Consider that you, as an accountable person, have sold yourself into slavery to sin (John 8:31-34; Rom 6:16). It is impossible for you to gain the means to redeem yourself from this master. Look at what Peter wrote to Christians.
This or That?
These are easy choices on paper but harder to put into practice day-to-day. Each one stands or falls with the others. What are some other verses that have profoundly simple but difficult teachings?
Seek, Set, Sever, and Serve
How do we resist temptation? Colossians 3:1-17 provides plain actions that can aid in our struggles. See if you can find what we should seek, set, and sever, and how we should serve to be holy.
Unhypocritical Love
It is incontrovertible. We cannot love if we are hypocritical. While the imitation might make a convincing facsimile, there will always be a chink in the facade.
All the World’s a Stage?
Life is not a stage, and we are not players. Life has everlasting consequences, and who we are without masks will determine what those are.
Mask or No Mask?
Hypocrite was a Greek word for “actor.” The word became synonymous with pretending of all kinds, good and bad.
The Sun and the Son
God’s people are meant to be lights, designed by God, to be seen and direct people to His Son. Regarding the sun, David wrote, “There is nothing hidden from its heat” (Ps 19:6).
Are You King of the Hill?
All too often we feel better because someone is worse. It is the opposite that is true. When we humble ourselves and elevate others to their potential in Christ, we are doing something amazing.
Alone Time or Isolation?
Being alone isn’t wrong. Nor is it unhealthy to seek rest from difficult times by getting away for a bit. However, there is a fine line between getting some alone time and separating yourself from others in an unhealthy way.
Our God is in Heaven
Wealth, power, fame, and pleasure are abstract, fleeting pursuits. They are thoughtless, emotionless, and helpless. They only have what we give to them. Nonetheless, billions set these as their life’s focus.