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Christian Carnival – Righteousness and Holiness

By jelewis8 ⋅ April 28, 2004 ⋅ Post a comment

And the LORD commanded us to observe all these statutes, to fear the LORD our God, for our good always, that He might preserve us alive, as it is this day. Then it will be righteousness for us, if we are careful to observe all these commandments before the LORD our God, as He has commanded us. (Deuteronomy 6:24, 25)
Welcome to the Christian Carnival! The expectation of holiness and righteousness for us as believers has been set before us. How does God want us to walk that path?
Messy Christian posits that forgiving is hard work, but it’s necessary for the soul.
Open to me the gates of righteousness; I will go through them, And I will praise the LORD. (Psalm 118:19)
Back of the Envelope ponders the powerful name of God.
“Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘You shall be holy, for I the LORD your God am holy.’” (Leviticus 19:2)
Crazy Gator asks why there is still sin after salvation.
In the way of righteousness is life, and in its pathway there is no death. (Proverbs 12:28)
La Shawn Barber understands now why Stephen asked the Lord not to hold his murderers’ sins against them.
Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace. (James 3:18)
The Great Separation says 173 churches were destroyed and 8 pastors and 1,500 men and women believers were slaughtered in Nigeria.
Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. (Matthew 10:5)
Songstress at News from the Great Beyond muses on God being one of us. Christ identified with us in His life and His death.
For if by the one man’s offense death reigned through the one, much more those who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ. (Romans 5:17)
IntolerantElle questions the practice of pouring more of God’s monetary blessings into brick and mortar than into reaching lost souls.
I speak in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you presented your members as slaves of uncleanness, and of lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves of righteousness for holiness. (Romans 6:19)
Parablemania proves Christianity through Biblical sources…without falling into a vicious circular argument!
And one cried to another and said: “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts; the whole earth is full of His glory!” (Isaiah 6:3)
Clay at Spare Change gives a biblical response to an almost biblical question: What is God’s will for my life?
And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. (Romans 8:10)
Jay at DeoOmnisGloria gives Biblical reasons why John Kerry shouldn’t receive Communion.
For Moses writes about the righteousness which is of the law, “The man who does those things shall live by them.” (Romans 10:25)
The Jollyblogger recalls the movie ‘Titanic’ as a way to compare and contrast Christian cultural analysis methods.
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. (1 John 1:19)
Dawn Xiana Moon wonders what role her faith will take in her musical career.
With my soul I have desired You in the night, yes, by my spirit within me I will seek You early; for when Your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness. (Isaiah 26:9)
Mr. Standfast takes a brief look at how knowledge of the truth is a foretaste of heavenly knowledge.
“He who is unjust, let him be unjust still; he who is filthy, let him be filthy still; he who is righteous, let him be righteous still; he who is holy, let him be holy still. And behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to give to every one according to his work. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last.” (Revelation 22:11-13)
May you increase in righteousness and holiness, for the Day of the Lord cometh, and Him right soon!

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  7. I would like to participate next time, but I would be more motivated if the host for the carnival picked a theme. What do others think of this idea? (I emailed Nick Queen who runs the carnival and he wasn’t sure if that would go over well, so that’s why I’m asking for feedback)

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  8. I enjoyed picking the theme – I think that’s one of the nice things about the Carnival is it allows the host to choose how to present all the posts. For me, it was also a good time of exploring the Word.

    Posted by Jeremiah | April 28, 2004, 3:17 pm

  9. Jeremiah, I see what you’re saying. What I meant was that the host for the coming week would pick the theme in advance and post it to his/her blog. That way our choices of what to post for the carnival would be narrowed down. The host would still provide commentary on each post and it would be easier for him/her to tie them all together.

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  12. I second what Jeremiah said. With the current numbers, it’s easier for the host to tie everything together than ask bloggers to write about a specific topic.

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  13. I agree, Dawn. The poster should have the freedom to be creative with the way they present/arrange the posts. I’ve never seen a Christian Carnival poster do that before, but I’ve only been blogging for 5 months.

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  18. survey says “aaaaa”
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    Could you be so kind as to update the link?
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  22. Fixed it, gator.

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