AI OVERVIEW: God moving near makes nearness dear and fear go away, enabling believers to look in a mirror—the story of Jesus—to see who they are. Righteousness is a gift, imputed through belief in Jesus’ finished work on the cross, so believers are made right with God not by deeds but by receiving what he did. Acting on the Word matters; merely hearing without response leaves people like those who glance in a mirror and forget their identity, while community helps us remind each other that we are the righteousness of God in Christ and look for Jesus, not our own performance, to be near.
