#5
Titus 2:11
¶ For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men, instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously and godly in the present age, looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus, who gave Himself for us to redeem us from every lawless deed, and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.
¶ These things speak and exhort and reprove with all authority. Let no one disregard you.
{{{ the grace of GOD (Christ Jesus) has appeared.
“bringing salvation to all men” (salvation to all who will except it.)
Throughout the words of Father God and Christ Jesus we are told, yes instructed to deny ungodliness and worldly desires, to live sensibly, righteously and godly in the time and age we live in.
Titus 2:13 we are told to be looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus, who gave Himself for us to redeem us from every lawless deed, and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.
Are you looking for the return of Christ Jesus?
Or are you looking for that next pat on the back from man?
Have you or will you except the free gift from Christ Jesus of salvation?
Are you truly zealous (dedicated, earnest, passionate) to obey the word of GOD to be doing the good deeds?
Or are you to bussie following the ways of the world?
As a believer in and follower of our Lord Christ Jesus we have all authority in Him to speak the words of Christ Jesus and Father God, to exhort and reprove others.
But know you must first be in the will of GOD otherwise you condemn yourself.
Let no one disregard you.
To disregard is to act with:
Contempt, disdain, disrespect, act with indifference, scorn, brush-off We are to stay steadfast to keep the word of GOD before mankind so they are not forgetting, nor neglecting or overlooking the teachings from the word of GOD.
So as that they are not living unconcern about the teachings of GOD.
But as we learned in the last post:
We are to avoid such as these;
lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good, treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power.
We are to live a life dedicated to Christ Jesus and follow His commandments so people like those, will see Him through the way we live.
That does not mean we are to associate with them, No we are to “avoid such people”
Our responsibility to them, or for them is to live a holly life in Christ Jesus and to pray for them.
For it is the Holy Spirit whom will dray them to Christ Jesus.
But just like with believers it is their choice to receive or to reject the free gift of love and salvation offered to by Christ Jesus. }}}