by Lawrence R. Eyres
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As you begin to read this booklet, I want you to consider the title question as being asked of you personally. I hope you will not turn aside from this question until you are able to say with warm conviction, “Yes, by God’s grace, I am a Christian!” And I for my part will attempt to keep this question and its answer before you, for I am persuaded that no other question can ever be as vital to you as this one: Are you a Christian?
The Stock Answers No other question is so surrounded with confusion or answered so variously. Though it does not include them all, here is a list of more common answers given to this question:
(1) “I hope I’m a Christian,” says one. ‘‘I’m trying. I try to live by the Ten Commandments, the Golden Rule, and the Sermon on the Mount. I’m doing my best. God surely can’t ask for more than one’s best!”
(2) “I should think I am,” says another. “My father and mother are very devout. I have a brother who is a minister. I was taught the articles of my religion from earliest childhood. If I’m not a Christian, who is?”
(3) “Why yes!” answers the third. “I was baptized as an infant, I have been instructed in the beliefs of my church, I took my first communion at the age of fourteen, and I’ve been a faithful church member ever since.”
(4) The next one says, “I went to the altar under the evangelist when the invitation was given. I had a real experience with the Lord at that time. I may have been a little careless since then, but it was showed me out of the Bible that when you accept Jesus as your Savior you’re saved, and you’ll never be lost again. So, you see, I must be a Christian.”
(5) Another says, “I don’t really know. In fact, I don’t see how anyone can really be sure in this life that he’s saved.”
(6) “Certainly I’m a Christian,” says the last one, “Aren’t we all children of God? God is the Father of all men, therefore all are brothers. It’s true that other religions have other names for God and heaven, but we’re all striving for the same goal, we’re all going to the same place. Therefore, everyone who is sincere in his own religion is a Christian.”