What are virtues?

We talk about obedience often, and for good reason, but sometimes we can lose sight of what obedience to Christ really looks like? How does one live? What attitudes should we have? The list compiled below is aimed at helping us put our “feet to the ground” so to speak, so that we can have a more concrete idea as to what it looks like to live a life of obedience and virtue. Never forget, however, that obedience, in itself, is of no value. We are not given salvation in Christ because we work for it or because we deserve it by how we live. It is given by grace. These virtues are indicative of a life that has been changed by God, and they instruct us in living for Christ and by His spirit, they do not grant us salvation.

We are not given salvation in Christ because we work for it or because we deserve it by how we live. It is given by grace. These sins are “put to death” (Colossians 3:5) as an indicative of a life that has been changed by God. Never forget that no matter the mistakes we have made in life, or even sins that we war against in our flesh after we come to Christ, He stands ready to forgive, to set us free from sin, and grant us life.

“For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.” Ephesians 2:8-9