You are subscribed as %%emailaddress%% ARE YOU A CHRISTIAN? WRONG QUESTION! "Test yourselves to see if you are in the faith;
examine yourselves! Or do you not recognize this
about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you—
unless indeed you fail the test?"
-2 Corinthians 13:5 I think the biggest problem in the world today is: Jesus Himself said, "He who is not with Me is against Me; and he who does not gather with Me, scatters"(Luke 11:23). So, are you "with Jesus," or against Him? How do you know? How can you tell? Jesus also said that "all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted" (2 Timothy 3:12). Sowhen was the last time you were persecutedbecause of your relationship with Jesus? "If you were of the world,
the world would love its own;
but because you are not of the world,
but I chose you out of the world,
because of this the world hates you."
-John 15:19 Can you give, oh, let's say, three quick examples of how the above verse applies in your life? At one point in Jesus' ministry He asked the question, "Why do you call me 'Lord, Lord' but don't do what I say" (see Luke 6:46). Would Jesus have reason to ask you the same question? Jesus also said that "many" call themselves Chrisians who are not (see Matthew 7:21-27). What makes you think that you are not among those "many?" Ultimately, the Bible teaches us that who you think you are isn't nearly as significant as what the"fruit" of your life says about you. "By this we know that we have
come to know Him,
if we keep His commandments.
The one who says, “I have come to know Him,”
and does not keep His commandments,
is a liar, and the truth is not in him."
-1 John 2:3-4
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