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Holiness Is Nothing Less Than Conformity To The Character Of God

Love Is Costly. T Forgive In Love Costs Us Our Sense Of Justice. To Serve In Love Costs Us Time. To Share In Love Costs Us Money. Every Act Of Love Costs Us In Some Way, Just As It Cost God To Love Us. But We Are To Live A Life Of Love Just As Christ Loves Us And Gave Himself For Us At Great Cost To Himself.

This Is The Amazing Story Of God’s Grace. God Saves Us By His Grace And Transforms Us More And More Into The Likeness Of His Son By His Grace. In All Our Trials And Afflictions, He Sustains And Strengthens Us By His Grace. He Calls Us By Grace To Perform Our Own Unique Function Within The Body Of Christ. Then, Again By Grace, He Gives To Each Of Us The Spiritual Gifts Necessary To Fulfill Our Calling. As We Serve Him, He Makes That Service Acceptable To Himself By Grace, And Then Rewards Us A Hundredfold By Grace.

Truth Is We Must Plant And We Must Water If We Are To Make Progress With Our Children In Holiness But Only The Holy Spirit Can Change Our Children More And More Into The Likeness Of Jesus. Our Problem Is We Tend To Depend Upon Our Planting And Watering Rather Than The Lord.

Because Peace Is A Fruit Of The Spirit, We Are Dependent Upon The Spirit's Work In Our Lives To Produce The Desire And The Means To Pursue Peace. But We Are Also Responsible To Use The Means He Has Given Us And To Take All Practical Steps To Attain Both Peace Within And Peace With Others.