Category: Living Righteous Lives

1 Peter 2:24 (NKJV) 24 who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness — by whose stripes you were healed.

Most people who know anything at all about Jesus already know that He bore our sins. He paid the price for the sins that we, you and I, committed.

That’s a well-established and well-known fact that most will readily recognize and admit.

What’s not so well known, or so readily admitted, is the fact that because He bore our sins and died in our place, we, having died to sin, might live for righteousness.

You see, it’s easy to accept the fact that Jesus died for us. Knowing and acknowledging that fact doesn’t require any real effort or sacrifice on our part.

Doing something about it is a different story; a reality that screams for action on our part. And some of those actions require great effort and sacrifices on our end.

This is where things can get a bit sticky for some. Where the men and women are separated from the boys and the girls, so to speak.

It’s where our faith and dedication (or lack of them) become obvious. And it is where we often recognize our own shortcomings when it comes to our willingness to deliver on our commitment to our walk with God.

This is not a hopeless situation, though. It doesn’t have to be a permanent problem that derails our faith and condemns us for eternity.

God is the God of compassion, mercy and hope. And He is willing to forgive us if we are willing to turn from our errant ways and repent.

It’s important that we recognize the debt that was paid for each of us by Christ on that cross, and that we live up to the price that was paid that day.

And as we recognize this, it will cause us to want to live our lives righteously for Him.

In turn, this will cause us to want to do the right thing daily, setting ourselves aside and putting Him first in every aspect of our lives, that we may be acceptable to Him in everything.

Romans 12:1 (NKJV) 12 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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2 Corinthians 7:1 (NKJV) 1 Therefore, having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

This is what we do as believers. After we have been saved by the precious blood of Jesus, we do away with a lot of the worldly desire in us.

As we eliminate those things that are filthy in God’s eyes, we began to draw near to Him. And as we get closer to Him, our relationship grows deeper.

We begin to get a taste of what it means to perfect holiness each time we give up or let go of the things that put distance between us and God.

We will never be perfect here on earth, but we will definitely be building and strengthening our relationship with God.

Being clean is very important. We need to work on this on a daily basis, not just one day every once in a while.

We should constantly be open to the Holy Spirit reminding or convicting us of the things that could taint our relationship with God.

How do we know when we are being reminded?

Everyone is different, and the Holy Spirit will let us know in whatever way will get our attention. However, we will definitely know. And at that point we need to make a decision whether to listen or to ignore His promptings.

I was talking to someone one day. They asked me, “why didn’t you stop so and so from doing what they were about to do?”.

I said, “you can talk till you’re blue in the face, and if they don’t hear you, they are basically choosing what they want to do. They will do what they enjoy, or maybe what they are addicted to. You can’t force someone to make the right choice”.

Cleaning ourselves is going to come by making the right choices each day as we hear the voice and heed the promptings of the Holy Spirit.

Pray for His guidance, help and strength. He is faithful!

Isaiah 40:29 (NKJV) 29 He gives power to the weak, And to those who have no might He increases strength.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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