Beyond The Bare Minimum: Living The Second Mile Life

There’s a big difference between becoming a Christian and being a Christian. Becoming a Christian happens in a moment when you place your faith in Jesus, ask for His forgiveness, receive His salvation, and are born again. But that beautiful moment is just the beginning. Being a Christian is more than a spiritual moment. It’s a lifelong journey. It’s a daily commitment to live differently, to love radically, and to follow Christ completely. That’s the message Jesus communicates in Matthew 5 as He preaches the Sermon on the Mount. He reminds His followers that He hasn’t called us to a title but to a total transformation. In today’s passage, Jesus challenges us to go against everything our flesh desires: not just to meet expectations, but to go beyond them and live a second-mile life.