RUCU Cell Leader's Training Weekend 2006, Gospel Living, Dave Bish
Titus 3Who rules my life?
We were once ruled by passions/pleasures, but as Christians - no!!
Paul tells Titus to remind Christians to be distinctive. WORK HARD at your degree! Consider it as time spent worshipping God.
If this is God's created universe then studying it is good. Worthwhile. Submit yourself to your department.
Submit to the bank! God's money! Be godly in the way you think about money.
Sumbit to and respect your parents (unless what they tell you denies the gospel).
Be ready for every good work. Look for things you can speak well of in others. Don't go looking for a fight in any given situation!Our previous life warranted God's judgement on us. We've been saved from it, not because of US! Previously sin mastered us, we weren't free, and now we're mastered by God. He's the better master! We will fail but our journey should be towards perfection.
v4-5. We're saved to be devoted to doing good. Verse 4 -'BUT' salvation appeared. God showed his grace. We were stuck in sin, BUT...!
Not our great plan, but God's eternal plan. Salvation plan.
verse 5 - reborn and renewed.
verse 6 - justified by grace. Christian jargon! Gift, free, and means we're credited with Christ.
It says we're perfect!!!!!!!!!!!!
There are things in the Bible that we just believe. It's the same Bible that says we stand perfect before God - why do we have difficulty believing that?
The details matter. In fact, even the devil is in the details sometimes, twisting them.
We need to be confident in what we believe and for that reason we need to be immersed in the scriptures.
There's NOTHING that beats eternal life with Christ.
One way or another we wiull devote ourselves to SOMETHING.
What's it gonna be? Good or bad?
LOOK BACK TO GRACE AND FORWARD TO GLORY.
How am I gonna avoid wasting my life?
How do I help my cell avoid wasting their lives?
PREACH THE GOSPEL!!
Who are my heroes of the faith? Really, they're just ordinary people. But they haven't wasted their lives.
There are fights which, for the sake ofthe gospel, we should get involved in.
But we shouldn't waste our time so much in things that don't matter. Avoid sin. And unprofitability.
We LIVE for Jesus AND we SPEAK for Jesus.
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