1 Timothy 3:16
Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of godliness:
He was manifested in the flesh,
vindicated by the Spirit,
seen by angels,
proclaimed among the nations,
believed on in the world,
taken up in glory.
As Christians, our goal ought to be becoming all that God has created us to be. We tend to think of “godliness” as an activity that we do. We must be godly to get into heaven. We equate it with a certain lifestyle or a set of rules that we keep. Paul shows the heart of godliness in this verse. It is not what we do but it is a person. When we are connected to his person, the rest of what we say, do, and think will be influenced. How? Because it is not really we who are doing the action. It is Christ living within us who is doing the action and giving the ability to do this action. This makes all the difference but is one of the most difficult things for Christians to understand and live out.
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