The Big Picture
The Bible teaches us so many truths about God. God is holy. God is love. God is just (or fair). God is great! The Bible also teaches us a lot about ourselves. We are born sinners who are not holy, loving, and just. Yet we think we are great! We are filled with pride. But when God’s Spirit enters into our hearts, he changes us from the inside out. With new hearts we can think, talk, and act like God wants us to. But how does God want us to think, talk, and act? Like God! Because God is holy, he wants us to be different from the evil in the world. Because God is loving, he wants us to love our neighbors as much as we love ourselves. Because God is just, he wants us to treat others fairly. The prophet Micah put it this way:
