The Godly Man: When God touches a man's life

Paul J. Bucknell

Pure Heart,
Not Divided

Humble,
Not Proud

Grace
and Graciousness

Love,
Not Lust

Righteousness,
not Compromise

Truth,
Not Deception

Fear God,
Fear not Man

Goodness
and Contentment

Waiting Upon God
Not Man

Faith and Faithfulness

"Till I die I will not put away my integrity from me" (Job 27:5)

God's attributes are often wrongly studied. God's attributes are not only to observe God's character but to affect man's life by producing godly lives.
Pure hearted men are loyal; Loving men will not lust;
Truthful men will not deceive;
Waiting upon God keeps man from dependence on his own resources;
Goodness of God brings contentment; Fear of God strips away fear of man.

When a man draws close to God, he necessarily is more like Him.

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The Godly Man: Righteousness not Compromise

The righteous man not only grasps the honor of righteousness but also has explored the consequences of not living a righteous life. Compromise is always costly. =>

The Godly Man: Fear God, Fear not Man

The fear of God is that awesome reverence of the LORD deriving from being sensitive to His glorious,
holy and majestic Person resulting in respect and obedience. =>

The Godly Man: Goodness and Contentment

Goodness finds contentment with what God has given.=>

The Godly Man: Waiting Upon God, not Man>

Waiting upon God is exercising confidence in God's timing and help during difficult times.

The godly man's confidence is in God rather than in his own resources. =>

The Godly man: Faith and Faithfulness

Faith is trusting and obeying God despite one's circumstances. =>

The Godly Man: Truth Not Deception

The man of truth unrelentingly commits to understanding and
being like Jesus Christ as shown through the Word of God. =>

The Godly Man: Love not Lusts

Love makes the commitment to care for others without respect to their response. =>

The Godly Man: Grace and Graciousness

Grace brings God's goodness into the life of the undeserving. =>

The Godly Man: Humble not proud

Humility is accepting ourselves as we really are before God and thus allows God's holy change in his life. =>

The Godly Man: Pure Heart, not Divided

The pure of heart have a singularity of heart which enables them to disregard distractions
which call them away from their main mission to supremely love God. =>

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