Friend, is this your position? Well, suppose you don't. You must meet God at life's end all the same, and "after this the judgment." In the judgment every man shall be judged according to his works, whether he makes any profession or not. Everyone is accountable to God, and He has declared that "as many as have sinned without law (these are people who don't make any profession) shall also perish without law." Rom. 2:1212For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law; (Romans 2:12). Furthermore, "the wages of sin is death." Rom. 6:2323For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. (Romans 6:23). It matters little whether you make any profession or not. You have sinned against God, and as a sinner you will receive sin's wages, eternal death.
But, let us see. I thought you did make some profession. Have you never let the name of "God" pass your lips? Have you never uttered the name of "Jesus Christ"? If you have, then you must believe there is a God, and that Jesus Christ was sent by Him into the world to be the Savior of sinners. That is quite a considerable "profession" to make.
Then you have at some time gone to a church, haven't you? While you were there, did you not share in the singing? If so, that was surely making a "profession," for only God's own people are called upon to praise Him. If you joined in singing the words of a psalm or a hymn, that was "making a profession" before men and angels, or else it was pure hypocrisy.
Most significant, what about taking "the sacrament," as people call it? Have you partaken of the emblems of Christ's death? That is the very highest profession of being identified with Jesus Christ, for it is only to such as are His own that He says, "This do in remembrance of Me." 1 Cor. 11:2424And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me. (1 Corinthians 11:24).
There is no doubt that many people have become so accustomed to these things, and go through them with so little thought, that they consider there is no "profession" in them. But these are not God's thoughts. He calls those that take the place of being His people and are not, "hypocrites." He says: "They profess that they know God; but in works they deny Him." Titus 1:1616They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate. (Titus 1:16). As false professors and hypocrites before God, they will be judged.
Unsaved one, do not forget that a man who takes God's name upon his lips, who speaks of Jesus Christ as "our Savior," who sings psalms and hymns, or is a "member" of a church, without having been born of God, is a false professor of the highest degree. If he continues so, and passes into eternity without Christ, he will have "his portion with the hypocrites" in the blackness of darkness forever.