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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Nov 15, 1905

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 31, No. 46.

Christianity

By G.

Christianity.—Altho in common parlance the word "Christian" is understood to mean one who professes to follow Christ, it is generally conceded that a true Christian is one who does follow Christ. He may not have attained perfection, but he is a willing learner, and by faith walks in the light as far and as fast as truth is revealed. To be a Christian there must be a yielding of the heart to Christ in response to the drawing influence of the Spirit of God. "No man can come to Me," says Christ, "except the Father which hath sent Me draw him." John 6:44. When we see the "fruit of the Spirit" (Gal. 5:22, 23), or the Spirit of Christ, exemplified in any individual, we may safely say that he is a

Christian.

Of an association of such persons we may say that it is a Christian body. But the mere assertion by any human authority that any person or any body of people is Christian, does not make it so. Where the fruit is lacking, where the conduct is at variance with the profession, it is safe to conclude that the profession of Christian character is a false profession. No human edict, no human process, can make an individual or association Christian. “Ye must be born again,” born of the Spirit, in order to be a Christian. G.