Life giving

Tuesday September 23rd, Philippians 1: 27 Meanwhile, live in such a way that you are a credit to the Message of Christ. Let nothing in your conduct hang on whether I come or not. Your conduct must be the same whether I show up to see things for myself or hear of it from a distance. Paul is writing this letter, but it could also be seen as a message from God to us. In the face of the farce of the end times theology that permeates the fundamentalists world, just live your life as it should be. It is not a matter of getting ready for the big event, it is a matter of living each and every day of your life the big event of salvation by grace. Let nothing in your conduct change whether you think Christ is coming or not, because if that is the reason you are living the way you are living, you are still not getting it. It is the difference between living as a couple knowing the other loves you and living as a couple afraid that if you get out of line, the other will leave you. One is life giving, and one is death dealing.