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

[fswilliams049 at aol.com]

 This is so true and thanks so much for sharing Eric.   God bless,
Felicia

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From: "Eric Calhoun" <eric at pmpmail.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2012 6:34 PM
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Subject: [Faith-talk] FW: [thefamilyoffaith] What Does It Mean To Be A Manof 
God?

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> From: "thefamilyoffaith" <TheFamilyofFaith at tampabay.rr.com>
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> Subject: [thefamilyoffaith] What Does It Mean To Be A Man of God?
> Date:
> Fri, 6 Jan 2012 07:37:54 -0500
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> What Does It Mean To Be A Man of God?
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> "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."
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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).
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> 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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