March 3
God fully expects the people who name the name of His Christ to comport themselves in a way that evidences the mind and heart of heaven. There is to be no compromise in the walk of faith with those who walk the by-ways of the world. Believers in the Lord Jesus are to manifest His heart to everyone—whether friend or foe.
How can this be accomplished? It goes against the grain of all that’s intrinsic to our humanity. Ah-ha! That’s precisely the point! When we are Christ’s, we are no longer to be representative of man’s fallen nature; we are to be representative of the nature of heaven. How can we best allow the light of His glory to penetrate the world’s darkness?
In I Peter 2:15, the impetuous apostle says, “It is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish men.” There will always be those who do not understand the transformation receiving Jesus as Savior makes upon the life of a man, but as a man persists in evidencing heaven’s values and heaven’s truth in a fallen and corrupt world, he will ultimately convince the foolish men around him of the veracity of what he believes, for actions speak far louder than words.
In his second letter to his young protégé, Paul says it this way, “Everyone who confesses the name of the Lord must turn away from wickedness…if a man is cleansed from wickedness, he will be an instrument for noble purposes, holy and useful to the Master and prepared for good work,” II Timothy 2:19, 21. The transformation in a man of faith—without compromise—is the undeniable evidence before the doubting, scoffing world that indeed, the Gospel does a thorough work.
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