“Adorning the Doctrine”
BIBLE
READING: Titus 1-3
In Titus 2, we find Paul giving some simple instruction about what it means to
teach “sound doctrine”. I understand that not all of us are called to be
teachers; in fact, James warns us that teachers will be held to higher standard
for what they teach (James 3.1). However, we all have some responsibility
in sharing the good news about Jesus. Paul illustrates to us that we do
so by our behavior. Like the old saying goes “our actions speak louder
than our words”. In fact, Peter encourages wives to treat their
unbelieving husbands in such a way that they are won over to Christ by their
behavior and not the use of words. In Titus, Paul encourages us to do the
same thing by adorning the doctrine of God (Titus 2.10). That word
“adorn” means “to garnish, to decorate, or to trim”. It comes from the
word that they would have used to describe a necklace with an amulet on
it. That tells me that when people see me, they see me living in such a
way that they can see the doctrine of God in my life. It is almost as
though that is what they see first. This time of year, most of us are
decorating our homes with Christmas decorations for the holiday season.
As most of us put up our Christmas trees, what is the difference between the tree
that is within our house and the tree that in in our yard; it is the
decorations and the ornaments. As a matter of fact, that is what we see
first! That is the way we as Christians must be, we must live in such a way
that people see the “doctrine of God” within our lives. If we do this, we
could be winning people over to Jesus without even realizing it. However,
if we are not “adorning the doctrine of God” we could also deter people from
obeying without realizing it. Let’s make sure we are living the right
way, so that people can see Jesus living through us!
Prayer
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