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What impressed you about the idea of “adorning the doctrine of God”?
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It is a lifestyle
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Adorning anything means paying respect to it and elevating it above others. It suggests that we honour it by demonstrating its spirit and effectiveness in full and by modelling its significance for others. We are to demonstrate the teaching’s superiority in our own lives by demonstrating what the doctrine can accomplish when used by the Holy Spirit to bring about global reform.
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That we can put on what we believe for others to see.
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Adorning the doctrine of God ultimately result in the glorification of God, and attract people to God. It is not a showing off of self but but directing the attention to God.
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Everything we do should have the purpose of bringing honour, glory, and praise to God. (1 Cor. 10:31) Our lives should demonstrate Christ (Gal. 2:20; 1 Pet. 4:7-11) and elicit praise for Him from them, (Matt. 5:14-16) even, ultimately, from those who may not, initially, appreciate the righteousness they observe. (1 Pet. 2:11, 12; 3:13-18)