I therefore the prisoner of the Lord besieged you to walk worthy of the calling with which

you were called.

In a sense, he's saying to the Christian community, be who you now are.

One of my favorite anecdotes from the ancient world, I've told in other contexts, was the

story of Alexander the Great, whose armies, of course, conquered the whole ancient world.

And on one occasion for battle, a young soldier became so paralyzed with fear that he fled

the battle scene in a cowardly act of retreat.

And when the battle was over, he was more or less arrested by what the MPs would be

in Alexander's army.

And this young soldier was brought to the tent of Alexander the Great himself, and you

can imagine the terror and the embarrassment and the shame of this young fellow when he

was escorted into the tent of Alexander the Great.

And Alexander looked at the soldier and said to the young man, son, what's your name?

And the boy replied, my name is Alexander, like Alexander the Great said, well, son,

you either change your conduct or change your name.

So it's kind of like what Paul is saying to those of us who call ourselves Christians,

that if we're not going to display the name of Christ in our lives, then we better change

our names.

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