As Christians, our lives are on display for others to see. We will be critically analyzed by the world to see if we really believe what we say. It would be much easier if we could just live our lives without having the world watching. But it's not that way. If we mess up, of course God grants us forgiveness, but we have just risked dragging the name of Christ through the mud.
The Hindenburg blimp catastrophe is a picture of how if we profess to be followers of Christ, then deliberately put His name to shame, we will look like a huge disaster to the world of critics watching. I'm not saying that we won't mess up. We are guaranteed to sin. What I'm saying is that if we profess to be Christians, and then continue to live in unrepented sin, whether it be drinking, lying, or adultrey, our lives will be a huge explosion to our Christian witness.
The link below is a video of the Hindenburg explosion. The blimp was flying in the air with no sign of the impending disaster. Then, all of the sudden, it burst into flames and the world watched as it fell from the sky to burn on the ground. If we profess to be Christians, and truly love the Lord, the world is watching. If we continue to live in sin, and others see it, first, we are possibly not true followers of Christ. Secondly, the world rejoices to see Christians fail. Our witness will look like that blimp, crashing and burning from the sky. Christianity is no joke; it's serious and it's the only thing that really matters. It's a hard fight, but true Christians count it joy and will fight sin and the world until the end.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywLwFXcoSQw&feature=fvw
(Sorry, I don't know how to put a video straight onto a post! :) I encourage everyone to look at the youtube video, though.)
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