Whose Are We?
June 2025 – Grace & Truth Magazine
“Whose Are We?”
Players on sports teams usually wear uniforms which set them visually apart from the competition. By doing so, it is easy to distinguish who belongs to each team. This principle is used at all different levels and capacities in society, including in such contexts as government, business, education, military and medicine. We also see families purposely dressing similarly at times, giving them a distinctive appearance. Criminal organizations even do it, having attire that separates them from others.
While believers do not wear a certain kind of clothing to distinguish themselves from unbelievers, Christians’ speech and manner of life should mark them as being different from the world. Their activities are to bring glory to God. By looking at faithful individuals in Scripture, we see that these points ring true, despite the downfalls these individuals themselves had. We can learn much from what God, through the Holy Spirit, has shared with us.
While here in this world, we will not be perfect in what we do, even though God already sees us in the perfections of His beloved Son, who laid down His life for us and then rose again on the third day. We need help in how we say things, so we are told, “Let your speech always be with grace” (Col. 4:6 NKJV). Our walk, or manner of life, is addressed as well. The Holy Spirit directed the apostle Paul to write: “I … beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called” (Eph. 4:1), “Walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God” (Col. 1:10) and, “Walk worthy of God who calls you into His own kingdom and glory” (1 Th. 2:12).
The only way to be marked with increasing consistency before others as belonging to the Lord Jesus Christ is to receive and follow instruction from the Word of God. He, in His grace, has provided the written Word for us to read, study and memorize, and the Holy Spirit to teach us (Jn. 14:26). God has also given believing parents (2 Tim. 1:5), Christian friends (Mk. 5:19) and accurate Bible teachers (Eph. 4:11-12) to guide and help us as well. May those around us know Whose we are!
By Paul Alberts