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How and why should we train in righteousness?
DIR By: guest24
Date: January 27, 2020, 8:17 am
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2 Timothy 3:16
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable
for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in
righteousness:
1 Timothy 4:8
For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is
profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now
is, and of that which is to come.
How and why should we train in righteousness?
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Re: How and why should we train in righteousness?
DIR By: patrick jane
Date: July 3, 2020, 10:57 pm
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Re: How and why should we train in righteousness?
DIR By: patrick jane
Date: July 13, 2020, 11:47 pm
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Want to Love Your Neighbor? Start By Fighting Your Own Sin.
When we “make every effort to be holy,” it works toward the
common good.
What are some effective ways to love our neighbors? Most of us
would say things like taking a meal to someone who is ill or
helping repair a broken faucet. Thinking further, we might point
to less tangible actions like praying for people, apologizing
quickly for an offense, or offering a word of encouragement.
In each case, we think of a positive behavior directed toward
someone else. These are the “one another” actions, conforming to
the many New Testament instructions on how to treat those God
places around us.
Each “one another” is an expression of the Great Commandment to
love our neighbor as we love ourselves. Outdo one another in
showing honor, forgive one another as Christ forgave you, bear
with one another, submit to one another in love. These expansive
expressions of the principles of the Old Testament Law prescribe
how we can live in community and offer indispensable
instructions for maintaining the common good. Finding meaningful
ways to love one another is not simply “a good idea” or “a nice
suggestion”; it is the hard work necessary for the well-being of
the group.
But to truly love one another, we must direct our efforts at
godliness not just toward others, but inward. The call to love
our neighbor is given in reference to how we love ourselves. It
explicitly links the spiritual health of the individual to the
health of community.
Yet we instinctively divide our sins into two categories: those
that affect our neighbor and those that affect only us. The
ancient god of individualism whispers that some sins are just
between God and me. If there are consequences, they will impact
only me. And this is simply not true. The consistent message of
the Bible is this: Personal sin yields collateral suffering,
without fail.
Consider Achan, who believed he could take the spoils of war for
himself and conceal them in his tent (Josh. 7). God’s punishment
of not only Achan but his entire household drives home the
lesson that personal sin is sin against our neighbor. Communal
well-being is harmed by individual rebellion.
We are not so different from Achan. We tell ourselves a similar
lie as we bow to the god of individualism: “As long as my
selfishness is concealed, as long as I don’t act openly on my
impulse to belittle, as long as no one knows I am addicted to
this behavior, or this substance, or my own bitterness, no one
is harmed but me.” But personal sin yields collateral suffering.
Why? Because what we do in the secret place is the most accurate
representation of who we truly are. It reveals the motives of
our hearts, the overflow of which invariably splashes onto our
neighbor. Personal sin yields collateral suffering. But here is
good news: Personal holiness yields collateral blessing.
Just as the sin done in secret will be dragged into the light,
so also the good work of righteousness done in secret will be
rewarded by the Lord (Matt. 6:1–18). When love, joy, peace, and
patience are our daily meditation; when kindness, goodness, and
faithfulness are our mindset; when gentleness and self-control
are our mainstay, these virtues overflow our hearts and become a
source of blessing to our neighbors.
We cannot help but interact with one another in life-giving ways
when these are the content of our character. Uncommon personal
holiness, hard sought, serves the common good.
Thus, perhaps the most basic way to “love your neighbor as you
love yourself” is to “make every effort … to be holy” (Heb.
12:14). What if a personal fast from social media made you more
eager for face-to-face friendship? What if a quiet decision to
delay a purchase made you more generous? What if resting from
work made you kinder to your family? An uncommon approach, to
say the least—a road less traveled, a narrow path—and the very
path of our great high priest, who was tempted in every way we
are yet was without sin. Uncommon personal holiness, hard
sought, poured out for the common good.
Taking a meal to someone is certainly loving our neighbor. But
repenting and turning from our “personal” sins is as well. It is
choosing to walk the narrow path of our Savior, that we might
love our neighbor out of the overflow.
