Life #11 - Qualities of Life and Incorruption



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Life and incorruption belong to Christians who follow Jesus (John 8:12; Matthew 16:24). If that is true, then our lives should display recognizable qualities evidencing life and incorruption. The obvious ones are righteousness and holiness.

Righteousness contains a life promise upon whose path even death cannot step foot:

• "In the way of righteousness is life, And in its pathway there is no death" (Proverbs 12:28).

Our faith in Christ determines all that we could never be in ourselves (Vine). So, since Jesus met all of God's requirements, the outworking of our inward salvation is to grow up into him because only in him might we become the righteousness of God (Ephesians 4:15; 2 Corinthians 5:21).

Holiness is a quality that manifests because of a behavior built on incorruption:

• "...but as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, because it is written, 'Be holy, for I am holy'" (1 Peter 1:15, 16).

Holiness is part of God's divine nature. If we are partakers of that nature, then we have already escaped the corruption that is in this world due to lust (2 Peter 1:4).

Since righteousness is life's path, and holiness negates corruption, let us remove the "old man" which grows corrupt, and put on the new "which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness" (Ephesians 4:22-24).

If our life currently displays righteousness and holiness, then we have successfully put on the "new" human being that God created. Congratulations!

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Scripture quotations from New King James Version (NKJV) unless otherwise noted; Vine's Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words (1981); this blog addresses Life #4 - To Live is Christ, item 2; excerpts from our book to be released next year.