These admonitions for how to live are good for anyone, not just elders and deacons.
Do not be a lover of money...I remember what the first commandment said: Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.
Do not be a drunkard (That’s obvious)
Do not be a slanderer: You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor
You see what I am getting at, these are really good ways to live, and not just good ideas, but the law (as I said earlier, they are like the law of gravity-just better to keep in mind if you want to keep from falling flat on your face.)
Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of godliness:
He was manifested in the flesh,
vindicated by the Spirit,
seen by angels,
proclaimed among the nations,
believed on in the world,
taken up in glory.
vindicated by the Spirit,
seen by angels,
proclaimed among the nations,
believed on in the world,
taken up in glory.
This is indeed something that is not easy to understand, but it is something I find my spirit rejoices in. It feels somehow ‘right’ even if I can’t fully explain it or fully understand all that it means. Godliness is something I wish to live into.
See you tomorrow.
-maggie
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