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Change your Name or your Behavior

There is a story—likely apocryphal—of Alexander the Great discovering a soldier asleep at his post, a grave offense. When the guard was brought before him, the king asked his name. “Alexander,” the young man answered. The king fixed his gaze on him and said, “Either change your behavior or change your name.” So it is with us as Christians. If we carry the name of Christ, we must also carry the character. Not that we might earn our salvation-but because we too are called to such a life.