On trial....

We live in a world that is in darkness. Their minds have been blinded by the god of this world so that the light of the glorious gospel of Christ might not reach them.  We that know the truth and have been set free by it realize that we too were once in the same darkness.  These days I dont ask a person if they are a christian or if they go to church.  I ask them if they have been born again. This seems to strike a nerve. Has their darkend soul been quickened by the Spirit of God.  Then I ask them to prove it.  To a born again believer, this opportunity is one of pure joy and delight with no offence.  I remember once when the apostle Paul was taken and accusations were brought against him.  I love what the inspired text said of this occassion.  " They could not prove it "!  Here, the apostle was on trial for being a criminal.  I want to turn this a little and put the burden on us all.  I want to put all of us on trial for being a christian.  What proof, what evidence can you bring against yourself that would prove beyond any shadow of any doubt that your born again?  I love the lost and so many people are religious and reformed and registered with a church membership but have never been born again and the evidence that they present will not stand up in the high courts of the Almighty.