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area of our lives would include the way we

maintain our person, our property, and the

way we perform a task or carry out our

responsibilities in life. And glorifying God —

not winning souls — should be the priority in

a Christian’s life. Winning souls will fall into

place when a Christian makes God’s honor

and glory the focus of his or her life.

And Christ’s standard of righteousness and

godly character is exemplified in the pages

of Scripture and not in a "Jesus" video or

“The Passion of the Christ” movie and not

necessarily through those who profess to be

Christians — because many professing

Christians do not know the Jesus of the Bible

because they do not spend time meditating

on God’s Word. Some may even try to

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