"He That Saith He Abideth In HIM Ought Himself Also So To Walk"

Flowery talking--
without strict walking
(Arthur Pink, "Christ our Exemplar")

"Leaving you an example, that
you should follow in His steps."
1 Peter 2:21

"Whoever claims to live in Him--
must walk as Jesus did."
1 John 2:6

If all professors forfeit
their claim to a saving interest
in Christ, who do not endeavor
to sincerely and earnestly
imitate Jesus in the holiness
of His life--
then how small a number
of real Christians are there
in the world!

If flowery talking--
without strict walking;
if common profession--
without holy practice;
if Church membership--
without denying self and
treading the Narrow Way--
were sufficient
to constitute a Christian--
then a large percentage
of earth's population
would be entitled
to that name.

But if Christ owns none but
those who follow the example
that He has left--
then His flock is indeed
a little one.

The vast majority of those
who claim to be Christians
have a name to live--
but are dead (Rev. 3:1),
being such as walk after
the flesh, following
the course of this world
and yielding their members
as instruments
of unrighteousness
unto sin (Romans 6:13).

The demands of Christ
are too rigid for them--
they prefer the Broad Road
where the majority are found.

"Enter through the narrow gate. For
wide is the gate and broad is the
road that leads to destruction, and
many enter through it.
But small is the gate and narrow
the road that leads to life, and
only a few find it."
Matthew 7:13-14

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