July 31
Many people profess faith in Christ and some of us are accused (rightly or wrongly) by unbelievers of being hypocrites. We who bear the name of the Lord must be ever mindful of the message our words and actions convey to people who are not in the household of faith. We may be the only ‘Bible’ they ever read,’ so we must display Him clearly, accurately, and faithfully.
If those around us see Jesus in us, they may be attracted to Him by the loveliness of the Savior that they perceive in us. We may not represent Him as well as we should, but even the glimpse of His glory and His love that we may convey can be sufficient to bring a lost soul to the foot of the cross, to a point of decision.
Our prayer, of course, is that in drawing close to the Christ they see in us, they will receive Him as their own and begin to know Him personally, in the more perfect revelation He will convey when they behold Him in truth. The ability to see Him causes all else the world esteems to wan in its allure.
In receiving Jesus, in beholding His glory, is great eternal treasure and great temporal peace. Paul says in Galatians 5:1, “It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.” No hypocrisy we see around us can rob us of the beauty we see in Him.
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