Jesus Did Not Die Just To Give

How Then Can We Deal With Our Tendency Toward Worldliness? It Is Not By Determining That We Will Not Be Worldly, But By Committing Ourselves To Becoming More Godly.

This Is The Secret Of Being Content: To Learn And Accept That We Live Daily By God's Unmerited Favor Given Through Christ, And That We Can Respond To Any And Every Situation By His Divine Enablement Through The Holy Spirit.

When We Commit Ourselves To The Pursuit Of Holiness, We Need To Ensure That Our Commitment Is Actually To God, Not Simply To A Holy Lifestyle Or A Set Of Moral Values ... Offer Yourselves To God, And In Doing That Commit Yourselves To The Pursuit Of Holiness In Order To Please Him.

If There Is Not At Least A Yearning In Our Hearts To Live A Holy Life Pleasing To God, We Need To Seriously Question Whether Our Faith In Christ Is Genuine.

Love Provides The Motive For Obeying The Commands Of The Law, But The Law Provides Specific Direction For Exercising Love.