IF a person …

IF…

… a person studies to be a pilot, and gets his pilot’s license, but never flies, is he a pilot?

… a person gets a degree in education and earns her teaching certification, but never teaches, is she a teacher?

… a person earns a JD degree and passes the bar exam to become an attorney, but never practices law, is he an attorney?

… a person spends years at a university studying to become a doctor, graduates and successfully completes an internship, but never practices medicine, is she a doctor?

… a person attends a police academy and successfully completes the rigors of the school and all the examinations, but never wears the uniform and serves his community, is he a police officer?

… a person studies the field of real estate and even earns her real estate license, but never works in the field of real estate, is she a realtor?

… a person claims to be a Christian and becomes a church member, but doesn’t serve in the church, doesn’t read his Bible with any consistency, doesn’t pray personally, rarely gives to the church, and never shares his faith, is he really a Christian?

Matthew 7:21 says, “Not everyone who calls out to me, ‘Lord! Lord!’ will enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Only those who actually do the will of my Father in heaven will enter.”

“If someone claims, ‘I know God,’ but doesn’t obey God’s commandments, that person is a liar and is not living in the truth. But those who obey God’s word truly show how completely they love him. That is how we know we are living in him. Those who say they live in God should live their lives as Jesus did,” I John 2:4-6.

“So why do you keep calling me ‘Lord, Lord!’ when you don’t do what I say?” Luke 6:46.

Scotty