Galatians 2:14 "But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the Gospel, I said to Peter before them all, If thou being a Jew, livest after the manner of the Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the gentiles to live as do the Jews."
The life we have been called into is not an easy life. It is a life which requires a lot of sacrifice, long suffering, self denial, humility, giving and forgiving just to name a few. But it is a life that must be lived in truth. It is a life we can't just talk, but the world must also see this life in our walk. It is easy to say you are a Christian, to say you are Christ like, but what does the life you are living before man say. It is one thing for people to see you dressed on Sunday's and say that there is a Christian, but if they see you dressed up on Friday or Saturday night will they say the same thing?
Here Paul called Peter to the carpet. Peter was trying to tell the gentiles they had to live and walk a certain way. Yet that which he was telling them they had to do, he himself wasn't doing. We who are believers, sometimes are quick to point fingers at the way the non-believers are living and the things they do which goes against the word of God, but what about that which we do which to goes against God's word. How can we who are saved expect the lost to live in accordance to God's word, if we are not. Let us first make sure we are walking in the right direction before we begin pointing fingers at those who we believe are going wrong. Paul told Peter if you being saved is living the life of the unsaved, how can you expect the unsaved to live right.
We know or at least we profess to know that Jesus rose with all power in heaven and earth in His hands, let us then live as though we believe this truth. Let us spend more time in the mirror and less time looking out the window, and then maybe we can win more souls to Christ.
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