Book Review: Think, Act, Be Like Jesus by Randy Frazee

When a person becomes a new believe one of the first things Christians must do is to give him/her resources to help them to begin in their walk with Jesus. Think, Act, Be Like Jesus by Randy Frazee, which is a companion to the Believe Bible, which is also edited by Frazee, is set to be a book for new Christians to look at as they begin the Christian life. This book is set up to where the reader can be equip to know what they believe (Think), how they should live (Act), and what they are to become (Be Like Jesus).

The book is very basic and simple to read. Filled with passages from the Bible in the updated New International Version. This book does have some positives. It gives the importance of Bible reading, prayer, giving, and being involved in a Christian community. When writing about acting like Jesus, Frazee used the Fruit of the Spirit and went each one a chapter a piece. That is important because the Fruit of the Spirit is the mark of Christian growth and the working of the Spirit in the believer's life.

This book also had a few negative things. There is one that I want to point out that just cannot be avoided. In the chapter on salvation, Frazee asked the question, what must someone do to have a relationship with God. He said, "Do good works" and he uses Jesus' encounter with Rich Young Ruler as his main text. He tried to go back on his statement saying that our relation to God is based on grace and not what we do. To me this can seem very confusing especially for the new Christian. So which is it? The Bible says we are saved by grace through faith and not our own doing (Ephesians 2:8-9). Jesus even said the work of God is to believe in the One He has sent (John 6:29).

Frazee's confusing statement has led me to believe this is not a book that any Christian should a new Christian because it may lead them to think Salvation is based on their merit. Frazee does reassure the reader that God is the one who saves us by grace but it just seem he is saving face after making a statement like that.

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