"The reason Christianity must build our lifestyle on God’s mercy in Jesus Christ is that the whole point of Christianity is to glorify the mercy of God in Christ. We exist to put the glory of God’s mercy in Christ on display. So Paul spends 11 chapters opening the mercy of God in the work of Christ, and then says, 'therefore' build your lives on this. Live a life that shows this! That’s why you exist.⠀ ⠀ So we say, 'Because of God’s mercy revealed in Christ, therefore, I do this and not that. Because of God’s mercy revealed in Christ, therefore I speak this way and not that way. Because of God’s mercy revealed in Christ, therefore I cultivate this kind of emotion and put that kind to death. Because I exist to glorify the mercy of God in Christ, I live this way and not that way.' Christian living is built on something!"⠀ ⠀ Read more at desiringGod.org. Link in bio.⠀ ⠀ http://www.desiringgod.org/messages/build-your-life-on-the-mercies-of-god

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