“What other people think of me is becoming less and less important; what they think of Jesus because of me is critical.”
–Cliff Richard

I’m not going to break out into a chorus of “They will know we are Christians”. Does it really matter that someone knows whether or not I am a Christian? Let’s say that is important. Then how will they know? “By my love”? Simply put, yes. People are going to watch the way that I (and you) treat other people, how I handle certain situations, what I say and how I say it, what I do when I don’t think anybody is watching…

My responsibility while on this earth is to be a reflection of Jesus. What people think of me is a direct reflection on what I think of Jesus. Hmm, maybe I should not be so much a mirror as a transparent piece of glass. May I live myself in such a way that I do not tarnish someone’s view of Jesus.

So, let me ask the question again, is it import that someone knows I am a Christian? YOU BET. If someone just thinks I’m a nice guy, then what good is that to God? I should live so that people want to know what makes me tick. It isn’t about me or you being the BEST Christian, it is about living in such a way that people WANT to know the reason why I live as I do (1 Peter 3:15).

I leave you this morning with these additional words, from 1 Peter 4: 7-11 –

“Therefore be clear minded and self-controlled so that you can pray. Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling. Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God’s grace in its various forms. If anyone speaks, he should do it as one speaking the very words of God. If anyone serves, he should do it with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ. To him be the glory and the power for ever and ever. Amen.”