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Enough Evidence to Convict You

Analogy★★★

IF YOU’RE going month after month and year after year and there are no negative repercussions that ever come upon you because of your faith, then your faith has not been clearly demonstrated. You are a secret agent Christian or a Spiritual CIA member. You are a covert operative because there have been no repercussions for your faith.

To put it another way, if you were accused of being a Christian, would there be enough evidence to convict you or would you be found innocent of all charges?

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The point

If your Christian faith brings no cost or opposition, ask yourself whether there would be enough evidence to convict you of being a Christian.

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Audience
AdultsYouthSmall Group
Occasions
Evangelistic Meeting · Sermon
Tone
Challenging
To tell aloud
under a minute · 88 words
Subjects
PerseveranceWitnessingDiscipleshipCourageWitnessFaithAuthenticityEvidenceConvictionFaith in ActionCommitmentPersecutionSpiritual Identity

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