God wants every Christian to be a godly saint. It is true that we are saints and sinners at the same time. But the world wants us to “fit in” with it. The Christian faith is often rejected and mocked. Compromises are made to fit in with the culture. How can we stop compromising in our secular culture? We should use the apostle Paul as our example in stopping compromise and living rightly for Jesus Christ.
We should seek to live godly in an ungodly time. Let no one think we should compromise. People may try to force us to compromise but we rest in Christ alone and His truth in His written Word. We should surrender our lives to Him alone because we are called to godly living. Godly living should be the focus of our lives. We should live godly lives as God calls us to because He has redeemed and ransomed us from all spiritual darkness and spiritual evil. We ought to live in victory over sin when we sin by faithful repentance. God’s ultimate plan for us is to know God and live for Him alone.
We ought to give control to God the Father over our lives and none else. We no longer have the right to run our own lives but God now has the right to run our lives as we walk and talk with Jesus in the garden of our lives. We ought to surrender our lives to Him and ask for pardon. Our whole being should be yielded to God alone.
God calls us living sacrifices. We ought to allow the Holy Spirit to live through us. No child of God can be forsaken, condemned or damned. The Holy Spirit seeks us to empower us so we live godly lives. We should submit to His guidance and leadership.
We also ought to be holy sacrifices. We are called to be set apart from the world. Sanctification is a life-long process. We ought to live acceptable lives before God alone. We ought to be different because we are called to holiness. The world goes on in its tyranny and wickedness but God loves us in and through Christ alone.
We ought to live a godly lifestyle. This will attract good people to us and repel others who walk disorderly. We ought to seek out believers if you are an unbeliever and seek the peace and joy of the Lord and learn from the Word of God. However, no believer is superior to the Lord or equal with Him. That means we should test all things by the written Word of God.
If we live godly we will have conflict with the world. It may cause us sometimes to compromise our convictions. If we spend time with ungodly friends, we will sometimes fail if do not come to our senses. The Bible warns us not to be conformed to the world but to be transformed by the renewing of our minds. The world cannot offer us a true happiness but only an evil happiness. There is a happiness that is not a happiness. We ought to fill our minds with the Bible. We ought to put into practice what God alone says but the Word is for me and for you to do.
We ought to practice the presence of the Lord. We ought to beg Him to make Him more sensitive to His beloved presence. We ought to ask the Holy Spirit to live for Him. We ought to ask Him to live against temptation and be more Christlike. We ought to fully surrender to the Lord. We ought to give God complete control over our lives. We ought to stand for the Gospel and live and stand for Jesus. We ought to allow the Bible to set our example and values.
