God cares how we actually live.

This phrase would seem rather obvious but it is not in many Christian circles.
There is a version of evangelicalism today emphasizing what Christ did "indicatives" (fancy word) and then almost ignoring of downplaying that fact that we must "live" (presently) as Christians.
The Christian life is more than just sitting around and preaching the gospel to yourself and living however you want.  This doesn't even take into account hundreds of commands found in the New Testament alone addressed to believers.

Please consider the following if you are tempted or think you can live however you want and it doesn't matter to God.  The topics of liberty, license, legalism, antinomianism and flat out worldliness will have to wait for another article (or lots of them).

All taken from Ephesians (could have gone elsewhere too):

Eph 4:1 "walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called"

Eph 4:17 "ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk in the vanity of their minds"

Eph 5:1 "walk in love as Christ also hath loved us"

Eph 5:9 "walk as children of light"

Eph 5:15 "See then ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise"

Hopefully  these are enough to help see that walking as Christians matters.
It is a simple expression of how we conduct our daily attitude and action.
How you live can substantiate your claims or it can discredit what you claim to believe.
If you claim to be a Christian and live like the world may you should stop and consider.
Perhaps on your knees might help.  Trust me I have four kids and mess up a lot.

Hope this is a blessing, encouragement, or perhaps even challenge to some.

Please feel free to comments (especially those of you with kids).