An Accountable Life
Therefore we make it our aim…
to be well pleasing to Him.
2 Corinthians 5:9
It is unthinkable to believe that you can live a faithful, fruitful Christian life merely on good intentions and warm feelings. The Christian life is an accountable life, based on specific principles and standards. It is founded on divinely revealed values and beliefs to which God holds each of us.
A young man once asked me, “How can you know if you are truly a Christian? How can you know if your decision for Christ wasn’t just an emotional experience?” I replied, “The only way to know if we have experienced justification, if we have been made right with Him and brought into His family, is by looking at our hearts and our lives. If Christ is our Savior and Lord, the deepest desire of our hearts will be to serve and to please Him, and that desire will be expressed in a longing for holiness and a pattern of righteous living.”
MacArthur, J. (2001). Truth for today : A daily touch of God's grace (Page 205). Nashville, Tenn.: J. Countryman.
Lessons Learned: What is our purpose in life? As christians our purpose is to glorify God, to please Him. What is it that pleases God most? It is our obedience, our desire to become like His son, Jesus Christ. We must strive to become like Christ, the "perfect son". We must strive to be holy because He is holy. We must study His commands and obey them. God desires obedience above worship.
Applications: Lead a life that is focused on God, not yourself. Your purpose in life is not about you. It is about pleasing God and that thing which pleases God most is our obedience. Study God's word, keep it in your heart, and live according to it. The true christian will want to serve and glorify God by living a righteous life of submission and obedience to His will.
Prayer Subjects: Pray for the desire to be conformed to the image of Christ. Pray for the work of sanctification to be visible and manifest in my life. Pray that I would faithfully obey and submit to God's will.
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to be well pleasing to Him.
2 Corinthians 5:9
It is unthinkable to believe that you can live a faithful, fruitful Christian life merely on good intentions and warm feelings. The Christian life is an accountable life, based on specific principles and standards. It is founded on divinely revealed values and beliefs to which God holds each of us.
A young man once asked me, “How can you know if you are truly a Christian? How can you know if your decision for Christ wasn’t just an emotional experience?” I replied, “The only way to know if we have experienced justification, if we have been made right with Him and brought into His family, is by looking at our hearts and our lives. If Christ is our Savior and Lord, the deepest desire of our hearts will be to serve and to please Him, and that desire will be expressed in a longing for holiness and a pattern of righteous living.”
MacArthur, J. (2001). Truth for today : A daily touch of God's grace (Page 205). Nashville, Tenn.: J. Countryman.
Lessons Learned: What is our purpose in life? As christians our purpose is to glorify God, to please Him. What is it that pleases God most? It is our obedience, our desire to become like His son, Jesus Christ. We must strive to become like Christ, the "perfect son". We must strive to be holy because He is holy. We must study His commands and obey them. God desires obedience above worship.
Applications: Lead a life that is focused on God, not yourself. Your purpose in life is not about you. It is about pleasing God and that thing which pleases God most is our obedience. Study God's word, keep it in your heart, and live according to it. The true christian will want to serve and glorify God by living a righteous life of submission and obedience to His will.
Prayer Subjects: Pray for the desire to be conformed to the image of Christ. Pray for the work of sanctification to be visible and manifest in my life. Pray that I would faithfully obey and submit to God's will.
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