“For the grace of God that brings
salvation has appeared to all men. It teaches us to say ‘No’ to ungodliness and
worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this
present age, while we wait for the blessed hope –the glorious appearing of our
great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us to redeem us from
all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager
to do what is good.”
We are a people set apart from the
wickedness of the world. We are Christ’s very own people, set apart and
purified so that we might do what is good. His grace He showed us by dying on
the cross to redeem us teaches us to refuse to give in to the evil desires of
our flesh, guiding us to live godly, upright lives following the Lord instead
of lines of passion. We are to live self-controlled lives, free from the whims
that govern the sinful nature, instead living loving and serving others instead
of ourselves. Then we live our lives in a way that truly matters. Then we become
eager to do what is good.
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