God Wants Us to Live Holy Lives, Part 1 (TMF:1083)

Wednesday, March 13, 2019
Peace to Live By: God Wants Us to Live Holy Lives, Part 1 (TMF:1083) - Daniel Litton
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       Our rejoicing in hope of the glory of God—our hope in Heaven—comes by God’s grace, and not by our works. We are to stand, to live, in grace, through grace, and not stand, or live by works or rules we have created in order to be accepted by God. It certainly is true that God does get upset by our sin in our lives, but he doesn’t then choose not to love us. He may get annoyed about sin that has blossomed and not been dealt with, but he is not against us personally. God does want us to live holy lives, striving to become more and more like Jesus. He wants us to identify sin in our thoughts, the things we say, and what we do, and he wants us to improve ourselves. When we keep letting sin have it’s way in us, he gets upset. For one, it is because he is a holy and righteous God. Two, it is because he wants what is best for us. If we are sinning, we aren’t doing what is best, and we may be even preventing God from giving us the things he wants to give us because we are not mature enough. We are not displaying a mature character that he can count on.