Rom 2:19-20 If you are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light for those who are in the dark, an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of little children, because you have in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth—Rom 2:21 You, therefore, who teach another, do you not teach yourself?
Brennan Manning once said “The greatest single cause of atheism and corrupt world today is Christians who acknowledge Jesus with their lips and walk out the door and deny him by their lifestyle. That is what an unbelieving world, simply finds unbelievable.
Paul rebuked the Jews who became a stumbling block against the gospel by considering themselves as God’s exclusive chosen people but misusing the law and misrepresenting God by not walking the talk . They taught others but not themselves , condemned stealing, adultery and idolatry yet they thrived in all these( verse 20-22). God’s name was blasphemed among the Gentiles because of them.
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven”( Matt. 5:16) . Mare possession of the biblical content does not win divine favor ; we must walk the talk. You could be the only Bible some people will ever read. We must practice what we preach. People must know that we mean what we say by actively practicing it.
Further readings:
Matt 5:13,14
Luk 12:48
1Joh 2:2-6
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