SCRIPTURE: Titus (NIV) 2:1 You must teach what is in accord with sound doctrine. 2 Teach the older men to be temperate, worthy of respect, self-controlled, and sound in faith, in love and in endurance. …
10 and not to steal from them, but to show that they can be fully trusted, so that in every way they will make the teaching about God our Savior attractive.
OBSERVATION: Also, to older women, younger women, younger men, servants — Paul writes how to behave. He starts this section stating that these things they are to teach according to “sound doctrine.” In the middle of this section Paul tells us that we are to act properly “so that no one will malign the word of God.” The last verse of this section (verse 10) shows that our actions are to make the doctrine of God our Savior look good, make it “attractive.”
APPLICATION: What good is my doctrine if it does not affect my actions, my attitudes, my reliability, my work, my life? Why should anyone be interested in what I believe if the way I talk and act shows that my faith is not important, or strong enough to affect the way I live?
What they SEE in me should help them to have faith in Jesus, whom they cannot see! Jesus wants them to see His life in me. He wants to be seen living in me. His life is designed to be visible in me.
PRAYER: Holy Spirit, help me make my life a good display of the life of Jesus in me. Amen
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