Ephesians 4:1. I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, How’s your
Learning to live by the indwelling life of Christ.
Ephesians 4:1. I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, How’s your
Read Psalm 105:1-7. 1Oh give thanks to the Lord; call upon his name; make known his deeds among the peoples! 2Sing to him, sing praises
Matthew 1:1. The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ…the son of Abraham. Advent is all about waiting. Waiting for God’s hero to come and
The psalmist is reminding us not of the patriarch’s great moral example that we must follow (far from it), but of the great grace of God that we must trust by faith. Faith alone in grace alone is what to live is Christ requires. The morality will follow faith, in this life and definitely in the next. Until then let Christ be you Savior first and the only example you need second.
To live is Christ is to seek this same Lord’s presence in the same way that the psalmist envisions for the people of faith – continually. A reality made known to us by the continual presence of Christ in our very hearts by the Spirit.
This Christmas season may we be the sons of Abraham. The children of faith. Faith in all the promises of God. Faith in the return of THE Son. And faith in our union with Christ that sustains us in our waiting by his love.