'We are not saved by a creed!
We are not saved by a creed!
That which makes one a Christian is not . . .
the acceptance of Christ's teaching,
the uniting with His church,
the adoption of His morals,
the espousing of His cause —
but the receiving of Him as our personal Savior, the entering into a covenant of eternal friendship with Him as our Lord and Master.
We are not saved by a creed which gathers up the essence of the truth about Christ's person and work, in a few golden sentences. We must have the Christ Himself , whom the creed holds forth, in His radiant beauty and grace.
A good many people think that being a Christian is . . .
to pray a few moments morning and evening,
to read a daily chapter or two in the Bible,
and to attend church on Sundays.
These duties are important as means of grace — but they are not vital religion.
True religion is living out the principles of Christianity in one's ordinary week-day life. It is getting the Bible and the prayers and the services — into thought and act and character!
We must not cut our lives in two and call one part secular , governing it by one set of principles — and regarding the other part as sacred , to be controlled by another set of rules.
All of life is to be made religious, in the sense that everything is to be done in such a way as to please God, under the direction of His counsel. We have just as much religion, as we get into our week-your life, and not a whit more!