Day 47

1 John 2:6 ~ “Whoever says he abides in Him ought [as a personal debt] to walk and conduct himself in the same way in which He walked and conducted Himself.” (Amplified Bible)

Several years ago, I was fortunate enough to talk with a woman who had been in church her whole life, she was in her 80s. I was amazed at the fact that she had grown up knowing the Lord, since I hadn’t met Him until I was already an adult. I expected to get good old Godly wisdom from her, but instead, she told me all sorts of things about people of the church. Who was sleeping with who, who was stealing from who, she seemed to know everyone’s business…and she wasn’t afraid to tell it. Being new to the church myself, I was floored. These were “church people”; surely these things couldn’t be true! Unfortunately, the longer I stayed at that church, the more truth was revealed. I often wondered, “If this is how the people of God act, in His house nonetheless, what is the benefit of living this life”? I realized that being brought up in church means nothing if you’re not willing to change your ways to that of Christ. I want to remind you today that as Christians, we are set apart. We are born again creatures, not of this world and therefore we can not act as the rest of the world acts. What kind of example are we setting for the Kingdom if we do the things unbelievers do? How will we draw someone away from their sinful ways if we’re committing the sins with them? Did Jesus gossip? Did He curse, get drunk, lie, cheat, or steal? Of course not! We are representatives of the Most High God; let us always conduct ourselves as such!