THE LIVING WORD TRANSCRIPT

PROGRAM AIR DATE: 1-17-21



LESSON TITLE: GIVING ALL DILIGENCE – GODLINESS



WELCOME

“THIS IS THE DAY THE LORD HAS MADE; WE WILL REJOICE AND BE GLAD IN IT," PSALMS 118:24! OH, HOW TRUE THESE WORDS SHOULD BE TO EVERY FOLLOWER OF GOD! THIS IS A GREAT DAY! WE SHOULD BE REJOICING! WE MUST BE GLAD! WHY – WE ARE BLESSED SERVANTS OF GOD ABLE TO ASSEMBLE BEFORE HIS THRONE ON THIS, THE LORD'S DAY! I AM GLAD YOU ARE WITH US THIS MORNING AND THANK GOD YOU HAVE MADE THE RIGHT DECISION TO GIVE THIS TIME TO YOUR CREATOR. I LOOK FORWARD TO OUR TIME SPENT TOGETHER TODAY AS WE SING PRAISES TO THE ALMIGHTY AND AS WE STUDY FROM HIS MATCHLESS WORD! THIS MORNING, I KNOW WE WILL ALL BE EDIFIED THROUGH OUR TIME SPENT TOGETHER. SO LET'S ALL DO OUR PART TO MAKE THIS TIME PROFITABLE BEFORE GOD, AND FURTHERMORE MAY WE USE IT AS A GREAT ENCOURAGEMENT ONE TO ANOTHER! AT THIS TIME, LET'S APPROACH OUR FATHER'S THRONE IN PRAYER.

PRAYER: OUR GOD AND FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE AGAIN ARE SO THANKFUL FOR THE MANY GREAT BLESSINGS OF LIFE AND THE PRIVILEGE THAT WE HAVE TO BE CALLED YOUR CHILDREN AND TO BE SERVANTS IN YOUR KINGDOM. AND HELP US THIS DAY AND EVERY DAY TO BE LIGHTS IN THIS WORLD AND TO SHINE BEFORE YOU THAT OTHERS MIGHT KNOW YOU AND FOLLOW YOU AND OBEY YOUR WILL ALSO. AND FATHER, WE ASK THIS TIME THAT YOU MIGHT HELP US IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH TO GIVE YOU OUR VERY BEST THAT WE MIGHT ALWAYS SHOW OURSELVES WORTHY IN YOUR SIGHT. IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY, AMEN.

WELL, ONE OF THE GREAT BLESSING OF THIS PROGRAM IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO LIFT OUR VOICES IN PRAISE TO GOD. SO, AT THIS TIME LET ME ENCOURAGE YOU TO JOIN IN OUR FIRST SONG OF THE MORNING. SO, WON'T YOU PARTICIPATE WITH THE CONGREGATION, AS WE SING TOGETHER, "GOD IS LOVE!”



DEVOTIONAL THOUGHTS



CONSIDER, IF YOU WILL, JUST HOW BLESSED THE NAME OF OUR GOD IS! ALL THE WRITERS OF THE BIBLE CERTAINLY UNDERSTOOD THIS. FOR EXAMPLE, IN NEHEMIAH, 9:5, THE LEVITES PROCLAIMED, "STAND UP AND BLESS THE LORD YOUR GOD FOREVER AND EVER! BLESSED BE YOUR GLORIOUS NAME, WHICH IS EXALTED ABOVE ALL BLESSING AND PRAISE!" YES OUR GOD HAS A TRULY WONDROUS AND GLORIOUS NAME, BUT WHY? WELL, LOOK AT THE NEXT VERSE, THERE WE READ, "YOU ALONE ARE THE LORD; YOU HAVE MADE HEAVEN, THE HEAVEN OF HEAVENS, WITH ALL THEIR HOST, THE EARTH AND EVERYTHING ON IT, THE SEAS AND ALL THAT IS IN THEM, AND YOU PRESERVE THEM ALL. THE HOST OF HEAVEN WORSHIPS YOU." BRETHREN AND FRIENDS I ENCOURAGE US ALL TO REMEMBER JUST HOW PRECIOUS THE NAME OF OUR CREATOR IS! THUS WE MUST LAUD, WORSHIP AND MAGNIFY HIS HOLY NAME! LET ME END THESE THOUGHTS BY REMINDING US WHY WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE NAME OF GOD. WELL, IN ACTS 4:12, THE BIBLE SAYS, "NOR IS THERE SALVATION IN ANY OTHER, FOR THERE IS NO OTHER NAME UNDER HEAVEN GIVEN AMONG MEN BY WHICH WE MUST BE SAVED." IT IS ONLY BY AND THROUGH THE PRECIOUS NAME OF GOD THAT WE CAN BE SAVED AND HAVE ETERNAL LIFE.

