Preaching Without Speaking

I heard a minister say something the other day, "Christians are to preach the gospel always and sometimes use words." This means that we are to represent God in everything that we do. We don't have to verbally speak the word of God in order to visibly preach the word of God. Our lives should predicate our belief in God, our belief in his principles and should always bring honor to Him. Sometimes even we as Christians fall short. We are and ought to represent God in everything that we do. However, we are human and subject to the weakness of the flesh. When we are living out the WORD of God, there is no power that cannot succumb to the power of God in our lives. On the other hand, when we are not living according to God principles that is when we find that we are just as susceptible to the weaknesses of the flesh and the temptations around us.

When Christians and non-Christians see Christians in a fallen state they are very quick to point out the wrongs of the fallen Christian and blame God for the sins/misdeeds of that Christian. What they don't understand is that Christians are not God. Christians do represent God, but God should not get the blame for everything wrong that is done by a Christian. It seems that Christianity is the only religion where God is blamed for the wrong of His followers. When a muslin kills, allah is not blamed the muslin is. It is the same with other religions, but not Christianity. Is it because Christianity is the only religion where righteousness and purity is the standard? The answer is probably "Yes". God is sinless and cannot sin. People, on the other hand, are fallible. Should we as Christians not live righteously because we are susceptible to sin? As the good book says, God forbid.

We as Christians should always live our lives out by God's words and principles and when we find ourselves out of God's will we must always find our way back to our savior. He is the only way to life. Can we overcome the flesh? Sometimes I wonder, but by FAITH I know that we can. It is FAITH that leads us to God's saving grace and it is that same FAITH that will sustain us and help to keep us until we see HIM. Knowing that we have an advocate with the father, JESUS CHRIST the righteous should be enough for us to prayerfully stay before Him and know that He which hath begun a good work in us will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ Phil 1:6
So we must continue to preach without speaking and show forth the gospel of Jesus everywhere we go. God Bless.