"SOMEBODY IS WATCHING YOU!"

Col. 3:17 'And whatever you do or say, let it be as a representative of the Lord Jesus, all the while giving thanks through him to God the Father.' NLT
It is a shame when a person that is professing to be a Christian can go to work for years and years and no one at their job is ever lead to Christ by them. It is a shame how a person can be a Christian and yet live in a house for years and years with an unsaved spouse and never lead them to Christ.Funny how they can appear so spiritual in church, and yet no one is ever affected by them or changed by them. How can you be a Christian and no one around you desires your Christ? At that point, you should take a good look at yourself and examine your lifestyle. There must be something wrong. People don't care how you preach Christ around them, or how you talk about your church home to them. They are measuring what you have by your walk. They want to know that Christianity is working for you before they decide to try it. The church is getting so weak in this area and the world is losing hope in many of us. Trying to fit in with the world cost souls. Trying to hang in the club or dating unsaved people costs your witness. Your behavior is costing you many souls when you don't represent Jesus with your entire lifestyle. You must stay in the position to win others to Christ. You must be aware of people around you and live according to the word of God in their presence if you expect to ever win them to Christ. You can't become like them and change them, but you have to show them the best way to live. The way they live is not good enough, so don't ever become like them to win them. On your job, you must not get close to people that are not living right, but you must only get close enough to show them a better way of living. You can't embrace their lifestyle because that will be approval to them, so you must live Christ like in front of them so they will desire what you have. You are an example of Christ for the unbeliever or the hypocrite. You cannot win them if you operate in sin, unbelief, or hypocrisy yourself!

(Suggested Reading: 1Pet. 2:21,1Th. 4:12, Phil. 3:17)

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