CLOSET CHRISTIANS

     Are you an undercover Christian?  Do you think that
the people around you at work or at school or anywhere else
would think you were "weird", if they knew that Jesus
Christ is the Savior and the Lord of your life?

     In the gospel of John, we read that "many even of the
rulers believed in Jesus, but because of the Pharisees they
were not confessing him, lest they should be put out of the
synagogue; for they loved the approval of men rather than
the approval of God." (John 12:42-43)

     It was mainly in the synagogue that the rulers were
plotting how to trap and kill Jesus.  Identifying yourself
out loud as a "Jesus Person" will save you out of a lot of
uncomfortable and tempting situations.  It may bring you
some scorn, but it also will bring you respect from folk
who will admire you for voicing your convictions.

     "Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he has
redeemed from the hand of the adversary." (Ps 107:2)

     In other words, let the Lord's redeemed TALK about it!