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“For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself” (Romans 14:7).
This is a serious verse which we all need to remember. How we live our lives does not only affect us. We all have an effect on others, whether for good or for bad. We may think that what we are doing is all right, but it may be having a wrong effect on others, and we need to consider this. Are we being an encouragement or a hindrance to other Christians? Are we being a good testimony for Christ to this world of unbelievers, or are we a bad testimony?
I knew a man once who was a true Christian, and he has long since passed away. If you and I know Christ as our Savior, we will see him in heaven. But he behaved so badly as a Christian that an unbeliever once said, “If that man is a Christian, I don’t want to be one.” What an awful thing for a man of this world to say about a Christian! Let us be careful about our behavior as Christians, not only for ourselves, but because of the effect we have on others. Tomorrow we will see another reason to be careful about our behavior as Christians.
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