{"id":21235,"date":"2018-01-31T08:00:10","date_gmt":"2018-01-31T13:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/?p=21235"},"modified":"2026-07-15T11:58:38","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T15:58:38","slug":"because-god-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/because-god-is.htm","title":{"rendered":"Because God is . . ."},"content":{"rendered":"

What determines your character and behavior?<\/h2>\n

We can be a certain way and do certain things for pragmatic reasons … to get what we want in life, to advance, or achieve. We can be a certain way and do certain things for people-pleasing reasons … to gain people’s approval and acceptance.<\/p>\n

These reasons cause us to react and respond relative to our circumstances. We might find ourselves justifying the means to get to the end. Who we are in public may differ from who we are at home or in private.<\/p>\n

Start with “Because God is …”<\/h2>\n

When, however, we start with “Because God is …. I will ….”, we maintain a consistency and integrity throughout the whole of our lives. We don’t do something just because it works but because it’s right. We’re more concerned about what God thinks than what people think.<\/p>\n

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When we use the character of God<\/a> as our standard for who we are and what we do, we live in accordance with Romans 12:1-2.<\/span><\/p>\n

Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God\u2019s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God – this is your true and proper worship. Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God\u2019s will is – his good, pleasing and perfect will.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Examples of “Because God is …”<\/h2>\n

The commands of Scripture are rooted in the character of God. Hence,<\/p>\n