I've been part of several discussions lately about how we fail to show the world that we, Christians, are different. I have to say that I believe that the reason we have some of the problems we have in our society today is because Christians have tried to allow too much of the world and worldly influences to infiltrate the church. Others may disagree, and that is fine, but, that is what I believe.
As Christians, we should live like we are different from the world and worldly things. If others can't tell that we serve a risen SAVIOR and our personal relationship with Him causes us to want to live different from this greedy, evil, sin-filled world, we are failing. I believe, as Christians, that we should live a life that is absolutely identifiable as different from the world.
Today's word is Matthew 7:18, NIV, which reads, "A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit."
You can tell what someone is really grounded in by the fruit that he/she bears. Before someone decides that I am judging, I assure you that there is absolutely no judgement in my comment. However, I know that JESUS tells us this to remind us that we can know what someone someone truly believes by what they bear. Not being judgmental but, I know an apple tree when I see it. And, I know that an apple tree cannot produce pears. The same goes for people truly following CHRIST; they aren't going to look like this sinful world.
Today, I am reminding myself, as much as anyone, that we are to be different than this world. As Christians, we should look different, talk different, behave different than those who do not follow CHRIST. I am always mindful that just as I am watching others, others are watching me, and I should be bearing Christian fruit.
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