SO LET ME ASK YOU, "JUST HOW IMPORTANT WOULD YOU SAY THE NAME OF GOD IS?" IN JUST A FEW MINUTES IT WILL BE TIME TO BEGIN OUR MAIN STUDY OF THE DAY. OUR TOPIC OF STUDY WILL AGAIN FOCUS ON, "GIVING ALL DILIGENCE." OUR SPECIFIC LESSON OF THE MORNING IS ENTITLED, "GODLINESS." SO PLEASE STAY WITH FOR THIS STUDY FROM GOD'S WORD, AND I WILL BE LEADING OUR THOUGHTS AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME. NOW LET'S JOIN TOGETHER IN OUR NEXT SONG OF THE MORNING. THE NAME OF THIS HYMN, "BLUE SKIES AND RAINBOWS."



LESSON

BY RAY SULLINS



WE'RE SO GLAD YOU HAVE CONTINUED WITH US NOW AS WE RETURN TO GOD'S WORD AND LOOK AT SOME MORE ENCOURAGING MESSAGES IN CONNECTION TO A PASSAGE THAT WE HAVE BEEN CONSIDERING IN SECOND PETER CHAPTER 1. YOU MIGHT REMEMBER THERE WITH US AS WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING NOW FOR SEVERAL WEEKS THAT WERE REFERED TO SOMETIMES AS THE CHRISTIAN GRACES OR THOSE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO GROW IN OR BUILD OUR FAITH IN. AND THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT ARE MENTIONED THERE BEGINNING IN VERSE FIVE OF SECOND PETER CHAPTER 1. I MIGHT BEGIN READING THERE WITH YOU AS WE GET DOWN TO OUR MAIN CHARACTERISTIC OF THIS DAY. THE BIBLE SAYS - BUT ALSO FOR THIS VERY REASON GIVING ALL DILIGENCE ADD TO YOUR FAITH VIRTUE, TO YOUR VIRTUE KNOWLEDGE, TO KNOWLEDGE SELF-CONTROL, AND TO SELF-CONTROL PERSEVERANCE, AND PERSEVERANCE GODLINESS, AND TO GODLINESS BROTHERLY KINDNESS. WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO THE END OF MANY OF THESE THINGS AS WE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT BROTHERLY KINDNESS AND LOVE IN THE COMING WEEKS - BUT NOW TODAY WE WANT TO LOOK AT THIS IDEA OF GODLINESS.

