A Plea and Purpose

As ‘sojourners and exiles’, Christian believers have two responsibilities. First, we need to guard against following the sinful desires characteristic of this world, which is not their home. Second, we also need to act honorably in the midst of critical—and even hostile—unbelievers, so that some of those unbelievers may observe the good works of these Christians and as a result will also be saved and glorify God.