Saturday 19 Jan 2013

Saturday Reading: Titus 2:11-15

Key Verse: Titus 2:11
11  For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,

Devotion:
The one thing that should stand out from this chapter is that none of this life we live should be possible without the grace of God! If we were living under the law and that it was the end of the story, then we would all be committed to die and that death would be eternal because that is what the law dictates. But instead God has given us His Son to die in our place so that we may live eternally. But even though that gift is given to all, not everyone is going to accept that gift! No matter how many things you try to give away for free, they will not be free gifts until someone actually accepts them as a gift!

Now when we do accept all that God has done for us through Jesus Christ then we start to realise how our lives should be lived and how we should be acting. Christ came to live as a living example for us so that we could be encouraged into following God’s Word. He upheld God’s Word and showed us that is it profitable for many things and that Salvation is His alone to give. If we are willing to give up the unrighteous ways, the ungodly ways and the lustful ways, then we should be able to live more for God than for this world.

We need to serve a single master, and that is Christ. But part of serving our Master is actually listening to others who have been put in charge of us and obeying authority. By living peaceably toward others we will be showing others a new side of man, one that longs after Christ and His ways instead of the ways of the world. The worldly ways and Gods ways are not the same – we have to choose which path we will follow.

Christ gave us hope through giving us His Gift. The Holy Spirit encourages us to follow that hope, to seek it and to obey God in all things. God has promised us that Christ will return to put an end to the unjust ways of the evil one once and for all; we do not know when that time will come so we have to be prepared as if that time could be right now! If we live against our fellow men we will not be encouraging them to seek our Blessed Hope that is Christ Jesus.

Points to Ponder:
Are you ready for Christ?

Does your life reflect that readiness?