Solemn Questions to Professing Christians.
ARE you reconciled to God? Can you approach him as a Friend? Do you love him as a Father? Do you obey him as a Master? Do you love his word, his people, and his day? In vain do you profess to love him, if you do nothing for him. Are you, like Jesus, going about doing good? Do you visit the sick, pity the poor, and seek the salvation of all around you? Do you daily live under the impression, “I am responsible; I am responsible for my time, talents, and opportunities to do good”? Are you growing in grace? Is the heart hard, or soft? Is Christ precious? Are you willing to receive all he has, and to do all he bids? To make a complete Saviour of him, imitating his example, as well as trusting in his blood? Are you prepared for death? You may soon be summoned; how much better to be summoned from the field of labor than from the bed of sloth. “Work while it is called to-day; the night cometh when no man can work.” Are you looking for the glorious appearing of the Lord Jesus, who will come to be glorified in his saints, and to reward every man according to his works?