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Training Ourselves

To Be Godly 18 

[1 Tim 4:6-10]

/ Anne's Faith Column 

 

 

/ By Priscilla

 

"If you point these things

out to the brothers,

 

 

 

you will be a good minister

of Christ Jesus, brought up

in the truths of the faith

and of the good teaching

that you have followed.

 

 

 

Have nothing to do

with godless myths

and old wives' tales;

rather, train yourself

to be godly.

 

 

 

For physical training

is of some value,

 

 

but godliness has value

for all things, holding

promise for both

the present life and

the life to come.

 

 

 

This is a trustworthy

saying that deserves

full acceptance

 

 

 

 (and for this we

 labor and strive),

 

 

 

that we have put our

hope in the living God,

who is the Savior

of all men,

 

 

 

and especially of

those who believe.

[1 Tim 4 : 6-10]

 

 

 

In order to teach

and lead others as

  a minister of the Lord,

 

 

 

we must first learn

the word of God's truth

and dwell in the work

of confidence.

 

 

 

To do this, we must

not neglect the training

 ourselves to be godly.

 

 

 

So, what is the mission

as a good minister

 of Christ Jesus?

 

 

 

Today's scripture says:

 

 

 

"Have nothing to do

with godless myths

and old wives' tales;

rather, train yourself

to be godly."

 

 

 

To be a servant of the Lord,

you must be nurtured only

with the words of faith and

good instruction,

 

 

 

and have self-reflection

to look back on your-

 -self all the time.

 

 

 

Years of faith are also important,

but if the training yourself

to be godly is not on the

basis of our faith,

 

 

 

we can have a self-centered

and assertive faith with

strong black-and-white logic.

 

 

 

We may be formalists

who are biased toward form,

convention, or appearance,

 

 

 

or legalists that only

emphasizes law and

condemns others

 based upon law.

 

 

 

In addition,

there is a tendency to

disrespect God's grace

due to excessive errors,

 

 

 

or to be biased against

secularism easily.

 

 

 

In addition,

the essence of faith

may be forgotten, justified,

or rationalized by being

swept away by the trends

of the world

 

 

 

and forever deviated

from the truth or

essence of the gospel

 spoken by the Lord.

 

 

 

There is a form of godliness,

but as its power become weak,

it is likely that the prejudice

 

 

 

and arrogance of the saints

can be rather poisonous

in the truth of the Lord.

We should fear it and

should not let it be.

 

 

 

It is the most dangerous

to reinterpret the words

of the Bible freely,

regardless of age or sex,

without the basis of faith

or godliness.

 

 

 

At this time,

we must prevent ourselves

from the tendency or errors

in advance that are into

self-righteousness

in the Word by sharing

meditation with each other,

 

 

 

and take care of each other

in order not to go astra

y spiritually.

 

 

 

First, we must realize that

we need to deny ourselves

constantly in order to

qualify ourselves to be

God's good ministers. 

 

 

 

However, on

the other hand,

we must ask the Holy Spirit

to become  personalities

 

 

 

that can properly qualify

ourselves to be leaders

rather than to become leaders

 

 

 

The Psalm 29 : 18 says :

 

 

 

"Where there is

no revelation, the people

 cast off restraint."

 

 

 

To do this, we should

always read and meditate

on the words of each day

on a regular basis so as not

to be prejudiced in faith.

 

 

 

Those who say that

they will receive God's calling

 and become ministers

of the Lord are

advised to kee.p

 

 

 

'Today's scriptures' i

n mind  and to set their

minds straight and

to accept the scriptures

above willingly. 

 

 

 

These are essential

scriptures to consider

carefully for those who

are preparing for

spiritual leaders by

receiving God's calling. 

 

 

 

If we recognize

the reality of the

 love of Jesus,

 

 

who is a Holy One

and came to this earth

in the very nature

of a servant

 

 

 

and sacrificed

Himself for us,

 

 

 

we must humbly lay

our will before Him,

submit to Him with

gratitude not duty,

 

 

 

and we must serve Him

with joy all the time.  

 

 

 

The Lord said that

'a blind man cannot

lead a blind man'.

 

 

 

Therefore, there can be

absolutely no contradictory

behavior, such as trying

to lead others while

  you are going astray.  

 

 

 

In addition,

there should never be

a way to put 'Jesus Christ'

 

 

 

ahead of you as a means

for your purpose and

motivation for

achievement.

 

 

 

Since all these things

are detestable before God,

we must eradicate these

things and completely

 abolish them.

 

 

 

Instead, we must

wash up our hearts

which are full of toxins

 

 

 

with the holiness that

the Holy Spirit grants us,

put on the clothes of

pure righteousness,

 

 

 

 

dress up our hearts

in godliness, and approach

the Lord like brides

in linen cloth.

 

 

 

As John the Baptist

once confessed:

'He must become greater

 

 

 

and I must become less',

that is, when He comes

 

 

 

and works in me, I must

confess to the Lord like

John the Baptist with

the determination to kill

 

 

 

and destroy myself

so that He may work in me.

 

 

 

 

Therefore,

let's earnestly hope

to become true disciples

 

 

 

who follow the Lord

with such new eyes

and hearts of awareness.

 

 

 

Also, let's train ourselves

to be godly, dress up

like brides waiting for

the bridegroom, and

greet the Lord happily.

  

 

 

Prayer 

 

 

 

Lord!

 

 

 

We've realized

we must train ourselves

to be godly.

 

 

 

Please grant each one

of us the power to

our willingness,

 

 

 

and lead us to follow

you more humbly, only

with joy, and with

obedience!

 

 

 

 

-Amen!

 

 

 

2009/06/06

 

 

/ By Priscilla