Let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving side by side for the faith of the gospel, and not frightened in anything by your opponents.
Philippians 1:27-28a
The gospel is a holy message that should be represented by a righteous life. God didn't entrust the gospel message and the proclamation of this wonderful news to people who are not living right and don't intend to change. A changed life gives full credibility and integrity to the message that's preached, which then will produce change in someone else's life.
In Philippians 1:27-28, Paul emphasized that we are not the gospel, but we are to be clean vessel that the gospel is being served from. No one wants to partake from something that is dirty or unsuitable for the manner it was created for.
We need to examine our lives.
Are we clean vessels for God to use?
If He places us in an opportunity, will others want to disregard us, because we are unfit for such an undertaking?
When we get so focused on living for ourselves, we tarnish what God has and miss out on being vessels used by Him. The gospel calls for urgency both in dealing with sin in our lives, loving God and others, and proclaiming the message—they need to hear the truth, so we need to share it.
The "good news" is not just a message we share—it is the life we live—people need to see the gospel as well as hear it.
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