1. How does the author seek to answer the question, "How should believers live?" (p. 132)
2. According to Scott, what does he define as the GOAL of the Christian Life? Do you agree or disagree and why? (p. 133)
3. After all the good things the author lists in regards to what the Christian life is, why does he land on “the Christian life is a life in tension”? (p. 134)
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1. He seeks to answer the question general, rather than specifics. However, he will attempt to look at particular parts in order to highlight particular principles of the Christian life.
ReplyDelete2. According to Scott, the purpose of the Christian life is “to live for the praise of his glory.” Of course, I agree with Scott. Everything we do in the Christian life is done for the glory of God. If we live according to Christ’s teachings, we glorify God. If we reach out and tell others about Christ, we glorify God. If we sing and praise His name, we glorify God. It’s the entire purpose of creation. I think the entirety of this blog group will agree.
3. Seriously, who let Dr. Borror write questions for this chapter? All life is in tension. The law of gravity is a law of tension. Our life is a life of tension between grace and sin, mercy and depravity. Our Christian culture lives at tension with the depraved culture around us. Seriously, I could do this all day.
1.) The author answers the question, "How should believers live?" by saying that focusing on each particular section or author listed would be too in-depth of a study. Therefore, his decision is to highlight particular traits and issues in the life of Jesus and show how His life, as well as the lives of His disciples, are model examples for believers to imitate.
ReplyDelete2.) The goal of the Christian life, according to Scott, is "to live for the praise of His glory" (Ephesians 1:12). I wholeheartedly agree with these being the goal of our Christian walk. We should strive in each and every situation in life to bring God the glory because He is completely and totally deserving of it!
3.) I believe the author lands on the fact that "the Christian life is a life in tension" because he wanted to illustrate something. Even though we receive many benefits from knowing God, we are still frail and human. This means we will struggle with balancing living a holy life in a world that is stained by sin. The Christian life is not a walk in the park, and is falsely portrayed when it is shown as such.
2.) Luke, I do endorse your comments about our group agreeing on the fact that the main goal in life is to bring God glory. Although I don't always agree with his views, John Piper said it well when he said that the "chief end of man is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever."
ReplyDelete3.) Luke, you're killing me. This is stuff we discuss like every week! Life is always in tension and Scott does well to highlight this. I like your comment that life is a tension between grace and sin. How true! When we think we have figured out the Christian life completely and have attained perfection (like that one's possible!), we fall flat on our faces because of sin that manages to somehow always creep its way back into our lives!
1. By looking separately at each literary section or author would require an investigation too long and detailed for our purpose here or would run the risk of missing the whole because of preoccupation with the parts. We seek an answer for this question in general, looking at particular parts and issues to illustrate or note applications of the basic principles of this new life assumed by Jesus and his commissioned, apostolic representatives.
ReplyDelete2. The goal of the Christian life, according to Scott, is "to live for the praise of His glory". I agree fully with Scott on this - this is our new goal in life to live bring Glory to God.
3. As Christians we live in tension. As Paul said, we do the things that we do not want to do. We are new creations learning how to exist to bring Glory to God in our old surroundings. This is a constant hardship that we all face.
I agree with both Luke and Brian
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