1 COR 12

3 Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.

HOW TO KNOW YOU ARE A CHRISTIAN

There are many evidences that a person who names the Name of Christ can demonstrate, so others can tell they are a Christian. 1 John is a book that shows many of those evidences and is a good book to go through to truly examine whether we are in the faith or not. I encourage you to read it.

In 2 Corinthians 13:5, we are told to examine ourselves as to whether we are in the faith. We all need a reality check… me included.

When we were without hope and without Christ, we had no time for Christ. We used the Name of Jesus as a cuss word.

But when we come to know God, our attitude to Jesus is completely transformed. We come to see Jesus as intensely beautiful. Spurgeon puts it like this:

Jesus Christ is most precious to every believer.

O that I had power to speak of His preciousness as it ought to be spoken of! He is worthy of an angelic speaker to tell out all His worth

He is essentially precious. He possesses an intrinsic worth. He must be precious who is infinite God.

To every sinner who feels his sin, Christ is precious.

To every child of God who is saved, the Savior must forever be fairest among the fair.

To every heir of heaven who has experienced the sweetness of His saving grace, Christ must appear to be “the chief among ten thousand, and the altogether lovely One.”

Had not been for our Savior dying on the cross, we would forever have been cast into hell.

You know that you are a Christian because the Spirit works in your heart, and you call Jesus “Lord.” Not only do you call him Lord, but you act like Jesus is your Lord. You have given control of your life to Him and you know His Lordship over your life.

The true Christian calls Jesus the sweetest thing in his life. When you are saved, you call Jesus Lord, you call Him your beloved, you call Him precious and the Lovely One.

To me and to millions of others, He is precious, my beloved and my Lord. That is why one of the most important questions that can be asked is – What do you think of Christ?

If your heart cries out like Spurgeon above, you know you are saved… amen… because He is precious to you.

God bless you

Keith