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Re: How and why should we train in righteousness?
DIR By: patrick jane
Date: October 2, 2020, 12:01 pm
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> Want to Love Your Neighbor? Start By Fighting Your Own Sin.
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> When we “make every effort to be holy,” it works toward the
common good.
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> What are some effective ways to love our neighbors? Most of us
would say things like taking a meal to someone who is ill or
helping repair a broken faucet. Thinking further, we might point
to less tangible actions like praying for people, apologizing
quickly for an offense, or offering a word of encouragement.
>
> In each case, we think of a positive behavior directed toward
someone else. These are the “one another” actions, conforming to
the many New Testament instructions on how to treat those God
places around us.
>
> Each “one another” is an expression of the Great Commandment
to love our neighbor as we love ourselves. Outdo one another in
showing honor, forgive one another as Christ forgave you, bear
with one another, submit to one another in love. These expansive
expressions of the principles of the Old Testament Law prescribe
how we can live in community and offer indispensable
instructions for maintaining the common good. Finding meaningful
ways to love one another is not simply “a good idea” or “a nice
suggestion”; it is the hard work necessary for the well-being of
the group.
>
> But to truly love one another, we must direct our efforts at
godliness not just toward others, but inward. The call to love
our neighbor is given in reference to how we love ourselves. It
explicitly links the spiritual health of the individual to the
health of community.
>
> Yet we instinctively divide our sins into two categories:
those that affect our neighbor and those that affect only us.
The ancient god of individualism whispers that some sins are
just between God and me. If there are consequences, they will
impact only me. And this is simply not true. The consistent
message of the Bible is this: Personal sin yields collateral
suffering, without fail.
>
> Consider Achan, who believed he could take the spoils of war
for himself and conceal them in his tent (Josh. 7). God’s
punishment of not only Achan but his entire household drives
home the lesson that personal sin is sin against our neighbor.
Communal well-being is harmed by individual rebellion.
>
> We are not so different from Achan. We tell ourselves a
similar lie as we bow to the god of individualism: “As long as
my selfishness is concealed, as long as I don’t act openly on my
impulse to belittle, as long as no one knows I am addicted to
this behavior, or this substance, or my own bitterness, no one
is harmed but me.” But personal sin yields collateral suffering.
>
> Why? Because what we do in the secret place is the most
accurate representation of who we truly are. It reveals the
motives of our hearts, the overflow of which invariably splashes
onto our neighbor. Personal sin yields collateral suffering. But
here is good news: Personal holiness yields collateral blessing.
>
> Just as the sin done in secret will be dragged into the light,
so also the good work of righteousness done in secret will be
rewarded by the Lord (Matt. 6:1–18). When love, joy, peace, and
patience are our daily meditation; when kindness, goodness, and
faithfulness are our mindset; when gentleness and self-control
are our mainstay, these virtues overflow our hearts and become a
source of blessing to our neighbors.
>
> We cannot help but interact with one another in life-giving
ways when these are the content of our character. Uncommon
personal holiness, hard sought, serves the common good.
>
> Thus, perhaps the most basic way to “love your neighbor as you
love yourself” is to “make every effort … to be holy” (Heb.
12:14). What if a personal fast from social media made you more
eager for face-to-face friendship? What if a quiet decision to
delay a purchase made you more generous? What if resting from
work made you kinder to your family? An uncommon approach, to
say the least—a road less traveled, a narrow path—and the very
path of our great high priest, who was tempted in every way we
are yet was without sin. Uncommon personal holiness, hard
sought, poured out for the common good.
>
> Taking a meal to someone is certainly loving our neighbor. But
repenting and turning from our “personal” sins is as well. It is
choosing to walk the narrow path of our Savior, that we might
love our neighbor out of the overflow.
>
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Re: How and why should we train in righteousness?
DIR By: patrick jane
Date: May 27, 2021, 5:17 pm
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