What Would the Evidence Reveal?

Let us imagine hypothetically we left our house right this minute and started walking down the street. If we were accused and arrested for being a Christian would there be enough evidence in our life to convict us? What kind of evidence would be found to substantiate the charges against us?

• Did our appearance reflect wholesomeness and modesty?


• Did our speech involve kind words and witnessing?


• Did our temperament hold a calm, peaceable demeanor?


• Does our life style show a consistency in godly interests?


• Would our deeds & dealings be found pure and honorable?


• Would our life show a faithfulness to God?


• Would we have witnesses that could verify that we profess Christ daily?


• Would our life show areas where we are actively serving God?

Would the evidence be considered only circumstantial evidence? Would there be enough proof in our daily life to convict us as Christians? Or would we be like Peter and deny our Lord?

If you are like me, you would like to think the evidence would reveal that we love God with all of our heart. But is it really true? If we compare ourselves to people given as examples in God's Word, how do we compare?

• Mary of Bethany, the sister of Martha and Lazarus, in an act of devotion broke a very expensive alabaster box of spikenard and lavishes it upon the feet and head of her blessed Lord Jesus. She was sacrificial in her giving.


• And then another time when Mary sat at Jesus feet giving Him her full attention. She was sacrificial in her time.


• The harlot who washes Jesus' feet with her own tears and hair. She humbly gave of herself and all she had.


• King David is shown for his diligency seeking God and his wholehearted praise to God was always on his lips. He meditated on God's Word and openly praised God.


• In the apostle Paul we see his dedication in his service to God. He suffered bonds and afflictions. He receiving the Lord Jesus, he testified the gospel, and was willing to die for his Lord.

Do any of us in this day and age have this kind of passionate devotion to our Heavenly Father and our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. Would the charges of being a Christian and the evidence given bring a verdict of guilty. Or is the evidence circumstantial enough to cause reasonable doubt? I found this self-examination convicting.