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Daily Devotional: Holiness
1 Peter 1.15 commands us to be holy in all of our conduct. Holiness is the gold standard for our character and conduct because it is the character and conduct of God. Normal Christian conversation concerning character concentrates usually upon goodness rather than holiness. Holiness even seems somewhat divine whereas goodness seems more human. Holiness feels like perfection whereas goodness feels like better than average. Most of us want to be healthy without working so hard as to compete in the Olympics. Holiness is that character and conduct commitment of the Olympic athlete toward their sport. All Christians are commanded to be holy because God is holy so we are to be holy in everything we do. Were we thus committed so much of our casual conversation would be transformed into something far more serious and useful. Holiness seems austere but really it is simply moral perfection; a consistency of always doing the right thing in the right way for the right reason. The Lord Jesus was and is holy but He was and is not austere. The Apostles did not shrink back from the Lord Jesus Who never for a moment was anything less than perfect. The holiness of Jesus modeled for us was not harsh or judgmental but consistently good so that it drew people toward Him rather than repelled people from Him as the counterfeit holiness which was really legalism and religious bigotry of the Pharisees did to those who were around them. Our holiness should be a blessing to people rather than an exaltation of ourselves even as God’s holiness caused Him to send His Son into the world not to condemn it but to save it.
Written by Mike Winter
A discipler helps disciples give up their will for the will of God, live daily a life of spiritual sacrifice for the glory of Christ and strive consistently to obey the commands of Jesus.
CBMC Mid-Michigan Mission
To present Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord to business and professional men and to develop Christian business and professional men to carry out the Great Commission.
Our Vision
All men in the marketplace fully evangelized and discipled until every man lives as a godly leader in the home, the church, and the marketplace resulting in all men experiencing the power of one God, the value of one man and the leverage of one team.
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IMPORTANCE OF ‘SHARPENING THE SAW’ by R obert J. Tamasy
Do you ever have days when it seems you have been working as hard as possible, yet you have not accomplished much – if anything? I think we all have days like that. Sometimes, despite our best efforts and intentions, there is little fruit for all of our labors. Sometimes, however, lack of productivity can be attributed to failure to “sharpen our saw.” (Read on . . .)
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