False Impression

People always have expectation on us, in fact, most of the time, they expect you to be good, holy, kind, caring etc when you are a Christian. Hence, we as christians tend to give people the impression that we are "good" people because that's the way we should be. It is true indeed because we are suppose to bear the fruit of the Spirit which have all the 9 qualities- love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. We all know that it takes time to develop this characteristics. Most importantly, we have to abide in Him as cling on to His word, persevere, obey His commands. 

But deep down in us, are we really the persons that people see? How often do we put on a mask when we are in church? are we hypocrites? Do we do whatever that we preach? Are we hiding something that is so ugly, sinful, unholy, dirty or hideous in our life? 

The Bible says, In Christ, we are free! free from all bondage, sins, strongholds etc! we are free in Christ! By saying free in Christ, does that mean that we wouldn't fall into sin again? we all know that isn't true... we all know that we have the sinful nature in us which going to cause us to sin... but can we resist temptations that are in our way? yes, we can... but sometimes we actually choose to fall into temptations because we take God's grace for granted and we know that God will forgive us again...

sigh.. it is sad...