You must be born again!" John 3:7
That which makes one a Christian, is not . . .
the agreeing with CHRIST'S teachings,
the uniting with HIS Church,
the adoption of HIS morals,
the espousing of HIS cause--
but the receiving of HIM as our
personal LORD and SAVIOR, and
entering into a covenant of eternal
friendship with HIM.
We are not saved by believing
a creed which gathers up in a few
golden sentences, the essence
of the truth about CHRIST'S
person and work--
we must have the CHRIST
HIMSELFf, whom the creed holds
forth, in His radiant beauty and grace!
Many people think that being a Christian is . . .
to pray a few moments morning and evening,
to read a daily chapter or two in the Bible,
and to attend church on Sundays.
These duties are important
as means of grace--
but they are not true religion.
Real religion is living out
the principles of Christianity
in one's ordinary week-day life.
It is getting the Bible and
the prayers and the services--
into our thoughts and acts
and character.
We must not cut our lives in two,
and call one part secular, governing
it by one set of principles--
and regarding the other part
as sacred, to be controlled by
another set of rules. All of life
is to be made sacred in the sense
hat everything is to be done in such
a way as to please GOD, under
the direction of HIS counsel.
We have just as much true religion
as we get into our week-day life,
and not a whit more!
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