Have you ever noticed how we abuse certain words in our English language? Take the word love for instance. A lot of times we are guilty of misusing the word love. A young teenager will begin to be attracted to a member of the opposite sex and will proclaim loudly, "I love her"! Then two weeks later they have forgotten about that girl only to be in love with someone else. We say that we love our trucks, and love our cars, and love our houses, and love our boats, but do we really love those things? Do those "things" really hold a special place in our hearts?
We also abuse the word Christian. Too many people think that because they go to church occasionally, because their grandpa was a deacon, because their uncle is a Sunday School teacher, that they are a Christian. Many people think that they can live any way they want to, but because they have had some kind of religious affiliation in their lives they are a Christian. I'm afraid too many times we are guilty of picking up the title but laying down the mantle.
Every sinner (not just a selected few) that is convicted of their sins by the Holy Spirit, and comes to Christ for salvation, thru faith and repentance is saved by the grace of God, and they are saved forever! However not every saved person is a Christian. To be Christian is to be "Christ like".
How "Christ like" are our daily actions? Would Christ do the things that we do in our day to day lives? It is a sobering thought. Is Christ exalted in everything we do? No, I'm not saying we have to live a sinless life to claim the name Christian. But I am afraid that too many of US (my self included) do not live up to the title that we have bestowed upon our selves.
I pray God help those of us that are saved to truely be Christian. Not just in name only, but in deed.
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