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Titus 2:7-8
7 In [peri] all things [pas] shewing [parecho] thyself [seautou] a pattern [tupos] of good [kalos] works [ergon]: in [en] doctrine [didaskalia] shewing uncorruptness [adiaphthoria], gravity [semnotes], sincerity [aphtharsia],
8 Sound [hugies] speech [logos], that cannot be condemned [akatagnostos]; that [hina] he that is of [ek] the contrary part [enantios] may be ashamed [entrepo], having [echo] no [medeis] evil [phaulos] thing [medeis] to say [lego] of [peri] you [humon]. KJV-Interlinear
7 in all things show yourself to be an example of good deeds, with purity in doctrine, dignified, 8 sound in speech which is beyond reproach, in order that the opponent may be put to shame, having nothing bad to say about us. NASB
Attending church once a week, attending a study group once a week, reading the Bible however often you read it, thinking that you are a decent person, doing what seems right in your own eyes, are not enough.
At some point in your life, you have to translate the content of the scriptures, into the pattern of your everyday thoughts and actions of life. Faith without work (application to life) is empty. Didn’t we study that recently? You might want to review the Book of James.
Just having the ideas on Biblical instruction in your head, just being aware of them, is not enough.
Intentions, sincerity, having the feelings of being decent are not the spiritual life. They are a pseudo life of a pretended spirituality, or a self defined goodness.
You are to live a pattern of life that is consistent with the teaching of the Bible. And you can only learn what those teachings are, by pursuing a genuine daily study of the Bible.
You will never learn anything if you are emotionally driven by guru’s, sensationalism’s, gimmicks, or what ever happens to be the popular fade of the moment.
What you have come to know in life, what you have come to believe in life more than likely are not consistent with the scriptures. They are probably just your idea of what life should be like in accordance with what you have come to believe, or in accordance with what is convenient to how you want things to be. And through that approach to life, anything can be justified in ones eyes.
Uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity, and sound speech are descriptions of characteristics of the result, repeat, of the result of spiritual growth to maturity. These things do not produce maturity.
Uncorruptness if just that, an unblemished untainted daily life. This is the life that functions from within the fellowship sphere.
Gravity means honesty, respected, esteemed, honored, venerableness. When the angel came to Daniel, he said of Daniel, ‘You are highly esteemed in heaven.’ Daniel conducted his life in accordance with the instructions taught in the scriptures. You could also possess that type of respect from the occupants of heaven. How much higher respect can anyone attain? And though most folks will joke and ridicule about their relationship with heaven, they only demonstrate their stupidity in failure.
Sincerity means genuineness. Your spiritual life is not a phony front, not a pretense, not a convenient crutch to fall back on for appearances. Your spiritual life pursuit is genuine and true.
Sound speech, means whole, or complete. Your comments come from the content of your soul and that content is truth, sound, well established.
All of these things are to become your characteristics such that you will be beyond reproach, your opponents will be put to shame. And this simply means that there is no valid argument anywhere in this evil controlled world, to counter the fundamental foundations on which you base your life.
