Question

11 Loved ones, I urge you as strangers and sojourners to keep away from the fleshly cravings that war against the soul. 12 Keep your conduct honorable among the Gentiles. Then while they speak against you as evildoers, they may—from noticing your good deeds—glorify God in the day of visitation.   I Peter TLV source

Question. If we speak, if we sing, if we dance,  if we drink, if we eat, if we entertain ourselves, if we clothe ourselves LIKE the people of the world – Hollywood, Washington, New York, Vegas, New Orleans, Chicago — all the HOT SPOTS of the world, how can we enjoy the reward of obedience to  this WORD?

How can we call ourselves unspotted by the world? James 1:27

Don’t misread me please. This is NOT a list of don’t(s). It’s a glorious invitation to BE. Be different. Be favored. Be odd, even!  Be so above normal that people suspect you have been with JESUS.

Acts 4: (TLV) 13 Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John and figured out they were laymen without training, they were amazed. They began to realize that these men had been with Yeshua. source 

Holy

Would you say you have an interest in living holy? I did not say holier than thou, but holy. As in holy to God. Holy in your motives and loves and kind interaction with the family, friends and strangers you rub elbows with?

Then John 17:17 has good news for you. Yeshua prayed for us.  Not just any old prophet or preacher but The Holy One Himself. The GOD-MAN here on planet earth prayed for us and He said:

John 17: (TLV) 17 “Make them holy in the truth. Your word is truth. Source

So!  Do you want to be holy? The holy that gives you the favor of The FATHER? The holy that makes you a breath of fresh air when you walk into the room?

Then we must believe TRUTH. Believe GOD. Believe The WORD made flesh Who came and lived among humanity and Who is coming back for us!  (John 1:1-3, 14. John 14:1-3)

Justice

25 Far be it from You to do such a thing—to cause the righteous to die with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked share the same fate! Far be it from You! Shall the Judge of the whole world not exercise justice?” Genesis 18 TLV  source

Got a quarrel with GOD over something He did or didn’t do?  He’s not mad at you about it. Ask Him to help you agree with Him, forgive Him and trust Him to do Right at just the right time.