Because you attend church, listen to Christian music, wear a cross around your neck or have the coolest Jesus t-shirt doesn’t make you a Christian. Although a Christian may do those things, doing those things doesn’t make you a Christian. As Ray Comfort says, “Sitting in church no more makes you a Christian than sitting in a garage makes you a car”.
The apostle Paul wrote,
Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Or do you not realize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?–unless indeed you fail to meet the test! I hope you will find out that we have not failed the test. 2 Corinthians 13:5-6 ESV
Paul was writing to professing Christians. If we profess Jesus Christ as our savior, we should examine ourselves as well. Pastor Jeff Parks of Cornerstone Church in Lawson, MO spoke on this topic preceding the baptism of a man that once thought he was saved, yet wasn’t. It is worth hearing this message and taking heed.
