After the Amen

On Sunday I preached from 1 Timothy 3:14-16 about the church's calling, conduct and confession. Paul wrote 1 Timothy so that we might "know how one ought to behave in the household of God." Our conduct as a local church and as individual Christians is vitally important for it affects our evangelism. God cares about how we act because God desires that all men come to the knowledge of the truth. As ones who know and believe the truth we ought to have a passion to see others taste and see that God is good and be saved.

John MacArthur just wrote an article that shows the importance of our conduct as individuals who belong to the church of the living God. In "A Case for Holy Living" he points out 3 reasons that our conduct matters:

• It honors God's Word
• It silences the critics
• It adorns the Gospel

God help us to live lives that are worthy of the gospel to which we have been called!