2 Timothy 2:22
22 Flee [pheugo] also [de] youthful [neoterikos]
lusts: [epithumia] but [de] follow [dioko]
righteousness, [dikaiosune] faith, [pistis] charity, [agape] peace, [eirene] with [meta] them that call
on [epikaleomai] the Lord [kurios] out of [ek] a pure [katharos] heart. [kardia]KJV-Interlinear
22 Now flee
from youthful lusts, and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, with
those who call on the Lord from a pure heart. NASB
Flee, ‘pheugo,’ means
to be on the run like a fugitive, to be continually on the run with no rest, no
place to hide, no temporary respite from the running.
Youthful lusts, does
not mean only sins that occur while one is young, but is a reference to the
concept, the enticement, the attractions of sin to a younger person. They are enticed easily, and fooled easily, and
distracted easily, and they allow their wants and desires to go unchecked generally
without much thought behind their decisions and actions.
So, do not so easily
allow yourself to be enticed, tempted, flirted, trapped with sin, all manner of
sin, all categories of sin, all the things that keep you from your spiritual
life.
Run from the flirts,
run from the temptations, run from the thoughts, run continually run, from
anything and everything that will drag you out of fellowship and into the
carnal sphere of life. Avoid them, stay
away from them. Do not allow your thoughts, even idle thoughts, even your day
dreams to get you into trouble.
Instead pursue, the
opposite of flee, meaning to chase after, to prosecute with a vengeance, follow
relentlessly, constantly and continually.
And you are to pursue
your spiritual life. But not from an
emotional standpoint, but from an objective approach to life.
Pursue righteousness,
faith, love, peace. And do this with a pure
heart. These four characteristics define
and describe a pure heart.
Righteousness, ‘dikaiosune,’
is the sinless perfection obtained by means of justice. In other words
fellowship through confession, made possible by means of Christ’s work on the
cross. You must live within the state of
fellowship. Cleansed and ready and
available for presentation before God.
Your spiritual life functions while in a state of perfection, sin free,
clean, and so forth.
Faith, ‘pistis,’ means
faithfulness, obedient, persuasion, fidelity (to God and truth).
Love, ‘agape,’ means
the content of the scriptures, specifically the principles, mandates, rules,
expectations responsibilities and so forth.
Peace, ‘eirene,’ means
rest, serenity, harmony, prosperity, security.
Pure, ‘katharos,’ means
clean, pure, complete, honorable, cleansed.
Therefore, pursue your
spiritual life in the proper manner, in obedience to Gods mandates, in
fellowship, through study, for that is the only way that you can learn the
principles of doctrine, resulting in a relaxed mental attitude, resulting in a
state of inner peace, leading to a result of completed perfection, prosperity, security,
and such that only God, through doctrine can accomplish.
Through this process
you will be presentable before God, before Christ when the time of your so
important evaluation arrives, and thus qualifying you for your reward for
eternity, which reward is beyond your imagination, and eternal.
To do otherwise, means
that you risk losing a vast fortune, a vast blessing, a vast benefit. Thus your spiritual life is more important
than any other thing in your entire life.
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