“For our glorying is this, the testimony of our conscience, that we had our conduct in the world in simplicity and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom, but in the grace of God, and more abundantly toward you.”
2 Corinthians 1:12 (LITV)
Character is the product of a redeemed life submitted to the disciplines and leadings of the Holy Spirit. It is the testimony of God’s grace being worked out in the daily issues of life. There can be no greater work of God than for Him to present to the world a living expression of Christ through the fallen sons of Adam!
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“Character is the product of daily, hourly actions, and words,
and thoughts; daily forgivenesses, unselfishness, kindnesses,
sympathies, charities, sacrifices for the good of others, struggles
against temptation, submissiveness under trial. Oh, it is these,
like the blending colors in a picture, or the blending notes of
music, which constitute the man”
— J. R. Macduff.
Character – The Work of God
“A man’s character is like a fence —
it cannot be strengthened by whitewash.”
Anonymous
Related Post: Election and Character
Brian Troxel
Thank you, Brian. A fifth person was present during the emergency helicopter lift from one hospital to another. They were the pilot, two paramedics, myself, and infinitely best of all, the inimitable, indispensable, intimately involved Holy Spirit.
I have before walked through the valley of the shadow of death on more than one occasion, and only by the grace of God can I say that truly I feared no evil whatsoever. What I did fear in bodily health crises was the excruciating physical pain and suffocation.
That I continue experiencing no pain, ache, or soreness in my body, I am grateful to our attentive, ardently affectionate Abba Almighty. Also, I thank Him that I am mobile and that I continue to enjoy walking outdoors. Everywhere, wondrously, I see Him in His creation (Romans 1). Too, I thank Him that my respiration usually is not uncomfortable.
Very, very much I look forward to going home to heaven, and from my circumscribed perspective, the sooner, the better. Statistically, my physical being should have expired years ago. When our usefulness in this world has reached completion by our ineffably glorious God, we will be with Him in the absolute perfection of undiminishing but eternally expanding effulgence of that glory, the loving intimacy and celestial communion of which we presently know is, by comparison, merely an inkling, an intimation of experience in eternity.
Grace be to you, and peace multiplied from the God of all grace and His Prince of peace.
Brian wrote: “There can be no greater work of God than for Him to present to the world a living expression of Christ through the fallen sons of Adam!”
Amen!
Yes and Yea to the Yeshua of Yah!
https://thisvsthat.io/yah-vs-yeshua
Rev. 3:14 Complete Jewish Bible “To the angel of the Messianic Community in Laodicea, write: ‘Here is the message from the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the Ruler of God’s creation:
2 Cor. 1:20 CJB For however many promises God has made, they all find their “Yes” in connection with him; that is why it is through him that we say the “Amen” when we give glory to God.
Galatians 2: 20-21 CJB
20 When the Messiah was executed on the stake as a criminal, I was too; so that my proud ego no longer lives. But the Messiah lives in me, and the life I now live in my body I live by the same trusting faithfulness that the Son of God had, who loved me and gave himself up for me. 21 I do not reject God’s gracious gift; for if the way in which one attains righteousness is through legalism, then the Messiah’s death was pointless.
Definitely agree with this!
I will check out your blog tomorrow – thank you for stopping by and commenting.
Blessings
BT
You are most welcome!
No man is greater than his prayer life. The pastor who is not praying is praying; the people who are not praying are straying. We have many organizers, but few agonizers; many players and payers, few pray-ers; many singers, few clingers; lots of pastors, few wrestlers; many fears, few tears; much fashion, little passion; many interferers, few intercessors; many writers, but few fighters. Failing here, we fail everywhere.
Leonard Ravenhill
Such true words and an indictment upon much of the church today.
Will use this in upcoming posts!
Blessings
BT