Is it believe or behave?

The call of Christianity is to a life of both believing and behaving. There is both faith and conduct. Grace and morality. But if you get these two aspects of Christianity out of context, neither will be of much use to you. Faith without works is powerless, and works without grace is legalism.  It is very important as we read our bibles to understand the gospel context of it’s commands to behave. We are not called to live moral lives so that God will accept us. God has accepted us so that we can live moral lives. In Ephesians 4, Paul sets the right context for moral living, and provides the means by which we can accomplish it.