How Can Unbelievers Spot Real Christians?

By the way we care for each other. Let's face it, the world is harsh. There are storms of hatred, deceit, backbiting, criticisms, mockery, immorality, abuse, godless religion, and selfishness out there. You have been a victim of some of these things. When you finally embraced Christ, he took you into his household. Things are different here. You can leave the umbrella by the door, take off your coat and let your hair down. The people here will make sure you're well-fed and checked-in. Welcome home!

The Lord is overjoyed to embrace you into his family. You are adopted as a child of the King. He is not angry at you, nor will he ever get angry at you, just because you're in the household. You may take a while to get accustomed to not having to sin for survival, but he will always be patient with you. His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, paid the price for you to have this relationship with the Father. He loves you, and so do his children. Come, join us for dinner!

"Free? You're only free
to do right."

In your search for shelter you may have stumbled upon places that offered to keep you safe, only to be disappointed that there was always a catch. You would come in, and you realized after a while that you had to earn your way to acceptance. The list of house rules was complicated, and the people in the house did not look too happy about having to follow them. Some, who wore a forced smile, followed you around to make sure you would not eat more than your share of food, that you would stay away from the pool and that you would not sleep more than 5 hours in the night. Others would simply ignore you in their diligence to keep these rules to perfection. They did not want to be kicked out of the house: it is too rough out there. You remember talking to the butler once or twice about your difficulty to keep up with these rules, only to be suggested that you wear a watch and keep a timetable of your activities, so as to not give the impression that you were unruly and carefree. Whatever it is that happened, you were out of that house.

The Lord loves you just because
you're part of his household.

In the Father's household, you are treated with respect and dignity. If you were treated unjustly or were wronged, the Family will help you get everything in order and seek justice for you.  These people love you by default, just like a grandmother loves that little grandson whom she hasn't had a chance to hold yet. No need to prove yourself, show papers or credentials, or perform. Even if they all have different ideas of how the world works or how the Father acts, they will still love each other because they're in the house. Attacks, arguments and tantrums are not the way differences are solved here. Unity in diversity is celebrated. Love will cover a multitude of faults. Time to rest!