{"id":1350,"date":"2018-08-02T06:21:17","date_gmt":"2018-08-02T10:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kenpulsmusic.com\/blog\/?p=1350"},"modified":"2018-08-02T00:12:34","modified_gmt":"2018-08-02T04:12:34","slug":"how-to-live-in-this-present-age","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kenpulsmusic.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/how-to-live-in-this-present-age\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Live in This Present Age"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Church<\/a><\/p>\n

In Titus 2:11\u201312 Paul summarizes how we are to live together in this present age.<\/p>\n

For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Because \u201cthe grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men,\u201d we must live and walk in ways that commend and adorn that gospel. Our identity must be in Christ and we must live for Him. Paul tells us that in this present age we should live soberly, righteously and godly.<\/p>\n

He says we are to live soberly<\/strong> (sophronas<\/em>) \u2014 This is the word that Paul has used throughout this chapter to describe the conduct of older men (verse 2), younger women (verse 5), and younger men (verse 6); and the teaching (sophronizo) of older women (verse 4). We must act wisely according to the light God has given us in His Word illumined by the work of His Spirit.<\/p>\n

We are to walk justly<\/strong>\u2014 Walk in a right way with integrity in our relationships and dealings with one another.<\/p>\n

We are to walk in a godly<\/strong> way\u2014 Walk with our minds fixed and our passions focused on the things of God, desiring to see God magnified and His glory displayed in our lives.<\/p>\n

Paul instructed Titus to \u201cspeak the things which are proper for sound doctrine\u201d (2:1). Sound doctrine is a faithful companion and a fitting counterpoint to \u201cthings which are proper.\u201d Things that are foolish\u2014things that are trivial\u2014things that are superficial\u2014these things will be uncomfortable where there is sound doctrine. But those things that are wise<\/strong> and just<\/strong> and godly<\/strong>\u2014these are to accompany sound doctrine.<\/p>\n

There must be a connection between the doctrine we profess and the conduct we display. Both must glorify and exalt God.<\/p>\n

Doctrine<\/strong> must be lived out in devotion<\/strong>.\u00a0We must believe\u00a0<\/i>what is right and then do\u00a0<\/i>what is right. The truth we know with our minds and cherish in our hearts must be lived out in our hands and feet. The truth we hold must be made evident as we love God and love one another.<\/p>\n

Read more from this\u00a0sermon on Titus 2:1\u201315<\/a> entitled “How to Live in This Present Age”<\/p>\n

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In Titus 2:11\u201312 Paul summarizes how we are to live together in this present age. For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age. Because \u201cthe grace of God that brings salvation […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6],"tags":[47,221,220,166,57,135],"class_list":["post-1350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons","tag-church","tag-conduct","tag-doctrine","tag-wisdom","tag-witness","tag-worldview"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4lLgO-lM","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenpulsmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenpulsmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenpulsmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenpulsmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenpulsmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1350"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kenpulsmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1350\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1353,"href":"https:\/\/kenpulsmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1350\/revisions\/1353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenpulsmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenpulsmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenpulsmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}