JULY 10, Romans 2: 24 

Paul said God’s name was blasphemed – “blaspheme” means “rail at, speak evil against”.The people behaved as if they were so holy,condemning others yet they commit the same sins.

A few years ago, a pastor tried to cheat by making changes to his parking coupon to avoid paying for parking. He was caught and he ran with the coupon, trying to swallow that piece of evidence. In 2012, church leaders were hauled to court for allegedly cheating a church of a lot of money. Non-Christians say, “If Christians really do this, I don’t want to be a Christian!!” Many think this way and it is such a shame.

Lynn attended church since she was young and her friends knew her as a Christian. In school one day, girls huddled together during recess. Lynn was there - they were planning to cheat during their Chinese spelling. Surprisingly, they were not caught! The teacher did not know these few girls cheated. After school, they walked happily home but suddenly, one girl turned to Lynn and said in Singlish, “Christians can also cheat meh?”

What about you? You call yourself a Christian. Yet if you lie, cheat during tests, gossip, read questionable literature, always forget to do homework, get addicted to hand phone games, talk rudely to your teachers and parents... then your friends and classmates will not think your God is good at all. In fact, they may even think, “What good is it to worship such a God!”
Because of you, God’s name is blasphemed among your unbelieving friends and relatives!

Thought: Do I put God’s name to shame?

Prayer: Heavenly Father, forgive me for bringing shame to Your name because of my sins. Help me to be a good testimony so I will bring glory to Your name. It is very difficult for me to do it so Heavenly Father, please help me. In Jesus’ precious name I pray, Amen.