Marketplace Christians, Lions or Lambs?
https://youtu.be/wxXafXbF2gQ “The wicked flee when no one is pursuing them, but the righteous are as bold as a lion…… Those who reject the law praise the wicked, but those who…
https://youtu.be/wxXafXbF2gQ “The wicked flee when no one is pursuing them, but the righteous are as bold as a lion…… Those who reject the law praise the wicked, but those who…
https://youtu.be/jguYTLHFDjM ““Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is known by its fruit.…
https://youtu.be/-tL1nreps80 John 17.13-19 “I am coming to you now, but I say these things while I am still in the world, so that they may have the full measure of my…
https://youtu.be/c1rcYmc1lXU ""Gird up your loins, and keep your lamps lit. And be like men who are waiting for their master when he returns from the wedding feast, so that they…
Titus 1.1 records, Paul, a slave of God and apostle of Jesus Christ, to further the faith of God’s chosen ones and the knowledge of the truth that is in keeping with godliness.
In this opening sentence in Paul’s letter to his friend Titus, he gives an insight into the true meaning of godliness. When most people think of godliness they think of people like Mother Theresa or Billy Graham. They also think of character associated with godliness like goodness, honesty, kindness, love, generosity.
I suppose everyone has their own list. No doubt most of us would consider ourselves somewhat godly. (more…)
Titus 1.1 claims it is their knowledge of the truth that leads to godliness.
What is the goal of our lives? Personal happiness? Peace? Joy? Fulfilled relationships? Godliness? The last one probably doesn’t make the top ten list for most people because pleasing God is something we think of generally and not specifically.
Sure we want to be good per se but we don’t pursue goodness for ‘goodness’ sake. We are so self absorbed that we believe we are pretty good and that God is pretty happy with us regardless of how much we really check in with Him to see if our belief is true.
So we go about seeking our own definition of importance trusting that if God isn’t good with it He will somehow make that known to us. (more…)
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