Christian character is the characteristics of a Christian striving to follow Christ’s example.
PSALM 39:4 – O Lord, make me know my end and what is the measure of my days; let me know how fleeting I am.” He was a dear brother, friend, and deacon in my church and a glowing example of a godly family member to his physical family and church family. He was so loved and he so loved. His reputation…
PSALM 63:1-4 – O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water. So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary, beholding your power and glory. Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you.…
1 THESSALONIANS 3:1-5 – Therefore when we could bear it no longer, we were willing to be left behind at Athens alone, and we sent Timothy, our brother and God’s coworker in the gospel of Christ, to establish and exhort you in your faith, that no one be moved by these afflictions. For you yourselves know that we are destined for this.…
REVELATION 21:1–5 – Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne…
When something is common, tolerated, and not dealt with for what it is, it simply becomes an acceptable “flaw” and chalked up as just being human. That is very dangerous.
Here is a quick one question Bible quiz. Of the Ten Commandments which one stands out and leads to a breaking of all the other nine? Which one is the door, that if disobeyed and allowed, opens us to all other kinds of sin?