He is not ashamed to call you brethren; and will you be ashamed to confess Him as your Lord and Master in the face of the world? Be not debating within yourselves when you shall avow yourselves; do so at once, decidedly. Make the plunge, and trust God for the consequences.
I know it by experience that an open, bold confession of being Christ’s is more than half the struggle over.
I say, as one who knows, that if a man, in the strength of the Lord, is just brought to say to his companions and friends,
“I am Christ’s, and I must act for Him,” he will not suffer what others must feel who are creeping on fearful, and afraid to own Him whom they desire to serve.