FAITH CAPSULE: Doing good according to word of God is a fight of good fight of faith.
Luke 10:25-37
The way not to miss heaven and to live eternal life is to fight the good fight of faith. 1 Timothy 6:12 buttressed, “Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you were also called and have confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.” Source of faith is in the word of God. For example, word of God emphasized in, Romans 12:9, “…Abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good.” 1 Thessalonians 5:15, “See that no one renders evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue what is good both for yourselves and for all.” 2 Thessalonians 3:13, “But as for you, brethren, do not grow weary in doing good.” Hebrews 13:16, “But do not forget to do good and to share, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.” Doing according to God’s word instead of doing according to world’s word is a “fight of good fight of faith.” Defintely, doing what the world says but not doing what the word of God says becomes an evidence of bad fight but not good fight of faith.
Through the pages of the bible, man is repeatedly commanded to do good. However, when discouraging circumstances presses man not to do good but man goes forward to do good it becomes evidence of laying hold on eternal life as it is written, “Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life…”
The Good Samaritan is an example that engaged doing good where discouraging circumstances was surrounding his doing good location. Jesus identified what it means to be a good one in the parable of the Good Samaritan. In the parable, a stranger from Samaritan saw another stranger from Jerusalem who fell among thieves; badly wounded and was stripped off his clothing. The Samaritan could not walk away like others before him did, but he engaged the stranger from Jerusalem and spent his resources to make sure the stranger from Jerusalem received proper medical attention. Jesus our compassionate savior referred to the good doing of the Samaritan stating, “But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was. And when he saw him, he had compassion.” (Luke 10:33) Is it in you to know to do good when need calls for doing good? Jesus identified what it means to be a good one in the parable of the Good Samaritan. Doing good is having compassion. Compassion is the heart of Jesus. James 4:17 recorded, “Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.” The need and the importance for us to be doing good as we engage living life cannot be emphasized enough. Do good according to word of God because it is a good fight of faith not to miss heaven which is to lay hold on eternal life.
Prayer for today: Ask for God’s grace to continually do according to His word ignoring doing word of the world.