One can live according to the ten commandments and shout to the
world that he is a christian and at the same time failing to show
any fruits of the spirit : Love, joy, peace, kindness, patience,
gentleness, self control.
One can attend hundreds of church services, sing thousands of
worship songs and own millions of devotion books and yet fail to
understand the principles of Christ death
However, what i view as a true christian is somone knows that
they are saved by mercy, and blessed by grace. Have the
(developing)fruits of the spirit as well as spiritual maturity.
Simply by loving the people around him as himself ans as how God
has loved him.(Love your neighbour as yourself - Leviticus 19:18;
Love one another as I have loved you - John 13:34)
There are several types of christians in the world out there,
those who identify themselves by tell others and
those who simply live, obeying whatever the
Holy Spirit instructs them with.