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VI. How to Improve Your Virtue
A. Loathe (hate) the vices, the sins in you – the quickness by which you give into temptation and pressure from friends and the world
1. Choose the good, and hate the evil in your life and in this world (Ps 97:10; Pr 8:13) – on a day-by-day basis
2. Do things Christ’s way, by faith, trusting that He will work everything out for your good
3. Live by virtue, by the strength of the Holy Spirit in your life
B. Get Lively – get a life project that takes up your time – your family, your job, a ministry in the church, a big house project, a college course, a degree!
C. Learn the lives of the people in the Bible – they are real people, with real problems, whom God has recorded to show us REAL solutions
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If you won’t take the time to study your Bible, then you are wasting your time as a Christian
2. You will not move on and grow strong, unless against temptation you learn how to endure long
D. Constantly add virtue to your way of thinking, loving, living
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It is not a one time GOODNESS act that you do
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But a constant development of your ability to live right and godly – walking the straight (hard) and narrow way of a Christian!
E. Love God’s laws – thank God for rules, and limits on your life – keeps you OUT of the deadly traps (snares) of the devil
F. Look always for a way of escape when facing any temptation (1Cor 10:13)
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There always is one – God makes sure of it
2. Pray and ask for a way through, and to make it apparent
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Then, DON’T DEBATE – just act against the temptation as Joseph did when Potiphar’s wife tempted him – RUN!
VII.
Conclusion
A. Everyone who comes to Christ, comes as a wicked, condemned, lost sinner, with the desperate need to find forgiveness, and the ability to live free from the enslaving power of sin – that’s what it means to be saved!
B. The FIRST thing a Christian is to add to their life as soon as they get saved is virtue - build up some walls between you and sin
C. Too many believers get some faith, and then STOP right there!
D. David Starr Jordan profoundly said, “Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it, and virtue is doing it.”
E. Do you have that ability – to do what is right and good when all the world around you is sinning against the Lord?
F. Virtue is the ability to walk away from temptation –it takes a lot of inner strength to do that because temptation usually is attractive, fun and enjoyable
G. King David is a good example of lack of virtue – wasn’t man enough to turn away, and wasn’t man enough to accept responsibility for his sin
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We all need to add a lot of virtue to our lives before we watch another TV show, turn on the radio, or sit down with our schoolmates and friends
SOLID STEPS OF
CHRISTIAN GROWTH
LESSON 16 C
Continued
Lesson 16C
Add To Your Faith Virtue
(Moral Excellence)
Scripture Lesson:
II Peter 1:5-7
The Christian's Thought Life
The mind is the starting point for behavior.
Philippians 4:8 (KJV 1900)
8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely,
whatsoever things are of good report;
if there be any virtue,
and if there be any praise, think on these things.
We Must Learn To Think Christianly.
GET RIGHT, THINK RIGHT, LIVE RIGHT.
1 Peter 2:9,
Moral excellence is the inner strength to do right, the courage to live out your faith and fight against temptation; how to maintain a clear conscience.
“ WISDOM is knowing what to do next,
SKILL is knowing how to do it, and
VIRTUE is doing it.”
Virtue is a strength -
a
supernatural ability to say “no” to temptations and “yes” to right and good things.
The opposite of virtue is vice - virtues are what is right with a man and vices are what is wrong with him.
What Does Moral Excellence Looks Like Without Faith?
A Christian’s FAITH is directed towards God.
A Christian’s VIRTUE is directed towards sin and temptation.
How To Add Moral Excellence To Our Faith
A Christian’s moral excellence is derived from the Word.
Romans 10:17,
II Timothy 3:16-17,
James 1:22-25,
James 3:10-12,
1 Thessalonians 4:9-10,
Being a Christian demand having
a spiritual backbone; the conviction of faith and the willingness to stand and live by faith.
1 Corinthians16:13,
A WORD ABOUT MORAL COWARDICE.
A coward is someone who lacks courage in facing danger, difficulty, opposition, pain, etc., A timid or easily intimidated person.
Pilate: Failed To Use His Authority To Free The Innocent (Jesus).
Luke 23:20-25, Wanting to release Jesus, Pilate appealed to them again.
But they kept
shouting,
But with loud shouts they insistently
demanded that he be crucified, and their shouts prevailed.
So, Pilate decided to grant their demand.
He released the man who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, the one they asked for, and surrendered Jesus to their will.
Moral Cowardice Knows What Is Right, But Will Not Do It.
James 4:17,
Moral Cowardice Tries To Justify Itself Before It Peers.
Peter: A Man who knew the Truth but Failed to Acknowledge It.
Matthew 26:69-72,
Moral Cowardice Values Safety Over Truth.
Moral Cowardice Fears Consequences Of Standing For
Truth.
A WORD ABOUT MORAL COURAGE
PAUL: A Man who Publicly Resisted Sin.
Gal 2:11-14,
But when I saw that they were not
straightforward about the truth of the gospel, I said to
Peter before them all, “If you, being a Jew, live in the manner of Gentiles and not as the Jews, why do you compel Gentiles to live as Jews?
Moral Courage Is Public About Its Faith.
DANIEL AND HIS COMPANIONS:
Commitment to the True God.
Daniel 1:8,
Moral Courage Requires Purpose Of Heart.
Moral Courage Trusts In God.
Dan 3:16 -18,
Moral Courage Will Not Compromise.
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