[Faith-talk] FW: [thefamilyoffaith] What Does It Mean To Be A Man of God?

[Eric Calhoun]

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Subject: [thefamilyoffaith] What Does It Mean To Be A Man of God?
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Fri, 6 Jan 2012 07:37:54 -0500



What Does It Mean To Be A Man of God? 




"Man of God" is the description given to a man that follows God in every
way, who obeys His commands with joy, who does not live for the things of
this life but for the things of eternity, who willingly serves his God in
giving freely of all his resources yet gladly suffers as a consequence of
his faith. Perhaps Micah 6:8 sums up the man of God in one neat verse: "He
has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you?
To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God." 

The man of God does not swindle or defraud his employer by turning up
late for work or spending an hour on the internet during work hours; he
doesn't gossip or slander; he keeps his mind and heart pure by guarding his
eyes and ears from the filth of the world; he is the spiritual leader of
his family. He does everything opposite to what the world does or approves
of; he goes "against the grain" of society because he knows these things
displease God; he considers those who are disadvantaged or those rejected
by society, those that are lonely or despairing; he is a listener to other
people's problems and does not judge. 

Most of all, the man of God understands that when our Lord commanded him
to "be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect" (Matthew
5:48). 
He is only able to accomplish that because God enables him to be "holy
and blameless in his sight" (Ephesians 1:4) through His power and the
indwelling of His Spirit. On our own, we are incapable of holiness and
perfection, but through Christ who strengthens us, we can "do all things"
(Philippians 4:13). 
The man of God knows that his new nature is that of the righteousness of
Christ which was exchanged for our sinful nature at the cross. (2
Corinthians 5:17) This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a
new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun! 
Philippians 3:9 again emphasizes we are new. "I no longer count on my own
righteousness through obeying the law; rather, I become righteous through
faith." 
The final result is that he walks humbly with his God, knowing that he
must rely solely upon Him to be able to live to the full and persevere to
the end. 

Perhaps the Christian today is lacking in these qualities, but this is
what simple religion is all about-the simple religion that is yet
sufficient to please God: "helping those in distress and keeping oneself
from being polluted by the world" (James 1:23). 

 

We can have an awareness of all biblical doctrines, we can know all the
theological terms, we may be able to translate the Bible from the original
Greek and so on, but the principle of Micah 6:8 is the principle that the
man of God must follow: "act justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with God."

 

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