Tara-Leigh Cobble

Right.

And Paul enriches our humility by reminding us that we weren't the ones who got ourselves to where we are today anyway.

We didn't bootstrap this one.

It was entirely, 100%, all the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior.

Paul says if you believe that, then be careful to live what you believe.

Aim for humility.

Aim for peace.

And rebuke those who don't aim for peace.

He ends by reminding them to help others and be generous like God has been generous to them.

My God shot was in Paul's introduction today.

It's one of those phrases that's so easy to pass over that I'm sure I've missed it every other time I've read this book.

It's in verses two through three where Paul is talking about eternal life and says God who never lies promised eternal life before the ages began and at the proper time manifested in his word.

The gospel of our salvation has been on the lips of an eternal God before the ages began.

Nothing has thrown his plan off or set it back.

And at the right time, he set it all in motion.

He catalyzed his plan, created the world, carried us through the fall, sent his son to earth to live as a divine human who would die for the sins of a fallen humanity so that we could be rescued and resurrected into a perfection and a position we never would have had on our own.

We could be not just his creation, but his children, his heirs.

There is one thing I know, and I will plant my flag in it for all eternity.

He's where the joy is.

Tomorrow, we'll be reading the short book of 1 Peter.