There is an interesting fact connected with this word: in the concordance, right before godliness is godlessness. You need to get the one out of the way in order to get the other.
Stick-to-it-ive-ness is not a value of itself. It has to have something to stick to.
There is no instant godliness. By way of contrast, in salvation, justification is instantaneous. This in turn produces sanctification, a process. It’s the process of God rubbing off on us through:
*Prayer time
*The word
*Fellowship with other Christians
*The example of others both in our own lives and in history
At the end of this we have acquired in practical terms something of the character of God.
Green Lizard
10 years ago
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