1 Thessalonians 5:22-23



22 Abstain from all appearance of evil.

23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.



You know the says, if it quacks, waddles, and looks like a duck, it is probably duck. Well take that same thought of mind and put it to your life. If you talk like the world, you act like the world, and you look like the world, then that is what people will see. Jesus may have had sinners follow him but he never acted like them. He never tried to fit in with them. He instead helped them change to be like him. One excuse I hear people say is “God knows my heart, and it doesn’t matter what people think of me.” If you are a child of God, it doesn’t matter what the world thinks of you, but how can you reach the world when you act, talk, and look like one of them? Think about it. If they don’t know you are a follower of Christ how do they know to ask you about him? They don’t. You may not agree with this but there is a change in someone who comes to Christ. They clean up their speech. They remove actions that hinder them from being a light. They take on the appearance of a Christian. So look, talk, and act like a Christian.