“Yes, I know I am not a Christian. I don’t profess to be one,” said a young woman not long ago.
She seemed to think that really some small credit was due her for not pretending to be what she was not, as if, when brought face to face with her Maker and her Judge, she could by her bold answer, “I never professed to be a Christian,” escape the penalty of her indifference.
I hope these words so lightly spoken, “I know I am not a Christian,” will strike you as sadly as they do me. What an awful thing this is to “know”! How strange that anyone can go on eating, drinking, sleeping, playing in all the trifling things of this poor, perishing world, never thinking about what is to follow after this earthly life is over. Then, perhaps suddenly, death comes, and the thoughtless one is snatched away to hear the Lord utter these terrible words, “Verily I say unto you, I know you not” (Matthew 25:1212But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. (Matthew 25:12)).
Think now for a few moments. Are there some whom you love who are true believers in the Lord Jesus Christ? They can each say, “I know that I am a Christian.”
Now write down the truth about yourself. Will you have to put down, “I know that I am a Christian,” or, “I know that I am not a Christian”? That little word “not” makes the difference.
If the Lord Jesus should come today, do you think that by saying, “I know that I am not a Christian, but then I have never pretended to be one,” you would be allowed to go up into the glory with His people? No! And you know it too.
If still unsaved, now is the time God gives you to be saved.