THEORETICAL CHRISTIANS

                                                               It was A.W. Tozer who said;

"We have today theological saints who can (and

must) be proved to be saints by an appeal to

the Greek original.  We need saints whose lives

proclaim their sainthood,  and who need not run

to the concordance for authentication."

Our Churches today are full of theoretical, theological

or fake Christians.  They may look good, but they are

not the real thing.

I KNOW!

Who made me the judge.

I am not the judge.  Jesus is.

All we have to do is look at the fruit.

"You can identify them by their fruit,

that is, by the way they act.  Can

you pick grapes from thorn bushes,

or figs from thistles?"

(Matthew 7:16 NLT)

"Yes, just as you can identify a 

tree by its fruit, so you can 

identify people by their actions."

(Matthew 7:20 NLT)

Those of us who have raised sheep and goats

know the difference of the "baa" of a sheep as

vs. the bleating of a goat just as you know the 

difference between the meow of a cat as vs.

the bark of a dog.

Christians, that is the true children or family

of God, have characteristics that differ from 

the characteristics of the world.  We are given

them when we are born into the family of God.

How do we get into the family of God?

Just like a family here on earth.  You are

born into it, or married into it, or adopted

into it.  All good Biblical expressions used

in the Scriptures for Children of God - i.e.

Christians.

Joining a church will not do it.  The beliefs

or doctrines you hold will not do it.  Your

opinions will not do it. etc. etc. etc.

There must be a definite transaction with

God almighty.

There must be a repenting, i.e. as change of

mind and turning to God, an asking for his 

forgiveness for failure and sin and then a 

submitting to Jesus Christ to become LORD

and the Savior over your life.

WE HAVE TO BE IN A RELATIONSHIP 

WITH JESUS CHRIST.

or else.

"Not everyone who calls out to me,

'Lord! Lord! will enter the Kingdom

of Heaven.  Only those who actually 

do the will of my Father in heaven

will enter.  On judgment day many

will say to me, 'Lord! Lord!  We

prophesied in your name and cast

out demons in your name and per-

formed many miracles in your 

name.'  But I will reply, 'I never

knew you.  Get away from me, you

who break God's laws.'".

(Matthew 7:21 - 23 NLT)

Do you only profess Jesus Christ,

or possess Christ?