PASSAGE: Doing What is Good, Final Remarks
MEMORY VERSE: "Preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke, and encourage--with great patience and careful instruction." 2 Timothy 4:2
NOTES: (v.1) "Remind the people to be subject to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready to do whatever is good, to slander no one, to be peaceable and considerate, and to show true humility to all men."
(v.3) "At one time we too were foolish, disobedient, deceived and enslaved by all kinds of passions and pleasures. We lived in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another. But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy."
This was a very humbling passage with a simple message. One of my biggest struggles with sin is pride, because too often I have a tendency to judge people and take pride in my own "spirituality." (if that even makes sense). However, Paul clearly states that before GOD showed His MERCY to me, I too was enslaved by sin. It goes back to the fundamental concept of salvation through GRACE and not WORKS. Whatever I do is for the glory of God, and not as a means to "earn" my salvation.
(v.9) "But avoid foolish controversies and genealogies and arguments and quarrels about the law, because these are unprofitable and useless."
ACT OF LOVE: A while ago we had a Barnabas Event where people within the fellowship would trade post-it notes with prayer requests on them. For my act of love today, I decided to send the person I got an encouragement through facebook message, in which I also asked him for any new prayer requests and included the verse 1 Timothy 4:12
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