SPIRITUAL
DIARY FOR 10-16-02
My
Worship Time Focus: More on false
teachers
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference: Titus 1:16
Message of the verse: “16 They profess to know God, but by their
deeds they deny Him, being detestable and disobedient and worthless for any
good deed.” (NAS95) “16 Such people claim they know God, but they
deny Him by the way they live. They are
despicable and disobedient, worthless, for doing anything good.” (NLT)
A good
verse to go along with this verse is 1John 2:4, “4 The one who says, "I
have come to know Him," and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and
the truth is not in him.” A Person who
is truly born again will have a desire to live a life that is pleasing to God
and thus will obey the commandments of the Lord out of love for the Savior and
out of obedience to Him for paying the cost of his sins at Calvary. Jesus said that you could know a tree by the
kind of fruit that it produces, and in the same way you can know a person by
the fruit that he produces. These false
teachers were not producing godly fruit, so Paul warns Titus not to listen to
them.
Spiritual meaning for my life today: In 2Corinthians 13 Paul warns that Church to
check and make sure that they are truly in to body of Christ. This is godly advice, as it comes from His
Word, and it does go along with the verse I am studying in Titus. I can also learn from this section that I am
not to get around false teachers so that I could be worn down by their false
teachings. John says in one of his
letters that we as believers are not allowed to let them enter into your house.
The Word of God challenged me today.
My
Steps of Faith Today: I want to get
along with my wife better than I did yesterday.
I need the filling of the Lord’s Spirit to accomplish this each day.
Memory
verse for the week: Micah 6:8
He has shown you, O man, what is good; and what does the
Lord requires of you but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly before
your God?
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