My church is encouraging members to read the bible in one year starting from Genesis. I've done that a few times in my life already. I think i started the most recent one some time ago, but skimmed or skipped some books like Leviticus and Numbers, so for this bible reading in one year exercise, i decided to start from Revelations.
Aside: It would have been interesting reading the bible chronologically too. Job would have been one of the first books, i believe! I'll try that one day. There are websites with bible reading plans which can be emailed daily upon request. Hmm... perhaps i'll just start immediately... yep...i just subscribed to online reading... :D
I've just finished 1 John (the 4th book in reverse order) this morning, and the truths leapt out at me. The focus is on doing which naturally supernaturally outflows from being...IN HIM. John encourages us that we are able to sin not, keep His commandments, love our brothers and overcome all evil just because of who God is and what He has done for us through Jesus to make us who we are in Him.
Tremendous.
If we practice righeousnessness, we are righteous just as He is righteous. If there is no doing, for example if we do not practise righteousness, we are not of God. But we are of God, so we are able to practice righeousness. The link is that God's life, love, righteousness, etc, are already in us, so we are able to be righteousness and do righteously.
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