What are the earmarks of authentic Christianity?

To my friends who claim to love Jesus,
To those who yell at me and tell me Jesus would not speak as I do,
To you who shake your head and say, “I could never do that” as I speak of the Danger Man is in to continue to LIVE in their Sins… I ask you…

What did Jesus say?

“Do you love me?”

I have considered long what the earmarks of authentic Christianity might be. And you should know this is why our Ministry is called “Only Jesus Saves”; the declaration of the exclusivity of Jesus is one of the earmarks God told us is a proof for genuine faith in Christ. Now, I know there are many, MANY, people that argue this point, but, a love for others that goes BEYOND what we want is an indication of Whose we are. That someone loves another enough to share their faith in God with them, seems like an indication they are Christians. But I find this is not clear enough, for even those for whom I was so SURE were Believers, because they tell others about how to be saved from the payment for their sin, even they have later proven themselves FALSE…

…to not be Believers. Shocking, to say the least…

So I waited as I asked Yahweh to show me what a TRUE test of who a Believer could be, and here was/is His answer:

Do you love me?

Do you love Yahweh enough to share your faith with someone you HATE, or, even worse, someone you don’t even KNOW? Do you love God so much that your bones BURN, like Jeremiah, when you cannot speak God’s Words to the Lost, to TELL them what God requires of them; to tell them of the One and ONLY Way to Salvation?
I have heard a well known Atheist asked how much you have to hate someone to not tell them the truth. Yes, this does sound right, but how much should I love God to tell someone like you how much God hates your sin, to tell you what God went through to rescue a lousy sinner like even you, Pengelet [of “Penn and Teller” fame]?
To you, you who claim to be a Christian, DO YOU LOVE GOD ENOUGH to lay down your LIFE for Him in opening your mouth, to let HIM speak to the Lost, especially when you KNOW you will pay a price for this? What limits will you place on speaking God’s Word when you KNOW God says to? Will you sit back and lie to yourself and claim God has to tell you specifically what He has Commanded us ALL to do?

Mark 16:15 (WEB)
He said to them, “Go into all the world, and preach the Good News to the whole creation.”

If this was only for those people, at that time, then the Gospel would have STOPPED right there.

Will I love Jesus so much that I will stand still, even in FLAMES for Him if need be, to sing His praises, while my flesh is being consumed by the fire, as other Godly Men and Women of Christ have done before me?

God help me, I hope so.

As my Pastor has preached, will I love Jesus enough to care if someone goes to Hell for their sin, when I might be able to prevent it in telling them the Truth?
Some would say the flames would be easier than publicly professing His Gospel. So, will you love Jesus enough to face the ridicule, laughter, derision and scorn then?

God help me, I WANT TO, how about you?

I fight myself every time to get out there and share my faith. I have to YELL at myself, “BLESS YAHWEH OH MY SOUL!”  Yet, I still can find excuses in a million places when I know it’s time to warn the Lost of their impending doom.

But God loves them too, you know?

I am not so stupid as to claim you have to love THEM to speak the truth; You don’t even KNOW them, after all. But will you go find a sinner and tell him of God’s WRATH TO COME, because you appreciate and love what God did for you? Will you warn all who refuse God’s Salvation in THIS life, that God’s Judgment Day is at the End of EVERY road, as Reverend Franklin Graham has said?

A wise Brother likes to say that if he paid you $1,000 for every sinner you preached the Gospel to, doing so Biblically, would you be careful to? I tell you that you would be outside at midnight, with a flashlight if need be, scouring the streets for sinners at 3 am! So, if you WOULD do so for money, then where is your desire when you refuse to for Jesus?

What does God require of man but to do justly, love mercy and to live humbly before Him? God’s love REQUIRES that Justice be done on ALL mankind, so will you tell them?

Do you know what the Price is for those who KNOW the truth and do not tell it?

Tell me, Whose are you again?

Patrick Burwell, OnlyJesusSaves.com Ministries
www.HowWillYouDo.org