Live wisely among those who are not believers, and make the most of every opportunity. Let your conversation be gracious and attractive so that you will have the right response for everyone (1).
The Christian has difficulty living out their faith in a way that maintains the integrity of The Faith, the integrity of the person, and the integrity of others.
The objective of The Faith is to help all to rise above the effects and the influence of The Fall (2). All humanity is born into a sinful world and condition (3). Because of this, we need the work and the message of reconciliation through The Christ (4).
The integrity of who we are is that place in Christ where we are comfortable in our own skin, comfortable in the fullness of how God made us, comfortable with the conditions that we are born to so that He can get the glory (5), and comfortable with the fullness of His convictions for our lives. This is that place where we walk in between the sheets of this world without laying in the ways of this world (6).
The integrity of others lies in how we treat one another. It is the ebb and flow of relationship, conversation, and communication. This is that place of how we take responsibility for our brothers and sisters (7). It is that place where we pull together God’s act of reconciliation and our effort to walk in the fullness of all that He’s called us to and live it out in the sacredness of one another. It is the gift of walking out our humanity in family, friendships, business, and industry. It is the act of being salt and light (8).
- Colossians 4:5, NLT
- Genesis 3:1-8
- Psalm 51:5
- 2 Corinthians 5:19
- John 9:1-3
- John 17:14,16
- Genesis 4:9
- Matthew 5:13-14
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