"But you have carefully followed my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, love, perseverance,"
2 Timothy 3:10 (NKJV)
In our world today, it is easy for people to say pretty much whatever they want. While there are various laws that limit some of the things people can say, what I am referring to is how people tend to build themselves up beyond who they really are. People can say that they are this, that, or the other thing, but in reality they are none of those things. The sad part is when you might happen to actually meet that person and then you find out that who they claimed to be had nothing to do with who they really are.
Jesus had some very strong things to say to the religious leaders of His day, Jesus called them hypocrites. What did Jesus mean by that? Jesus was saying that these religious leaders talked the talk, but they did not walk the talk. In other words, what they said and did were not the same thing, and that is not good. In Matthew 23 Jesus even mentioned how some of what they said was fine, it was just that they did not do what they told others to do. While the Pharisees were a bad example for others, Jesus and also Paul were good examples.
The Apostle Paul was a good leader and Christian because he walked the talk. Paul even mentioned to Timothy how that Timothy knew what Paul taught and Timothy saw how Paul lived, there was no gap between the two. In James it talks about being a doer of the Word and this is really the same thing. Many people can talk about what God's Word says, but do their lives show what they believe? It is easy to talk about something, but it is quite different to do something about it. How about us? Do we live what we believe and walk the talk? If not, we should.
2 Timothy 3:10 (NKJV)
In our world today, it is easy for people to say pretty much whatever they want. While there are various laws that limit some of the things people can say, what I am referring to is how people tend to build themselves up beyond who they really are. People can say that they are this, that, or the other thing, but in reality they are none of those things. The sad part is when you might happen to actually meet that person and then you find out that who they claimed to be had nothing to do with who they really are.
Jesus had some very strong things to say to the religious leaders of His day, Jesus called them hypocrites. What did Jesus mean by that? Jesus was saying that these religious leaders talked the talk, but they did not walk the talk. In other words, what they said and did were not the same thing, and that is not good. In Matthew 23 Jesus even mentioned how some of what they said was fine, it was just that they did not do what they told others to do. While the Pharisees were a bad example for others, Jesus and also Paul were good examples.
The Apostle Paul was a good leader and Christian because he walked the talk. Paul even mentioned to Timothy how that Timothy knew what Paul taught and Timothy saw how Paul lived, there was no gap between the two. In James it talks about being a doer of the Word and this is really the same thing. Many people can talk about what God's Word says, but do their lives show what they believe? It is easy to talk about something, but it is quite different to do something about it. How about us? Do we live what we believe and walk the talk? If not, we should.
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