In his moral law, God shows us how to be better children in his family. It teaches us to see Grace at work in our otherwise disobedient hearts. It lights up the unseen opportunities that would otherwise be hidden in the dark. It teaches us what glorifies God, and how we enjoy living as his loved children.
Psalm 95:9, “Oh, worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness!”
Since our righteousness is from Christ by grace, and not from ourselves, there is no place for bragging. If we come to Christ by repentance from sin and by faith in his work, we have come by God’s grace, not by anything that we have done.
We who love the Lord know we are saved by grace alone, not by our obedience. Our desire in response is to honor our Creator and Redeemer, and to enjoy doing so forever. Our great passion is to hunger to know what God says is right and good.
Prayer is an offering up of our desires unto God for things agreeable to his will, in the name of Christ, with confession of our sins, and thankful acknowledgment of his mercies. (WSC 98)
God’s law rightly understood is a wonderful guide to the believer. By it he can know what he can do to show proper gratitude to his Lord. The redeemed need to know what our Creator says pleases him, not what we assume will honor him.
God has given us a longing for the blessings stored up for us when this life is over. As redeemed believers in Christ, as soon as our spirits are separated from our bodies, we will be with others in glory. When the world’s final day comes, we will be advanced into a yet greater participation in eternal blessings.
Learning about the Bible is one of the ways God uses to help us become better Christians.
There are reasons for our rebellion, but there are no excuses for it. Those who are transformed by the Gospel will seek to be holy. They will see that their excuses for sin do not make it acceptable.
When we become alive in Christ by his redeeming grace, it is not only and end to spiritual death. It is a launch into the adventure of growth toward the perfection God plans for us in eternity.
