world is not his or her home. At the same time while they are in the world they make themselves useful to God, themselves and the people around them.

* Does Not Insult People

A Christian does not insult people because he or she has the mind of Jesus and this mind of Christ does not insult people. They rather bless people with their words because they ensure that their words are always seasoned with grace for the purpose of uplifting others.

The above are some attributes of a Christian, let's continue to strive to be like Jesus!