The challenges of leading a good life can be quit difficult for one to achieve. This is even harder to do when left to ones own will to find the ultimate good for a virtuous life. Without God in our lives, there is really no hope in finding the good life, as people all try to fill the void in their lives. Then why has the Christian faith in God’s good work changed to that of the new church of self-prosperity? For with out God people would keep climbing the ladder to what they feel should be the ultimate good, but coming away feeling empty and in complete. Where is the wisdom in this because as Christians, God has called us to a higher standard, that needs to be more focused on living a Christ centered life. Not a life filled with confusion
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The church in the New Testament was learning first hand on the role of living a Christian life. Paul explains to the new believer, “There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.” To surrender yourself to Christ is to set your faith on Him because it is for the ultimate good that one could achieve. Paul is telling the Roman believers to repudiate their sinful destructive desirers, for nothing good comes from evil. “… the good for man is an activity of the soul in accordance with virtue, or if there are more kinds of virtue than one, in accordance with the best and most perfect kind.” Aristotle supports Paul by explaining how finding a porpoise or a good in your heart because this is what makes a person happy. To find the peace and happy soul is to find the perfect state of mind, and allow yourself to be free from your sins, which bind you to the problems of life. These problems are what cause stress and unhappiness to ones life, by building up and trying to fill the void in ones …show more content…
If ones happiness is the ultimate good, then how could one not stand up for their rights. The fact that there are people in the world, who disagree with what the Christian faith stands for, is no reason to back down from the conflict. But to stand up for what you believe in and do it in a virtuous way. We see the world declining in its morality, and taking on a new look because we fell asleep to what was taking place in the world. One can look at the Presidential Election of Donald Trump, no one was admitting to supporting him in fear of retaliation of the other side; and the fact that he does not have any virtues. But America voted to elect one of four unethical people. We are in fear of the other side and not standing up for our ethical way of life. The problem is when we apply virtues in our lives, but do not truly understand what it means; we tend to push back at those who do not understand the position of the Christian. “…virtue is not merely a state in conformity with the right principle, but one that implies the right principle; and the right principle in moral conduct is prudence..” To use practical wisdom in our daily lives is to live a virtuous life. The virtue of making doing what is right for the community and not just for our own benefit is prudence. We need this type of thinking in our daily lives, in our communities, and in the world. To allow the movement of doing
The church in the New Testament was learning first hand on the role of living a Christian life. Paul explains to the new believer, “There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.” To surrender yourself to Christ is to set your faith on Him because it is for the ultimate good that one could achieve. Paul is telling the Roman believers to repudiate their sinful destructive desirers, for nothing good comes from evil. “… the good for man is an activity of the soul in accordance with virtue, or if there are more kinds of virtue than one, in accordance with the best and most perfect kind.” Aristotle supports Paul by explaining how finding a porpoise or a good in your heart because this is what makes a person happy. To find the peace and happy soul is to find the perfect state of mind, and allow yourself to be free from your sins, which bind you to the problems of life. These problems are what cause stress and unhappiness to ones life, by building up and trying to fill the void in ones …show more content…
If ones happiness is the ultimate good, then how could one not stand up for their rights. The fact that there are people in the world, who disagree with what the Christian faith stands for, is no reason to back down from the conflict. But to stand up for what you believe in and do it in a virtuous way. We see the world declining in its morality, and taking on a new look because we fell asleep to what was taking place in the world. One can look at the Presidential Election of Donald Trump, no one was admitting to supporting him in fear of retaliation of the other side; and the fact that he does not have any virtues. But America voted to elect one of four unethical people. We are in fear of the other side and not standing up for our ethical way of life. The problem is when we apply virtues in our lives, but do not truly understand what it means; we tend to push back at those who do not understand the position of the Christian. “…virtue is not merely a state in conformity with the right principle, but one that implies the right principle; and the right principle in moral conduct is prudence..” To use practical wisdom in our daily lives is to live a virtuous life. The virtue of making doing what is right for the community and not just for our own benefit is prudence. We need this type of thinking in our daily lives, in our communities, and in the world. To allow the movement of doing