Just a Thought

Someone once joked, “Anyone who thinks sitting in church can make you a Christian must also think that sitting in a garage can make you a car!”
Whilst true that no-one can be made a Christian just by sitting in a church, the reality is we can only become a Christian by responding to God’s call to repent and receive Christ, which is more likely to happen in a place where His word is regularly preached.
However, over the years since Jesus was on earth the meaning of the word Christian has become watered down to the extent that many now call themselves ‘Christian’ because they consider that they live a good life, even though they have no interest in Jesus Christ. If any of us are thinking in that way we are deceiving ourselves, as the truth is, God has declared that none of us are good or do good, and so are of no profit to Him. (Romans 3 vs 10 & 12).
A Christian is someone who has understood that in God’s sight they have no goodness of their own, but want to be right with Him and so are in need of His forgiveness and righteousness. They have been drawn to the Lord Jesus Christ by the love and grace He has shown towards us in His suffering and death on the cross, when He bore the just judgement of God in our place. As a result they have willingly submitted their life to Him, recognising that He is the only person qualified to be a mediator between us and God. (1 Timothy 2 v 5).