IT SEEMS LIKE A VERY GENERAL OR GENERIC TYPE OF TERM THAT ACTUALLY, IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE ENGLISH WORD WE HAVE, IS FOUND ABOUT 15 TIMES IN THE ORIGINAL GREEK LANGUAGE. AND IT IS INTERESTING TO KNOW WHAT THE MEANING OF THIS WORD IS. AND THE IDEA OF GODLINESS IS THE SUGGESTION OF PIETY TOWARD GOD. THIS IDEA OF PIETY REALLY IS A IDEA OF REVERENCE. SO A PIETY OR A REVERENTIAL TOWARD GOD. SO GODLINESS IS THE ABILITY THAT ONE HAS BECAUSE OF THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND COMMITMENT TO GOD TO HAVE A REVERENCE TOWARD GOD. AND THERE IS ACTUALLY ANOTHER WAY THAT IT'S STATED MORE IN DETAIL BY SOME CONCORDANCES AND I FOUND THIS INTERESTING AS WELL. IT ACTUALLY SAYS THAT GODLINESS IS ONES RATHER IN A RESPONSE TO THE THINGS OF GOD WHICH SHOW THEMSELVES IN GODLY PIETY OR REVERENCE. AND SO NOW WE SEE THIS IDEA THAT REALLY IT HAS TO DO WITH THE INSIDE OF MAN - YOU KNOW, WHERE THE REAL TREASURE IS. REMEMBER HOW THE BIBLE OFTEN SPEAKS ABOUT WHERE OUR TREASURES ARE? ARE THEY IN HEAVEN OR ARE THEY ON EARTH? AND IT ACTUALLY CHALLENGES US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FEEDING OURSELVES AND THAT WE ARE BUILDING UP AND KEEPING WITHIN OURSELVES; THE TRUE AND THE GOOD TREASURES THAT ARE FROM ABOVE BECAUSE IT'S FROM THOSE TREASURES THAT REALLY EVERYTHING COMES OUT. AND SO IF WE APPLY THAT TO THE CONCEPT OF GODLINESS OR THIS PIETY OR REVERENCE TOWARD GOD CERTAINLY THAT'S THE IDEA THAT IS BEING PRESENTED. THAT WE WHEN WE, AS THOSE WHO LOVE GOD ARE FEEDING THAT INNER MAN WITH THE THINGS OF GOD AND STRIVING TO BE WHAT GOD WANTS US TO BE THEN WHAT COMES OUT IS A REVERENT SPIRIT - A REVERENT ATTITUDE IN RELATIONSHIP TO OUR ABILITY THEN TO BE THOSE WHO STRIVE FOR GODLINESS. AND NOT JUST TO REVERENCE GOD SOME BUT TO BE THOSE WHO ARE REALLY LIVING REVERENCE TOWARDS GOD; WHO ARE DAILY STRIVING TO ACCOMPLISH THAT TASK. AND I FIND IT INTERESTING THAT WITHIN THE SAME TEXT IF WE BACK UP A LITTLE BIT EARLIER WHEN IT BEGINS TO TALK TO US ABOUT HOW BY GOD'S DIVINE POWER HE HAS GIVEN US CERTAIN THINGS. AND I WANT YOU TO NOTICE THE WORD AGAIN THAT IS USED THERE IN VERSE THREE. AFTER HE MENTIONS GOD'S GRACE AND GOD'S PEACE AND GOD'S KNOWLEDGE IN VERSE TWO HE SAYS - AND HE IS GOD'S DIVINE POWER. HE HAS GIVEN US ALL THINGS THAT PERTAIN TO LIFE AND GODLINESS. THROUGH THE WHAT? THROUGH THE KNOWLEDGE. THROUGH THE KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT HE HAS GIVEN US BY GLORY AND VIRTUE. AND SO WE HAVE KNOWLEDGE THROUGH THE WORD OF GOD OF WHO GOD IS AND WHAT GOD REQUIRES OF WHAT GOD EXPECTS. AND NOW AS WE READ IN THIS VERSE HE IS THEREFORE GIVEN US ACCORDING TO THAT KNOWLEDGE WHAT? HE HAS GIVEN US THIS IDEA OF REVERENCE OR GODLINESS - AND THE ABILITY THAT WE WOULD HAVE THEN TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS NECESSARY IN LIFE AND PERTAINING TO OUR DAILY LIVES; PHYSICAL BUT ALSO OUR DAILY REVERENT LIFE; SPIRITUAL. AND SO WHAT A BEAUTIFUL, WHAT A BEAUTIFUL THOUGHT THIS IS AS WE UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE PEOPLE MADE BY GOD - CREATED BY GOD - TO KNOW GOD - TO SERVE GOD THAT WE MIGHT BE WHAT? GODLY. GODLY, OR STRIVING FOR THAT GODLINESS - THAT PIETY - THAT REVERENCE TOWARD OUR CREATOR WHO CERTAINLY IS DESERVING.

