Has anyone ever told you, that? It reaps right into the inner core of your being doesn't it? Well guess what? you are this very much bothered by this statement because you are... The question is not about your answer but your choice.
The question is set to make you defend yourself or may bluntly put it "your righteousness" The devil wants you to come right up and say " Yeah my works justify me, I am a Christian because of what I do" There lies he trick, you are not saved by works but by grace. As the bible clearly puts it, "...our righteousness is like filthy rags compared to his righteousness..." , so why bother, you may ask. My friend the good news is, your righteousness has been replaced by his righteousness. Nothing shall separate us from the love of God; nope it is not by works but by grace that we have been saved.
Praise God that we have Christ the atonement for our unrighteousness, we have the redeemer from our fallen state. So you call yourself a Christian , yes , yes, go ahead it not you but Christ who lives in you. You are a Christ likeness irrespective of circumstances, accusations , faults, shortcomings, good works, all of this is immaterial. You are a Christian for Christ died for you and you when you believe and say you are.
Isaiah 64:6
Romans 8:38-39
Ephesians 2:8-9
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