Who is naughty and who is nice. Do we think that we will be judged like Santa Claus? Some of us treat our Christianity in that light. Ephesians 4:17-18, is asking Christians to stop living like the other people and it wasn't so that the others would see their witness, but rather that they would be able to see what God has in store for them and to understand his word. It is all for their benefit and their growth. Like today, Christians should try to live up apart from nonbelievers, so that they may understand and grow in their walk in Christ. What was true then and what is true now is the nonbeliever is in darkness they cannot understand God's word or see Gods workings in this world today. That is why nonbelievers ridicule and jest at the believer and at the word of God, it's not because they are angry at us. It is they are embarrassed by their ignorance. We as believers have been given a teacher a guide a Comforter that shows us and trains us to understand God's word and what he is doing in our life. We should no longer live as the unbelievers, mostly because that would lead us back into ignorance.
We must look at all the good and great things God has done. He does not bring evil to us and cannot cause us to fall.
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