·       Right after Paul tells the Colossians to devote themselves to prayer, he reminds them that how they act is incredibly important.

o   Now anyone who grew up with a grandmother that made you get your own switch off the tree, or remembers what a belt sounded like as it was popping through the belt loops when you were about to get a spanking, already knows this simple truth…BEHAVIOR MATTERS!

o   It matters how you act when you are going over to a friend’s house

o   It matters how you act when you are at work

o   It matters how you act when you go on a date 

o   And it definitely matters how you act as you live out your faith!

·       Our behavior will do one of two things:

o   It’ll draw people to Christ…or it’ll draw people away from Christ.

o   There are no other options. So, Paul tells us that we need to be wise in the way that we act toward outsiders.

·       Now there are so many things that we could look at here to paint a clearer picture like:

o   Hypocrisy – saying one thing and doing another 

o   No biblical morality – living as if God’s Word doesn’t matter