God's grace alone, which is the out-working of Christ's life.
The God who is good is the actuator who activates the
expression of His good character and enacts (in-acts) His
good character in Christian behavior. God in Christ
enables, empowers, energizes and enacts all good behavior,
all Christian behavior.
Behavioral goodness is a fruit of the Spirit of Christ.
"The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience,
kindness, goodness..."(Gal. 5:22,23). "The fruit of the Light
consists in all goodness..."(Eph. 5:9). "We walk in a
manner worthy of the Lord, to please Him in all respects,
bearing fruit in every good work..."(Col. 1:10). It is not that
we produce or manufacture goodness or perform goodness,
but we bear the fruit of goodness derived from the dynamic
of God's divine character. Jesus says, "I am the vine; you
are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he
bears much fruit; for apart from Me you can do nothing"
(John 15:5).
Our focus must be on the divine source of all goodness.
Our focus must be on Jesus Christ. "We fix our eyes on
Jesus" (Heb. 12:2). Our theology, our lives, must be
Christocentric; not morality-centered, not even good-
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