When A Christian Robs Christ
But, it may be objected, how can a Christian surrender? Does he not already belong to Christ? Ah, that is the sad tragedy of it. Will a man rob God? Yes, the Church of Christ is largely robbing him to-day of the only offering he cares for—ourselves as living sacrifices. We are indeed bought with a price, the precious blood of Christ, we are not our own, we belong to him. Have you acknowledged this ownership in every detail, not with your lips alone, but with your life, in its every action? That is the first requirement for Victory. And Victory will never be enjoyed until the surrender question is settled. An earnest young Christian woman was in defeat and distress because there was something she would not yield. She acknowledged it was pride, but she could not give it up.
“Whom do you belong to?” she was asked.
“Christ.”
“What price did he pay for you?”
“His own life.”
“But you are saying to him there is something you are holding back. What are you doing?”
“I suppose I am crucifying him afresh,” she answered, the tears coming.
“Yes, you are robbing him.”
But the struggle went on and she would not yield.