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A DIFFERENT PICTURE
As I read God’s Word I notice a different picture than what see in many families in the body of Christ today. It seems that the Biblical picture is too old-fashioned for modern believers today. Too archaic. Too straightjacket. And yet it is the way of power. It is the way of obedience. It is the way God planned for His people. But then again, many people think they know better than God, don’t they?
In Jeremiah 18:11,12 God says: “Return ye now every one from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good. And they said . . . BUT we will walk after our own devices.” How easily we tend to walk our own way rather than God’s way. God’s way is usually so different to the way of the world and we don’t want to be too different!
When the Bible talks about the coming of the Lord, it reminds how we should be living. It’s good to be reminded, isn’t it? God says that in the light of His soon coming we should live . . .
holy lives in all our conversation and behavior (including conduct and dress)
godly lives
looking for the coming of the Lord
diligently seeking to live in God’s rest and peace
spotless
blameless
denying ungodliness and worldly lusts (obliterating them from our lives rather than tolerating them)
soberly
righteously
purifying ourselves
Is this the picture of our lives? What about our children’s lives? Are we passionately praying and leading them into this lifestyle? Or are they much like the culture of this world?
You can read the above in the following Scriptures: 2 Timothy 2:19; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 12:14; 1 Peter 1:14-17; 2 Peter 3:11-14; 1 John 2:15-17; and 3:2, 3.
Love from Nancy Campbell
