Studying Through Romans Part 8

2:17-24 "Now you, if you call yourself a Jew; if you rely on the law and brag about your relationship to God; if you know His will and approve of what is superior because you are instructed by the law; if you are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light for those who are in the dark, an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of the infants, because you have in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth - you, then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal? You who say that people should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples? You who brag about the law, do you dishonor God by breaking the law? As it is written: "God's name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you."

I am a christian who has strict standards. Do I keep these standards? Do I follow God's law or do I just teach it? Do I practice what I preach? I would like to say that I do, but I don't. There are non-christians in this world who look at people like me and say what is different about christians and they are just hypocrites We have to ask ourselves: are we hypocrites? Or are we living lives that are without blame? For this is what Christ has called us to do as followers.