A Christian's testimony

Just wanted to put my thoughts out there...

A Christian's daily public and private life should bear a testimony to our savior Jesus Christ. It should not turn off someone from finding Christ. Paul wrote in 2 Corinthians 6:3,

"We try to live in such a way that no one will be hindered from finding the Lord by the way we act, and so no one can find fault with our ministry."

A Christian's life in itself should be a ministry for Jesus Christ.

Prophet Samuel in his farewell address to the Israelites after appointing Saul as their king, boldly made the statement,

"I have done as you asked and given you a king.  I have selected him ahead of my own sons, and I stand here, an old, gray haired man.  I have served as your leader since I was a boy.  Now tell me as I stand before the LORD and the anointed one - whose ox or donkey have I stolen? Have I ever cheated any of you? Have I ever oppressed you? Have I ever taken a bribe? Tell me and I will make right whatever I have done wrong."

And the crowd answered,

"No, you have never cheated or oppressed us in any way, and you have never taken even a single bribe."

Samuel declared, "The LORD and his anointed one are my witnesses that you can never accuse me of robbing you." - (1 Samuel 12:1-5).  A lifetime of service that could not be faulted with!

When you look at Joseph's life in Potiphar's house, upon being approached by Potiphar's wife to sleep with her, his response while refusing her advances was,

"Look, my master trusts me with everything in his entire household. No one here has more authority than I do! He has held back nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. How could I ever do such a wicked thing? It would be a great sin against God." - (Genesis 39:6-9)

Joseph could have sinned and gotten away without his master knowing. He could have quieted any witness against him as he was the most powerful man in the household with authority over his master's entire household and servants.  But his moral compass was such that he could not even conceive of deceiving his master's trust placed in him, nor sin against his God - Jehovah.

We as Christians should continuously question our motives and actions, answer honestly, and let the truth we discover lead us onward in our Christian walk.  Our lives should never allow an unbeliever to fault our God, rather enable others to find this God. God bless you!

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