"Yes, I know I am not a Christian! I don't profess to be one," was the light and careless answer given by a young woman not long ago. A few earnest words had just been spoken to her for her soul's good.
She seemed to think, poor girl, that really some small credit was due her for not pretending to be what in reality she was not; as if, when brought face to face with her Maker and her Judge, she could by her bold answer, "I have never professed to be a Christian," escape the reward of her indifference.
Yet this very girl could calmly look back and remember the death-bed of a dearly loved sister. Of her she would say: "Oh, she was a Christian if ever there were one. Often did she plead with me to accept Christ and meet her in heaven.”
Love of admiration, of dress and of worldly companions were weeds which choked any serious thoughts or desires to know her sister's Savior. An occasional attendance at Bible class or preaching of the Word was thought by this young girl to be interest enough for her to take in "all that sort of thing," as she called religion.
Dear reader, I hope these words so lightly spoken, "I know I am not a Christian," will strike you as solemnly as they do me. What an awful thing this is to "know"! How strange that anyone can go on eating, drinking, sleeping, playing, taking pleasure in all the trifling things of this poor, perishing world, and not troubling about what is to follow when this earthly life is over! Then, perhaps suddenly, death comes, and the giddy thoughtless one is snatched away to hear the Lord utter His terrible "I know"— "Verily I say, unto you, I know you not.”
I beg you to think seriously for a few Moments. You know some whom you love are waiting for the Lord Jesus to come from heaven and take them to Himself. They are true believers in the Lord Jesus Christ, and each of them can say, "I know I am a Christian.”
Will you write down the truth about yourself? Will you have to record "I know I am" or "I know I am not a Christian"? That little word "not" —that word makes all the solemn difference.
Should the Lord Jesus come today, do you think that by saying, "I know I am not a Christian; but I have never pretended to be one," you would be allowed to go up into the glory with His people? No, indeed! And you know that too.
Dear reader, if still unsaved, now is the time to accept God's wonderful salvation in Christ. Now is the time God gives you to be saved!,
"What shall I do then
with Jesus which
is called Christ?”
"As many as received Him,
to them gave He power
to become the sons of
God, even to them
that believe on
His name.”