The life of the redeemed in Christ is a redeemed life in Christ. And a life redeemed by the perfect standard of righteousness is a life called to live according to the perfect standard of righteousness.
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Say What You Mean, Mean What You Say
Living as the truth, He died for truth, that we might truly know God. And He truly arose from the dead that we might live for Him and with Him forever. We rejoice in this truth, because we know the Truth, (John 8:32), speaking, meaning, and living the truth in Christ.
A Heart for God
With a heart for God, do not hate your brother but be reconciled. We who are forgiven should seek forgiveness. With a heart for God, do not lust but flee it, pursuing “righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart” (2 Tim. 2:22). For in Christ we have been saved from hearts of hate and lust and given hearts for God.
The Testimony of Scripture
For this reason, the testimony of Scripture could never be merely a moral guide of the life of Jesus. We don’t need merely a good example; we need a sinless Savior!
The Glory of Salt and Light
We were not redeemed to be sequestered to a monastic enclave. We were not redeemed to be undecipherable from the world around us. We were redeemed by God’s indelible grace to be salt and light. We are not salt and light for our glory but God’s glory, so “let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.”
The Pure-hearted, Peacemaking Persecuted
For those who are in Christ, we are all of these as the pure-hearted, peacemaking persecuted. For Christ to us is more precious than life itself.
Righteously Satisfied, Mercifully Forgiven
Because by God’s grace you have been saved, you will crave righteousness and your hunger and thirst will be satisfied in nothing else this world has to offer. Because by God’s mercy you have been saved, show mercy. For, in Christ we are righteously satisfied and mercifully forgiven.
Blessedly Broken
It is in this blessedly broken, mournfully comforted meekness that we recognize the spiritual culture of the world, the flesh, and the devil, and see it for what it is: the culture of a temporal kingdom that will pass away.
Ministry of the Word
Jesus’ miraculous works point us to something far more important than physical healing or exorcism, namely Himself, the Word of God.
Declaration of Revelation
You nor I are victims. Satan has been defeated and is a snivelling, permission-dependent pawn under God’s sovereign control.
Planter, Pastor, Preacher 