It is God's will that your honorable lives should silence those ignorant people who make foolish accusations against you.
-1 Peter 2:15-
It isn't always what we say that will point people to God, but our actions and how we carry ourselves. Living an honorable life is caring for others and doing what is right. Even when others disagree with our actions, if they see us consistently doing things out of love and obedience to God they will eventually see that what we do isn't to hurt them, but out of respect and love for them. People can see right through us. If we are not genuine in our dealings and our conversations then they will never give our God the time of day, especially if they are not believers. People who are mean and hurtful and put us down for our beliefs are people who just don't understand. And even if they have been given many chances to get it right, it is our responsibility to show patience and love all the way up to the end when they choose God.
Be careful to live properly among your unbelieving neighbors. Then even if they accuse you of doing wrong, they will see your honorable behavior, and they will hive honor to God when he judges the world.
-1 Peter 2:12-
Sometimes the best thing we can do is be silent and keep on loving. Many times it's not what we say but how we carry ourselves. How we show respect even when our belief with another collides. It is honoring God by following His command to love all people. We can move people to Christ through our gentle spirit. Putting our feelings aside for those who don't understand, and loving them anyway. After all, God loves us when we mess up. Jesus died for us when we were sinners and hadn't yet understood......in the same way we should be loving others. God loves us with His honorable unchanging love, we too can live this honorable unchanging life consistently following God's way and pushing through the barriers that separate believers from nonbelievers. Through your actions silence those who don't understand and call them to know Christ personally.
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