We are not saved

We are not saved by believing a creed

"Do not be amazed that I said to you: You must be born again! " John 3:7

That which makes one a Christian, is not . . .
the agreeing with Christ's teachings,
the uniting with His Church,
the adoption of His morals,
the espousing of His cause —
but the receiving of Him as our personal Lord and Savior, and entering into a covenant of eternal friendship with Him. We are not saved by believing a creed which gathers up in a few golden sentences, the essence of the truth about Christ's person and work — we must have the Christ Himself, whom the creed holds forth, in His radiant beauty and grace!

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 true religion. Real 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 our thoughts and acts 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 sacred 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 true religion as we get into our week-day life, and not a whit more!

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