That was the passage I was preaching on last night. It is passage that instructs the Lord's covenant people to live in the light of that grace bought relationship. It is a call for God's people to mirror the character of the God who has redeemed them and to live to delight God.
God loves honesty, integrity and justice, he despise deceit, dishonesty and injustice. God's people if they are living authentically will live in such a way that it delights God and displays his love, mercy and justice to the world through their actions.
It is to affect my selling - I am to be open, and honest. I am to delight God in my description of what I sell and in my conduct whilst selling. Be it a house with noisy neighbours, an article on eBay, or a product or service at work.
It is to affect my buying - I am not to exploit others in order to get a bargain. It must affect my shopping in the supermarket, the clothes I buy. I am to delight God in my buying not delight my bank manager.
It is to affect my actions with what I buy -be it software, Cd's, DVDs, whatever. I am to delight God in my use of such things, not to seek to deceive the seller.
To live authentically as one of God's covenant community is to live to delight God.
