An idea that infects Christianity is the idea that the language that the Bible was written in was a "special" spiritual language. Within the last 50 years, though, archeology has shown that many of the very special words that we thought had spiritual meaning are simple everyday words used on shopping lists and such. What if we are to live into that ethic instead of the extra special once in a lifetime be good or else ethic that was so often read into the Bible.
So roll up your sleeves, put your mind in gear, be totally ready to receive the gift that’s coming when Jesus arrives. Don’t lazily slip back into those old grooves of evil, doing just what you feel like doing. You didn’t know any better then; you do now. As obedient children, let yourselves be pulled into a way of life shaped by God’s life, a life energetic and blazing with holiness. God said, “I am holy; you be holy. [1 Peter 1:13-16]
