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We have a
certain hope. We have a hope that has
been laid upon a foundation of grace, repentance, forgiveness, the resurrection
of the dead, and eternal life. These are
the foundations of our faith. It is
these things that inspire us and cause us to continue to strive every day.
If this is
the foundation of our hope, we should not routinely be producing thorns in life. We should not be causing other people to
stumble. We should not be continual
sources of anger and strife. We should not
be people who look and feel like hypocrites to the world around them. We should produce a harvest, not a briar
patch.
Other places
in the Bible speak about this same concept.
Jesus Himself tells us that we will know what lies in people’s hearts
because we will see it in their actions.
Paul tells us that by our fruit we will be known. This is the same point being made here. If our foundation is in grace, love, mercy,
forgiveness, repentance, and eternal life, then those dynamics should be seen
all over our lives!
What does it
mean when our lives are not giving evidence of these things? It means that we may be in a rough spot of life
and we need to spent time with God. It
may mean that we ourselves need to experience a bit of grace love and mercy so
that we can be recharged. But it might
also mean that our foundation isn’t what we thought it was. When we go through a stretch of life and
realize that we aren’t putting grace, love, and mercy on display very often, it
is a great time to do a self-check and evaluate our life.
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