Grace

As we called on Jesus' name and trusted him to be our Savior, we died to sin. In this death, we die to dying and pass from death to life because of our faith in Jesus and in God's power [Col. 2:12]. Our life is joined to Jesus, and his glorious future becomes our own [Col. 3: 1 - 4]. We are not under law, but grace. Let's respon to the gift of grace with a passion to be holy and to serve others. Let's open ourselves to the trnasforming work of the Holy Spirit, who changes us to be like Jesus [2 Cor 3:18]. We are grace-children, bought with a price! We are not in bondage to sin, but liberated by grace to be all God made us to be! [Eph 21 - 10].

Walking Honestly

Thoughts on Today's verse...

"Tell the truth the first time and then you won't have to remember what you said." That's a quote attributed to the famous Speaker of the House [U.S. House of Representatives] Sam Rayburn. That's basically what God's wisdom is trying to teach us in this passage. Be a person of integrity! Then, when someone finds out your secrets, you can feel secure knowing that you have lived for godliness. However, a perverse and deceitful person has to constantly worry that someone will find him/her out. There is no security or assurance in crooked paths, only the certainty of getting tripped up and caught. When the secrets of evil that have been whispered in dark places are shouted from the rooftops, those who have lived for the Lord can be secure in knowing that what gets shouted about them is said with the voice of God: "Well done, good and faithful servant!"

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