
Could there be any worse conundrum? Any more grievous a contemplation? How horrific: to claim the name of Christ without Christ. To profess Jesus without the nature of Jesus. Is this not the height of hypocrisy; to claim to be what you neither evidence nor live? We must lament the Christian profession void of Christ-expression.
Jesus is Salvation: to know Him is to be rescued (Isa. 12:2). Jesus is the Prince of Peace: To know Him is to be governed by His pleasant ways (Pr. 3:17). Jesus is Wonderful Counselor: to know Him is to be heard, seen, and instructed (Ps. 32:8). Jesus is Almighty God: to know Him is to tremble at His greatness; secure in His fortress (Ps. 2:11) (Pr. 14:26). Jesus is Eternal Father, and are we obedient children at rest in His house? (Isa. 9:6)