There are different schools of thought about just how Christians should share their worldview in a world often at odds with God's best . Some feel it's best to jump into the deep end of the pool and look , just like the world . Others view it very much the other way . 2 Corinthians 6.17 says Come out from them and be separate , says the Lord .
Whole denominations have used this verse to encourage believers to stay as much out of the world as possible . This might include physically removing yourself to a remote location , giving up television or providing an education in the home . Now we should note that there's nothing wrong or unhealthy with resisting the world's temptations .
That should probably be tempered , though , with a common sense approach . If it's impossible to physically remove yourself from the culture , what do you do ? Balanced biblical approach should be the ideal . In 1 Peter 2.1 , we are told to put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander .
In other words , don't do the things that unbelievers do . They don't know God and so they don't have rules to live by . That kind of life is ultimately destructive . Rather , we should be Christ-like in our approach to people . At the same time , we have to make sure that we look after our own spiritual condition and constantly do an assessment .
Proverbs 4.23 tells us above all else , guard your heart , for everything you do flows from it . It's true that some people are won to Christ by believers who look like the world . There's nothing wrong with that , and again , a Christian as passionate as Paul said sometimes he was all things to all people .
But it's also true that some are one to Christ because the Christian they're watching is so different from the world .
Philippians 2 , 14 , 15 says do all things without grumbling or disputing that you may be blameless and innocent children of God , without blemish , in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation among whom you shine as lights in the world , by remembering that we're citizens of God's kingdom . At the same time we live in this fallen world .
We strike the proper balance and can then be that example Christ commanded us to be . Let's pray , lord . Help us to remember who we are in Christ . Give us a desire and a passion to witness to those who need to hear it , at the same time , to guard our own hearts that we don't stray from the things that you've taught us . In Jesus' name , amen .