Many years ago, philosopher Francis Bacon said, “It is not what we eat, but what we digest that makes us strong. It’s not what we gain, but what we save that makes us rich. It’s not what we read, but what we remember that makes us learned. And it’s not what we profess, but what we practice that gives us integrity.”
Now, in the strictest sense of the word, you are not a Christian because of the way you live. You become a Christian by faith and trust in Jesus Christ, but there certainly ought to be a close correlation between what we preach and what we practice as the people of God. The apostle Paul is laying heavy emphasis upon that in the passage of scripture that is found in Philippians chapter 3.