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By Bryan Chapell
"Be Holy, simply because i'm holy." --1 Peter 1:16 How can God anticipate us to be as holy as he's? isn't really it unrealistic, provided that he's infinitely natural and we're truly imperfect? this sort of usual turns out both to disregard our frailty or to impose definite failure--until we know how God perspectives us. Then we're reminded that, due to what Christ finished on our behalf, our perfection isn't the requirement for getting into his country. but that very grace nonetheless calls us to stay righteously--for the sake of our health, definite, yet such a lot of all, since it glorifies God. during this difficult but heartwarming paintings, Bryan Chapell illustrates the foundations of grace, the practices of religion, and the reasons of affection in dwelling a lifetime of holiness. you are going to trip via reassuring Scripture passages that exhibit solid works and obedience to be, no longer a method of building or preserving salvation, yet a thankful reaction to God's mercy. And in Bryan Chapell's encouraging words--drawn directly from the guts of God--you will take into account that your holiness isn't rather a lot an issue of what you in attaining because it is the grace that God offers. A grace so wealthy as to make the pursuit of his holiness your soul's private satisfaction.
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He has only to go a few more steps to stand before a temple official who has the authority to restore all that is precious 30 HOLINESS BY GRACE in the leper’s life, yet he does not. The man whose healing is so recent as to be suspect, returns to thank the One who made him well (v. 16a). Something more powerful than pursuit of his own gain motivates this former leper. Self-promotion cannot be his motive, for he risks a return of his leprosy by returning to Jesus before going to the priests. But a change in health is not all that the healed man risks.
If the record of our religious performance does not establish who we are (because that identity established by the Law is dead—crucified with Christ), then what is our identity? Paul answers by proposing an amazing substitution. Again using himself as an example to represent all believers, he says, “I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me” (Gal. 2:20). The “me” established by my religious performance has no life. Still, I move and walk and talk. How does this occur?
Marshall answers by echoing truths the apostle Paul provides in the book of Galatians. There Paul confronts those who are saying that what we do in and to our flesh is the basis of our standing before God. Religious extremists in the Galatian church had apparently persuaded both immature and mature believers (including the apostle Peter for a time) that what we do—our level of holy performance and sacrifice—is what establishes our acceptance with God. Paul reminds everyone of the gospel they had originally embraced with joy.