Our righteousness is God’s covenant justice in action. Through the act of God’s covenant justice, God declares us to be in the right (Ro 3:25). He also gave us faith to believe it (Eph 2:8-9). The typical translations of Romans 3:19-26 make it hard to understand. N.T. Wright in his contemporary translation, THE KINGDOM NEW … [Read more…]
Live a noble life noble life among the people of the world. “Dear friends, I urge you, as guests and strangers in the world: Refuse to do what the body wants, because its appetites fight against the soul. Live a noble life among the people of the world, that instead of accusing you of doing … [Read more…]
Run the race laid out before us pictures the coarse of our life in Messiah Jesus as sons and daughters of God our Father. In Hebrews 12, we are exhorted to follow the example of faith exhibited by men and women of long ago in running the race laid out before us.Whoever wrote Hebrews recounted … [Read more…]
Walk in good works God has created you to do. Good works are anything we do that is motivated by God’s love. They are ministry of the first order and each of us is equipped for it (Eph 4:1-17). We, who are part of the body of Christ, do good works and walk in them … [Read more…]
Blessing in word and deed Blessing conveys God’s love and our love, God’s grace and our grace, God’s peace and our peace. Thus, speaking or writing blessings is vital in our relationship with God and one another. They edify. When we verbalize God’s love and our love, we also share the inheritance God has given … [Read more…]
He [God] has made us what we are, creating us in Christ Jesus to do good works, in which God long ago planned for us to live. Ephesians 2:4-10 AAT Created in Christ Jesus Being created in Christ Jesus helps us adopt a new life in Christ, the regenerate lifestyle. We are to live as … [Read more…]
Our God and Lord Jesus, by His divine power, gave us everything for life and godliness to help us escape the corruption that lust brought into the world and to partake of the divine nature. God gives us free will. We partake of the divine nature by our own will. In our partaking, we are … [Read more…]
“Let yourselves be built as a spiritual temple” (1 Pe 2:5). Peter leads up to this beginning his letter by blessing God for His work of salvation that culminates with receiving the inheritance stored up for us in heaven (1 Pe 1:4; Mt 25:34). Peter continues with a call to be holy (1 Pe 1:13-21). … [Read more…]
Let the righteous do what is right Let the righteous person continue to do what is right. And let the holy person continue to be holy. Rev 22:11 ISV Our doing right is God working in and through us God our Father sent Jesus and the Holy Spirit to give us the want and the … [Read more…]