SPIRITUAL
DIARY FOR 10-13-02
My
Worship Time Focus: The task of
Titus
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference: Titus 1:13
Message of the verse: 13 This testimony is true. For this reason
reprove them severely so that they may be sound in the faith,” (NAS95) “This is
true. So rebuke them as sternly as
necessary to make them strong in the faith.”
(NLT)
I
must say that I have a problem understanding exactly what this verse
means. Paul is speaking to Titus about
false teachers if I understand this section correctly. He tells Titus that there has even been a
heathen poet who wrote some unkind things about the people of Crete. (See verse
12) Now in this verse Paul tells Titus
that what he wrote about them is true and that it would be his job to rebuke
them so that they might be strong in their faith. I would have to say that he must have been
talking about those in the church when he says, “rebuke them.”
John
MacArthur writes in his study Bible on this verse about the words “sound in the
faith.” “True and pure doctrine was to
be required of all who spoke to the church.
Any who fell short of that were to be rebuked.”
Spiritual meaning for my life today: I am sure that there are many times when I
need to be rebuked from wrong thinking, and I would believe that the Lord would
be the One who would set this in motion.
The Lord disciplines those of who are His, and by His grace and mercy,
through the propitiation of Jesus Christ, I am one of His sons.
The Word of God brought
conviction to me this morning.
My
Steps of Faith Today: I am in much need of the Lord’s strength in my life
today as Sandy and I travel to the cabin that we have rented for the next six
days. The Lord has said, my strength is
made perfect in weakness.” I claim this
promise for my life today.
Memory verse for the week: Micah 6:8
He has shown you, O man, what is
good; and what the Lord requires of you, but to do justly, to love mercy, and
to walk humbly with your God?
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