A profligate young man was in the habit of wearing a ring, on which his virtuous father's name was engraved. While in the midst of his wickedness, one day, a friend of his departed father observed the ring on his finger, and said, "You should take off that ring, or make your life conform to the worthy name it bears.”
From that day the ring with his father's name was removed, and it was not long ere the profligate young man was converted, and became a follower of Christ and an imitator of his father, whose name he then bore worthily.
There are many who bear the Name of Jesus, who call themselves Christians, but who live in sin and serve the devil. They plainly show by their speech and manner of life, that they are merely professors, who have never been saved. By professing the Name of Christ, and denying Him in their lives, they are a dishonor to Him.
To all such we would say—Give up your false profession, and dishonor Christ's Name no longer. To live as a Christian ought, you must first become a Christian, and this is not done by wearing a Christian profession, but by coming as a lost sinner, and receiving Christ as your Savior.