Denise McAllister: Am I Really a Christian?

“Am I really a Christian?” is one of the most common and painful questions posed in Christian circles. The second is like it: “Can she or he really be a Christian?” We look at our own lives, and the lives of others, and we see so much sin. How can this be when Christians are supposed to be saints not sinners? We’re supposed to be keepers of Christ’s commandments, not violators. As James said, “What good is it if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him?” He even goes so far as to say that “a person is justified by works and not by faith alone…. For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also faith apart from works is dead.” What Christian, who’s honest with himself about his own sin, can read that without fear and trembling?