"Dear friends, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from sinful desires, which wage war against your soul. 12 Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us."
1 Peter 2:11-12
As Christians we are in the world, but we are not part of it.
Truly we are strangers in a strange land, and we are called to be different,
like Daniel as an exile in Babylon.
Although he lived in a foreign culture he did not defile himself,
but chose to serve the Lord his entire life.
When we live godly lives we can often draw ridicule from unbelievers (pagans),
but we are being watched, and I believe that these same revilers often harbor secret hopes that our godly lives inspire within them. So keep your eyes fixed on Jesus, and keep on walking in those feet that are shod with the preparation of the Gospel of peace.
1 Peter 2:11-12
As Christians we are in the world, but we are not part of it.
Truly we are strangers in a strange land, and we are called to be different,
like Daniel as an exile in Babylon.
Although he lived in a foreign culture he did not defile himself,
but chose to serve the Lord his entire life.
When we live godly lives we can often draw ridicule from unbelievers (pagans),
but we are being watched, and I believe that these same revilers often harbor secret hopes that our godly lives inspire within them. So keep your eyes fixed on Jesus, and keep on walking in those feet that are shod with the preparation of the Gospel of peace.
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