Titus 2:7-8
7 In [peri] all things [pas] shewing [parecho] thyself [seautou] a pattern [tupos] of good [kalos] works [ergon]: in [en] doctrine [didaskalia]
shewing uncorruptness [adiaphthoria], gravity [semnotes], sincerity [aphtharsia],
8 Sound [hugies] speech [logos], that cannot be condemned [akatagnostos]; that [hina] he that is of [ek] the contrary part [enantios]
may be ashamed [entrepo], having [echo] no [medeis] evil [phaulos] thing [medeis] to say [lego] of [peri] you [humon]. KJV-Interlinear
7 in all things show yourself to
be an example of good deeds, with purity in doctrine, dignified, 8 sound in
speech which is beyond reproach, in order that the opponent may be put to
shame, having nothing bad to say about us.
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Attending church once a
week, attending a study group once a week, reading the Bible however often you
read it, thinking that you are a decent person, doing what seems right in your
own eyes, are not enough.
At some point in your
life, you have to translate the content of the scriptures, into the pattern of
your everyday thoughts and actions of life.
Faith without work (application to life) is empty. Didn t we study that recently? You might want to review the Book of James.
Just having the ideas on
Biblical instruction in your head, just being aware of them, is not enough.
Intentions, sincerity,
having the feelings of being decent are not the spiritual life. They are a pseudo life of a pretended spirituality,
or a self defined goodness.
You are to live a
pattern of life that is consistent with the teaching of the Bible. And you can only learn what those teachings
are, by pursuing a genuine daily study of the Bible.
You will never learn anything
if you are emotionally driven by guru s, sensationalism s, gimmicks, or what
ever happens to be the popular fade of the moment.
What you have come to
know in life, what you have come to believe in life more than likely are not consistent with the
scriptures.They are probably just your
idea of what life should be like in accordance with what you have come to
believe, or in accordance with what is convenient to how you want things to be. And through that approach to life, anything
can be justified in ones eyes.
Uncorruptness, gravity,
sincerity, and sound speech are descriptions of characteristics of the result,
repeat, of the result of spiritual growth to maturity. These things do not produce maturity.
Uncorruptness if just
that, an unblemished untainted daily life.
This is the life that functions from within the fellowship sphere.
Gravity means honesty,
respected, esteemed, honored, venerableness.
When the angel came to Daniel, he said of Daniel, You are highly
esteemed in heaven. Daniel conducted
his life in accordance with the instructions taught in the scriptures. You
could also possess that type of respect from the occupants of heaven. How much higher respect can anyone
attain?And though most folks will joke
and ridicule about their relationship with heaven, they only demonstrate their
stupidity in failure.
Sincerity means
genuineness.Your spiritual life is not
a phony front, not a pretense, not a convenient crutch to fall back on for
appearances.Your spiritual life pursuit
is genuine and true.
Sound speech, means
whole, or complete.Your comments come
from the content of your soul and that content is truth, sound, well
established.
All of these things are
to become your characteristics such that you will be beyond reproach, your
opponents will be put to shame.And this
simply means that there is no valid argument anywhere in this evil controlled
world, to counter the fundamental foundations on which you base your life.
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