QUESTION OF THE DAY #39: What would your motto be?
There are still plenty of mottoes around if you look hard enough. Some of them I really like. Cicero's famous quote is also the motto of South Carolina, Dum spiro, spero. (While I breathe, I hope.) The motto of the Order of St. Patrick is a good one, too, Quis separabit? (Who shall separate?) It comes from Romans 8:35, "Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?"
Since I'm writing this on Reformation Sunday, I can't help but think of the Sola Gratia, Sola Fide, and Sola Scriptura of the Reformation (Grace alone, Faith alone, Scripture alone). God forgives us and brings us into a good and holy relationship with Himself only because of His undeserved love for us. We are brought into this relationship through faith, by believing and trusting in the life, suffering, death and resurrection of Jesus. Finally, the Holy Scriptures are God's Word and teach us about His love and about Jesus our Savior.
There are still plenty of mottoes around if you look hard enough. Some of them I really like. Cicero's famous quote is also the motto of South Carolina, Dum spiro, spero. (While I breathe, I hope.) The motto of the Order of St. Patrick is a good one, too, Quis separabit? (Who shall separate?) It comes from Romans 8:35, "Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?"
Since I'm writing this on Reformation Sunday, I can't help but think of the Sola Gratia, Sola Fide, and Sola Scriptura of the Reformation (Grace alone, Faith alone, Scripture alone). God forgives us and brings us into a good and holy relationship with Himself only because of His undeserved love for us. We are brought into this relationship through faith, by believing and trusting in the life, suffering, death and resurrection of Jesus. Finally, the Holy Scriptures are God's Word and teach us about His love and about Jesus our Savior.
Speaking of God's Word, after digging around a little bit, I found my motto. It comes from 1 Peter 2:16... "Live as people who are free." It doesn't speak about political freedom, for it was originally written to people in all kinds of situations, including slavery. It is about our freedom in Christ, a freedom that comes to us because "by His wounds you have been healed." (1:24) It is not an excuse for doing whatever we want, either, because it describes our entire life of honoring others while living honorably. That's the meaning of Quasi Liberi (…as people who are free).
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