How To Find A Godly Man In A Godless World
In Dale Partridge’s article of the same title, How To Find A Godly Man in A Godless World, he makes many good points regarding the state of Christian singleness in a Godless world.
Dale closes with the solution to this problem, which is the self examination of our walk in accordance with God’s Word. The last point that Dale makes is definitely at the root of the problem for single believers today.
We expand on Dale’s point of self examination and take it a step further. Finding a Godly Man or Godly Woman is not just a function of an introspective look at your biblical walk in accordance with God’s Word, but also a function of the depth of your relationship with Jesus Christ.
How can a Godly Man or Godly Woman find each other outside the will of God and Christ himself? Shouldn’t a man or woman be in deep covenant relationship with Christ, in Christ and filled with His Holy Spirit first?
Men behaving like boys is often a euphemism for a non-existent walk with Jesus, and a complete misunderstanding of what it means to be a believer in Christ.
To be very clear, Jesus did not come to the earth to die for your sins, so that you may continue to live in sin with impunity, 1 Peter 2:24, 1 John 2:2, Romans 4:25. Sin is the enemy of your soul, and pride is its root. Romains 8:1-2 only applies to those walking according to the Holy Spirit. If you walk according to the flesh, Romans 8:1-2 does not apply, but rather Romans 8:7 applies.
So we conclude that only those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons and daughters of God. This is what it means to be in covenant with Christ. The cross of Jesus is and always will be the solution to all ungodliness, the blood of Christ was shed for your salvation, not so you can continue sinning with impunity (this is complete absurdity), but so you can be “free” from the bondage of sin and death Romans 8:2.
Freedom from sin and death is not legalism, it is maturity in your walk with Christ. If you are led by God’s Holy Spirit, God’s Holy Spirit will never lead you to sin. Any habitual sin is not from God, but rather an indicator that you are not being led by God’s Spirit but still trapped in the strongholds of sin and in need of deliverance. This is how you tell a true blood bought, sanctified believer (wheat) from a self professing but spiritually blind, deaf and delusional tare.
Jesus’s measurement of your love for him is found in John 14:21, and He freely gives us his Holy Spirit to convict us of our sin and of God’s standard of righteousness and of judgment John 16:8.
For a Godly Man or Godly Woman, your walk in repentance, holiness and righteousness confirms the sanctifying work of the Holy Spirit and proves your covenant walk with Christ.
No true Godly Man or Godly Woman compromises with secret sin or any kind of habitual sin period. 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 is abundantly clear, and applies to everyone, there are no exceptions. If you think there are exceptions because God’s grace can be abused, or that God will violate his own integrity see Revelation 21:8.
Godly Men and Godly Women serve a Holy God, and we are therefore called to live and reflect the characteristics of a Holy God through the salvation bought by the blood of Christ and the sanctifying work of His Holy Spirit in order to conform us to His image Romans 8:29-30.
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