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Discipleship Focus: Character
- Character: Having the interior life that is necessary to support the work that God sets before a person. It is hearing from God and obeying. It is doing the right thing when nobody is looking.
When I look at this chapter, I see character written all over
it. I’m going to talk about character in
two dimensions today. Both dimensions
involve character and having an internal perspective.
Do you hear what Paul is chafing at in this passage? Here the Corinthians are with sin running
rampant in their midst and they are boasting about how good they are! The Corinthians are either ignorant of what
is going on among them or they are unwilling to do anything about it. Both of these conditions are indications of
bad character within.
The person of good character takes time to evaluate
themselves. The person of good character
takes time to do an internal inventory once and a while and see what is going
on within them. The person of good
character knows that they are not perfect and looks for things upon which they
can work.
The person of good character is also not afraid to work on them,
either. The person of good character
recognizes that pain and struggle are a part of life. the person of character knows that life after
the pain and struggle will be better because of the pain and struggle.
As Christians, we should not be afraid to look into the
mirror. We should not be afraid to look
for the blemishes and be aware of them.
We should not be afraid of struggling with them. That’s what a godly character looks like.
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