BUT THAT IS NO LIFE FOR YOU. --- YOU LEARNED CHRIST! ------------------------------------------------- MY ASSUMPTION IS THAT YOU HAVE PAID CAREFUL ATTENTION TO HIM, ------ BEEN WELL INSTRUCTED IN THE TRUTH PRECISELY AS WE HAVE IT IN JESUS. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- SINCE, THEN, --- WE DO NOT HAVE THE EXCUSE OF IGNORANCE, EVERYTHING — AND I DO MEAN EVERYTHING — CONNECTED WITH THAT OLD WAY OF LIFE HAS TO GO. ------------------------------- IT IS ROTTEN THROUGH AND THROUGH. --- GET RID OF IT! --------------------------------- AND THEN TAKE ON AN ENTIRELY NEW WAY OF LIFE — A GOD - FASHIONED LIFE, -------------------------------------------------------------------------- A LIFE RENEWED FROM THE INSIDE AND WORKING ITSELF INTO YOUR CONDUCT AS GOD ACCURATELY REPRODUCES HIS CHARACTER IN YOU. --- EPH4:20 ************************************ ************************************************* CHOSEN BY GOD FOR THIS NEW LIFE OF LOVE, ------------------------------------------------------------------ DRESS IN THE WARDROBE GOD PICKED OUT FOR YOU: ------------------------------------------- COMPASSION, -- KINDNESS, -- HUMILITY, -- QUIET STRENGTH, -- DISCIPLINE. ------------------------------------------------------------- BE EVEN-TEMPERED, CONTENT WITH SECOND PLACE, ----- QUICK TO FORGIVE AN OFFENSE. ---- FORGIVE AS QUICKLY AND COMPLETELY AS THE MASTER FORGAVE YOU. ----------------------------------------- AND REGARDLESS OF WHAT ELSE YOU PUT ON, ------- WEAR LOVE. ----------------------------- IT IS YOUR BASIC, ALL-PURPOSE GARMENT. ----- NEVER BE WITHOUT IT. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LET THE PEACE OF CHRIST KEEP YOU IN TUNE WITH EACH OTHER, -- IN STEP WITH EACH OTHER. ------------------------------------ NONE OF THIS GOING OFF AND DOING YOUR OWN THING. ----------------------------------- AND CULTIVATE THANKFULNESS.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LET THE WORD OF CHRIST — THE MESSAGE — HAVE THE RUN OF THE HOUSE. -------------------------------------------------------------------- GIVE IT PLENTY OF ROOM IN YOUR LIVES. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ INSTRUCT AND DIRECT ONE ANOTHER USING GOOD COMMON SENSE. ----------- AND SING, SING YOUR HEARTS OUT TO GOD! ----- ------ ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ------ ------ LET EVERY DETAIL IN YOUR LIVES — WORDS, ACTIONS, WHATEVER — BE DONE IN THE NAME OF THE MASTER, JESUS, THANKING GOD THE FATHER EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. --- COL3:12. **** *************************************************** BY HIS DIVINE POWER, GOD HAS GIVEN US EVERYTHING WE NEED FOR LIVING A GODLY LIFE. -------------------------------------------- WE HAVE RECEIVED ALL OF THIS BY COMING TO KNOW HIM, ---- THE ONE WHO CALLED US TO HIMSELF BY MEANS OF HIS MARVELOUS GLORY AND EXCELLENCE. --------------------------------------------------------- AND BECAUSE OF HIS GLORY AND EXCELLENCE, --- HE HAS GIVEN US GREAT AND PRECIOUS PROMISES. ------------------------------------- THESE ARE THE PROMISES THAT ENABLE YOU TO SHARE HIS DIVINE NATURE AND ESCAPE THE WORLDS CORRUPTION CAUSED BY HUMAN DESIRES. -------------------------------------------------------------------- IN VIEW OF ALL THIS, MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO RESPOND TO GOD’S PROMISES. --------------------------------------------------------------- SUPPLEMENT YOUR FAITH WITH A GENEROUS PROVISION OF MORAL EXCELLENCE, ------ AND MORAL EXCELLENCE WITH KNOWLEDGE, ---- AND KNOWLEDGE WITH SELF-CONTROL, --- AND SELF-CONTROL WITH PATIENT ENDURANCE, ---- AND PATIENT ENDURANCE WITH GODLINESS, --- AND GODLINESS WITH BROTHERLY AFFECTION, --- AND BROTHERLY AFFECTION WITH LOVE FOR EVERYONE. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE MORE YOU GROW LIKE THIS, --THE MORE PRODUCTIVE AND USEFUL YOU WILL BE IN YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. ------------------------------------------ BUT THOSE WHO FAIL TO DEVELOP IN THIS WAY ARE SHORTSIGHTED OR BLIND, ----- FORGETTING THAT THEY HAVE BEEN CLEANSED FROM THEIR OLD SINS. ---------------------------- SO, DEAR BROTHERS AND SISTERS, WORK HARD TO PROVE THAT YOU REALLY ARE AMONG THOSE GOD HAS CALLED AND CHOSEN.-------------------------------- DO THESE THINGS, AND YOU WILL NEVER ALL AWAY. -- 2 PET1:3 ************ *********************************************** MAY THE GRACE OF GOD BE UPON YOU, AND HIS SPIRIT BE YOUR GUIDE. * ******** ***** SHALOM : PEACE TO YOU. ***********
Posted on: Tue, 27 Jan 2015 02:33:09 +0000
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