RIGHT LIVING AND TEACHING
Titus 2:1 But as for you,
promote the kind of living that reflects right teaching. NLT
The Apostle Paul is
telling Titus to promote a lifestyle that is consistent with sound
doctrine. He is saying that if we are
not living godly lives then we aren't living what comes from God. If we are teaching and preaching a lifestyle
different than holy living, we are not living rightly with God. There is no middle ground where we can
justify not doing what we know God says for us to do. If we are not living holy lives, we are not
living in obedience to God and we are not in fellowship with God.
The Bible is the divinely inspired Word of
God. All of the Scriptures are inspired
and useful for our living and the Word clearly commands us to live holy lives.
It is not easy to
always do what we know God commands us to do.
Holy living is indeed a very difficult life to live because we are
living in a sin-infected world with by nature sinful hearts. We are naturally drawn to sin and the only
way we can resist it is to willfully seek Christ's help. We must determine in our hearts and minds to
do what is right before God instead of what our flesh desires. We must resist the temptation to compromise
what we know is right. We must keep our
eyes fixated on Christ and not on the allurements of sin. It takes great determination to do what is
right before God and no one does it perfectly all the time.
The key to practicing
what we preach is to keep our souls saturated with God's Word and spend much
time in close communion with God. We
must read the Word of God with open hearts and minds, ready to listen and learn
from God. We must desire to grow in
holiness. We must refuse to let things
into our hearts and minds that are not beneficial for our soul's well-being.
The reward for living
a life that reflects right teaching is being richly blessed by God both here
and in heaven. Our failure to do it is
the absence of God's fellowship and blessings both now and forever.
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