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More than Mouth-Christians But there is still another word the church has always used, be cause Jesus used it: Follow Con fession alone is not enough It may take courage to confess Christ It lakes sincerity and also Ftick-to-it ivrness to follow him. Confession can be done in a burst of enthusi asm; following takes the long pull. Confessing Christ means saying he comes first in your life But does he'.’ Who or what is really first"1 There are a great many too many — church members today who have been as much of a Christian as they can possibly be—with their mouths. They have confessed Christ as Son of God. as Lord and Saviour. They have said, in effect, that they wish to be counted on his side But when they "joined the church" or were "confirmed." that is about as far as it went. They hardly even warm a pew nowa days. What is needed is something more than mouth-Christians. voice Christians, word-Christians. shout ing Christians. What is needed is follow ing-Christians. It is noticeable that almost im mediately after Jesus had praised Peter for his confession, he called him Satan, the very devil. For it was plain that Peter was thinking along lines quite different from Jesus. Following Christ means thinking more and more as he would think. ‘ Hu-fit on outlier* roprrif htrd hr tho PWi«ton of Chrlotlan education. No tional Council of iho Churrhr* of C hrl*t in (hr I S.A Rrlcoacd hr WXl' Fcalurr* l
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