The Six Symptoms
Belonging to a church doesn't make you born again, any more than standing in a garage makes you a car. Ryle identified 6 specific symptoms of new life from 1 John. Do you have them?
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Belonging to a church doesn't make you born again, any more than standing in a garage makes you a car. Ryle identified 6 specific symptoms of new life from 1 John. Do you have them?
Being decent and churchgoing is not the same as being alive. Ephesians 2 says we were dead — not sick, not tired, dead. The good news is that God raises the dead. Has He raised you?
Conversion is Scriptural, real, necessary, possible, happy, and visible. Ryle said even church-going people desperately need it. Do you have the real thing or a very convincing imitation?
Lot's wife had a godly husband, knew Abraham, received a divine rescue — and was lost. You can be the closest person to real Christianity and never actually have it. Privileges don't save. Grace does.