Read 1 John 2:26–29
Today’s Scripture: Now, dear children, continue in [Christ], so that when he appears we may be confident and unashamed before him at his coming. 1John2:28

A person who professes to be a Christian but does not live in obedience,
love, and truth is either deceived or a deceiver. A child bears the nature of an earthly father, and a person who has been “born of God” will reveal the characteristics of the heavenly Father.

A Sunday school class seemed to be having constant problems. The
pastor and the superintendent met with the teacher and officers but made no apparent progress. Then, one Sunday morning, the teacher of the class came down the aisle during the closing hymn of the service. I suppose she wants to dedicate her life to the Lord, the pastor thought.
“Pastor,” she said, “I want to confess Christ as my Savior. All these years
I thought I was saved, but I wasn’t. There was always something lacking in my life. The class problems were actually my problems, but now they’ve been solved.”

“Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves”
(2 Cor. 13:5). Do our lives bear the marks of obedience, love, and truth?

Are our Christian lives something real, genuine, authentic? Or are they
counterfeit?

Something to Ponder
What would it take to make your Christian life more genuine?