Coral, may I bring up a point re your statement "if you believe your a christian then you are a christian".

People of the Jewish faith believe that Christ was a prophet, yet they don't accept him as THE Son of God; the Messiah. These people aren't "Christian" just because they believe He lived, right?

I'm an American citizen married to a Scotsman with a Scottish last name. It doesn't make ME a Scott, does it? Yet, I can legally call myself Mrs. I**** because I have a legally binding document that says I can since I made some commitments.

The Bible says that many will call "Lord! Lord!" but he won't know them because they haven't accepted him truly as their Lord.

IMO , you have to know the Man and accept him for Who He is before you can call yourself by His name. What do you think?