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Dec 17, 2013

THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD

Mathew 5:16...Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.

As Christians, we are brand ambassadors of Christ on earth therefore we must portray our kingdom to unbelievers in the right light. Our responsibility is not to God alone but also to the world as demonstrated by the cross. The cross points upward signifying a relationship with God and outward signifying a relationship and responsibility to the world.

Our attitude as believers matters a lot. We must know that it is rare to find unbelievers reading the bible; our lives are the bibles they read. Thus, we must not be stumbling blocks in the path of others.

Our actions might be the single reason someone does or doesn't want to listen to the gospel. Little habits like exaggerating in order to make our conversation interesting, laziness at our places of work, disobedience to our parents and to authority figures, a nonchalant attitude, etc are things that must be avoided.

There are things which are not necessarily bad but because of the negative message that would be sent out to unbelievers who are reading our lives, we must avoid them. An example is an unmarried sister spending the night in a brother's house. The world will read a meaning to that even though no sin is committed. The bible says flee all appearances of evil.

We must be conscious of the fact that the devil is an accuser and so be careful that we do not leave him room to provide false evidences to dilute the message of Christ we preach to those not yet saved.

CONFESSION: my life brings glory to God daily. I am a true ambassador of Christ!

PRAYER: help me live a life that people will read and be saved in Jesus' name.

FURTHER STUDY: 1 Cor 8, Eph. 4:24-32