God's Word Shapes Our Lives into Goodness (TMF:610)

Friday, March 24, 2017
Peace to Live By: God's Word Shapes Our Lives into Goodness (TMF:610) - Daniel Litton
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       But going back to Psalm 19, we can note that David uses several different words to describe God’s Word, which are “testimony,” “precepts,” “commandment,” and “rules.” The Bible is testimony because it tells us about God and the lives of some of his choice saints. It also gives us his precepts, commandments, and rules. This is the truth from God’s Word that shapes our lives into goodness. Without knowing what is right and true, we would not be able to follow goodness in our lives. The Apostle Peter told us in his second epistle, “His [God’s] divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence, by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire” (2 Peter 1:3-4, ESV). So, we need God’s “knowledge,” his Word, to have “life and godliness.”