Almost - thou persuadeth me to be a Christan.

To me those are heartbreaking words. Almost thou persuadeth me to be a Christan. I have heard them before. Maybe the individual  believes that Christ lives and yet they are unwilling to lay aside prestige, wealth, lifestyle or whatever and come unto Christ.To me those words are so sad. Maybe they say, Oh, I believe in Christ but I believe that in he loves everyone so much that he will forgive me and let me come and live with him anyway. Do they not understand that no one gets to heaven except by Christ and Christ said If ye believe in me keep my commandments.We all backslide along the way, that's why we have repentance -- why we have the atonement. But we have to be trying, have to be making the effort.