Moral Excellence
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· 63 viewsMoral Excellence is necessary for the growing Church to fulfill her call.
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Airborne versus Glucose Tablets - Religion and Relationship
One of the struggles that we face as a church and as people is the tendency to move from event without a plan for the time in between.
Christianity is powerful and effectual when it is lived out in daily life among the community.
Honesty
Honesty
But let your statement be, ‘Yes, yes’ or ‘No, no’; anything beyond these is of evil.
Should your springs be dispersed abroad,
Streams of water in the streets?
Let them be yours alone
And not for strangers with you.
Let your fountain be blessed,
And rejoice in the wife of your youth.
As a loving hind and a graceful doe,
Let her breasts satisfy you at all times;
Be exhilarated always with her love.
There are six things which the Lord hates,
Yes, seven which are an abomination to Him:
Haughty eyes, a lying tongue,
And hands that shed innocent blood,
A heart that devises wicked plans,
Feet that run rapidly to evil,
A false witness who utters lies,
And one who spreads strife among brothers.
Proverbs 5:16-19
Integrity
Integrity
Firm adherence to a code
Firm adherence to a code
So he said to his men, “Far be it from me because of the Lord that I should do this thing to my lord, the Lord’s anointed, to stretch out my hand against him, since he is the Lord’s anointed.”
1 Samuel 24:6
Faithfulness
Faithfulness
Unswerving adherence to a person or thing or to the oath or promise by which a tie was contracted
Unswerving adherence to a person or thing or to the oath or promise by which a tie was contracted
In this case, moreover, it is required of stewards that one be found trustworthy.
Courage
Courage
Acting in faith in spite of fear or unknown.
Acting in faith in spite of fear or unknown.
Joseph of Arimathea came, a prominent member of the Council, who himself was waiting for the kingdom of God; and he gathered up courage and went in before Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus.
Mark 15:43
The idea is that the Moral Excellence that we display through our lives is the force or energy of the Holy Spirit accompanying the preaching of the glorious gospel that leads to impact upon the lives of those who hear us.
Our lives must match our words.