Here is a thought-provoking article by Norbert Leith from Midnight Call Ministries that should be read by all…especially those who are not 100% sure they are standing on the Rock. Excerpt: Words like “imitation,” “fake,” and “copy” are well known to all of us. There are also people who call themselves Christians who are actually not Christians at all.

Recently a car pulled up next to me and the driver offered me “best leather” goods for very little money. The offer took me by surprise, but I bought something small since I was in a hurry. Not long afterward, I noticed that the material was imitation leather, and it fell apart almost instantly!

There are many fake things that look so identical to the authentic article that you can hardly tell the difference: flowers, gold, diamonds, money, paintings, wood, carpets, etc. Sometimes it takes an expert to tell-often by tiny details-what is true and what is imitation.

In Christianity there are also copies and imitations, true and false Christians. This is very clearly portrayed in the parable of the ten virgins recorded in Matthew 25. The five foolish virgins were very similar to the wise virgins, only they lacked oil, which is a picture of the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. Many people live a Christian life because they are carried along by the tide of Christianity surrounding them. Their surroundings are Christian, and therefore they also regard themselves as Christians.

I do not want to rob anyone of the assurance of salvation they have in their hearts through the testimony of the Holy Spirit. Moreover, I am convinced that a Christian who has been spiritually born again cannot be lost (Hebrews 10:10, 14). But I would not want anyone to live with a false assurance to which he or she has no right.

Sometimes we are surprised when a person who seemed to be a Christian suddenly turns away from the faith and does not want to hear anything more of Jesus and His work on Calvary’s cross, even going so far as to deny it. The Apostle John also had this painful experience and wrote in his first letter, “They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us” (1 John 2:19).

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