At UFC 182, a world champion, who is also a professing Christian, fought a man with whom he's been feuding for years. He prayed before entering the cage and prayed one more time before the start of the final round. About five minutes later, not only did he sucker-punch his opponent after the bell, but he also did the D-X "Suck It" gesture to him in front of an audience which included women and kids.
This champion has long faced criticism for acting like a nice, wholesome guy in public and behaving differently behind the scenes. His opponent once gave him a backhanded compliment by saying that he was really good at being fake. At this fight (and events leading up to it, including a brawl at a publicity event), not only did the champion's actions validate what his detractors said about him, but it left a bad taste in the mouth of a public that has already become suspicious and hostile towards anyone who claims to be a Christian.
In a similar manner, when a Christian claims to be sold-out for Jesus, but their sexual behavior says otherwise, they publicly embarrass the Savior Whom they claim to worship. A google search on your smartphone will bring up an entire Rogue's Gallery of pastors and priests who've destroyed their testimony through affairs. This doesn't even include the ones who have taken it even further and committed unspeakable criminal acts against their congregation members. It's not just the men, anymore, either: on several Christian radio and TV programs, I've heard testimonies of women who've cheated on their husbands, often with another church member. When it comes to young people, many of my peers in the church have admitted to throwing away their V-card before marriage, usually in their teens or early in college. Suffice it to say that many of them haven't learned their lesson.
Even though I am a virgin, I tried very hard to lose my V-card in college. I even joined a frat and drank heavily in repeated attempts to get equally drunk young women into the sack, all of which failed due to divine intervention and really bad social skills. During this time, I met several fellow Christian "Two-Faces" and my reprehensible behavior validated theirs. I am ashamed to say that I embarrassed Jesus on a nightly basis, leading my frat brothers and other drinking buddies to openly ridicule me whenever I tried to witness to them. Their mockery was their way of letting me know that I was really good at being fake.
You may be really good at being fake, but sooner or later, your true colors will reveal themselves. In particular, if you try to have a lifestyle of fake purity, you will get busted. At the very least, your ex-lovers will gossip about you to all of their friends and your reputation will turn off anyone whom you try to witness to. Rest assured, that kind of slander spreads faster than an angry celebrity's rant on Twitter. If you are really unlucky, you may get exposed by a paternity test, getting knocked up, or prescription slips for STD meds. And thanks to the Internet, you can get busted in all sorts of new, hi-speed, wireless ways. Your ex might Instagram photos of you in various states of undress or put them on Facebook. That "private video" of you two going at it might even wind up in cyberspace. Try witnessing to someone after they see you bending the new Sunday School teacher over a desk on Youtube and see how far that gets you.
Needless to say that, if you decide to take it even further and commit criminal acts, a simple 911 call will result in you giving your testimony to Big Bubba (or Big Bertha), in the prison showers (Ouch...).
So don't be good at being fake! Be authentic and dedicate yourself fully to a life of purity so that you can lead others to Christ.
Rev 3:15-16, "I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth." (NIV)
