Christianity is the Christian following in the footsteps of Christ: knowing the word of God and doing it. It’s not that knowing the word is bad and doing the word of God is good; rather, knowing the word without doing the word is bad, and so is doing the word without knowing it. Like pedals on a bike, they require the other in order to work.
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You’re God’s beloved. If you’re a Christian, you’re God’s beloved. #boldJames
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God loves you. This establishes your identity, and out of your identity comes your activity. #boldJames
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Before God tells you what to do, he tells you who you are. #boldJames
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When we do what God tells us to, we’re not working for the love of God, we’re working from the love of God. #boldJames
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“Men have two ears but one tongue, that they should hear more than they speak.” –Rabbi saying #boldJames
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The verse of the Bible that is quoted in the rest of the Bible more than any other is Exodus 34:6 #boldJames
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Sometimes we wrongly use the Bible for information instead of transformation. #boldJames
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James says that false religion is marked by two things: self-deception and forgetfulness. #boldJames
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Self-deception is where you think that because you know a lot, you’ve changed. #boldJames
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True religion is having the Father’s heart for the whole family & that Christians are brothers and sisters. #boldJames
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False religion says “Clean your own clothes.” Jesus says “Wear my clothes. I’ll trade for your dirty ones.” #boldJames
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God is not the one who’s condemning you. God is not the one who’s accusing you. Satan is. #boldJames
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- The verse of the Bible that is quoted in the rest of the Bible more than any verse in the Bible is Exodus 34:6: “The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.”
- We can wrongly turn Christianity into an academic exercise instead of a lifestyle, into something that we study rather than someone we become.
- Because we live in a day where there is so much information, there is an increase in self-deception because you can know a lot, but apart from community, it can result it religious pride, puffing up, and self-deception.
- Just like the mirror shows us something about ourselves, God’s word shows us something even deeper about ourselves, not just the expression on our face but the condition of our heart.
- Jesus says, “I will trade you. You give me your soiled, filthy, stench-ridden rags, and I’ll wear them. And I’ll give you my sinlessness, my holiness, my righteousness, and you can wear that. I will gladly trade you your life for mine.”
Recommended resources
Spirituality isn’t inward
By Tullian Tchividjian
When a lot of Christian’s think about “spirituality” they tend to think of it monastically—individualistically. But while faith is personal, it is in no way private.
In Christ, I’m not a sinner
By Dane Ortlund
“I’m learning that the more I see of Christ’s gospel, the more I see how little I see it. For every inch gained in gospel understanding, I gain a foot in seeing how little I grasp it. I peer over the ledge of grace and see a new hundred-foot drop, which enables me to see also that the cliff extends another mile beyond that.”
Receive with meekness the implanted word
Sermon by John Piper
“Praying and meditating on the word of God are the heartbeat of the Christian life. You can’t sustain prayer without the word of God, and you can’t experience the living power of the word of God without prayer. They go hand in hand. They are the lub-dub of the coronary Christian life.”
Sins of my youth
By Pastor Ryan Williams
When we contemplate our sins and failings, we may struggle to believe that we are really forgiven, redeemed, and washed clean. But we are not alone in the struggle.