ANOTHER THING THAT I FOUND VERY INTERESTING AS I WAS STUDYING THE CONCEPT OF GODLINESS IS THAT WITHIN THE 15 TIMES THE MAJORITY OF THOSE TIMES ARE FOUND WITHIN THE BOOKS OF TIMOTHY. AND IF YOU WERE TO NOTICE WITH ME SEVERAL THINGS FROM THOSE BOOKS I THINK WE WOULD LEARN A LOT ABOUT THIS CONTINUING CONCEPT OF GODLINESS. HOW IT IS A PART OF THAT CHRISTIAN GROWTH; TO GROW IN THE GRACE OF GOD AND TO GROW IN RIGHTEOUSNESS AND IN REVERENCE AND COMMITMENT TO THE THINGS THAT GOD HAS ASKED. AND I THINK THAT SIMPLY MAKES COMMON SENSE AS WE CONSIDER THE IDEA TOO. THERE IN SECOND TIMOTHY BEGINNING I THINK IT INTERESTING TO SEE THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE COIN. THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT GODLINESS IS NOT AND REALLY THINGS THAT THEY CANNOT INCLUDE. FOR INSTANCE THERE IN SECOND TIMOTHY IN CHAPTER 3 AND VERSE FIVE WE READ THIS: THAT THERE WERE SOME WHO WERE HAVING THE FORM OF GODLINESS. BUT THEN HE GOES ON TO SAY: BUT THEY ACTUALLY WERE DENYING THE POWER OF GOD. THE POWER OF GOD. SO THERE ARE SOME WHO MIGHT CLAIM GODLINESS, WHO MIGHT CLAIM PIETY OR REVERENCE TO GOD, WHO MIGHT GO THROUGH A LOT OF THE MOTIONS WHO MIGHT EVEN DO SOME THINGS THAT ARE REALLY PERTAINING TO GOD BUT GUESS WHAT? THEY'RE NOT GODLY AT ALL. THEY'RE ACTUALLY NOT PRACTICING...THEY MAY HAVE THE FORM OF GODLINESS BUT THEY ARE NOT....THEY ARE NOT BECAUSE THEY ARE ACTUALLY DENYING THE THINGS OF GOD IN WHAT THEY DO AND SAY. IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS COMING OUT OF THE TREASURE OF WHAT YOU HAVE PUT IN YOURSELF OR WHAT THEY PUT IN THEMSELVES. AND AGAIN IT MAKES ME THINK OF THAT IDEA AS WE THINK OF THE CONCEPT OF THOSE WHO WOULD BE DENIERS OF THE POWER. WHAT ABOUT THOSE WHO IN MATTHEW 15 ARE REFERRED TO AS INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE REALLY TEACHING THE DOCTRINES OF MAN. OR IN MATTHEW SEVEN WHEN HE SPEAKS OF THOSE WHO ARE WOLVES IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING. THEY LOOK GODLY - THEY LOOK LIKE SHEEP - BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY THEY REALLY ARE WOLVES. IT ACTUALLY SAYS RAVENOUS WOLVES. THOSE WHO WOULD DEVOUR AND DESTROY! THEY LOOK LIKE GOD AND THEY SPEAK LIKE GOD IN SO MANY WAYS. BUT THEN THEIR LIVES AND THEIR ACTIONS AND THEIR WORDS DO NOT GO HAND-IN-HAND WITH THE KNOWLEDGE. THAT'S WHERE WE STARTED. THAT IS WHAT PETER SAID...THAT HE GIVES US BY AND THROUGH THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD EVERYTHING WE NEED THAT PERTAINS TO LIFE AND GODLINESS. YOU SEE THE IMPORTANCE THEN OF THESE THINGS PLAYING OUT OF THESE THINGS BEING WHAT THEY SHOULD BE - WHAT THEY ARE REQUIRED TO BE IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE THINGS OF GOD.

NOW LET US GO BACK TO FIRST TIMOTHY. WE HAVE NOW SEEN WHAT THE IDEA OF GODLINESS AS WE SEE NOW THE IDEA THAT THERE CAN BE A FALSE GODLINESS OR THOSE WHO MIGHT CLAIM OR WHO MIGHT GO THROUGH SOME OF THE ACTIONS OR WORDS BUT REALLY ULTIMATELY WHEN YOU DIG IN DEEP OR YOU LOOK INSIDE OF THEM YOU'LL NOTICE SOME STUFF COMING OUT IS NOT FROM GOD AT ALL! IT IS ACTUALLY ABOUT THOSE WHO HAVE DENIED THE WILL OF GOD BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT DOING EVERYTHING THAT HE SAYS. THEY'RE NOT SPEAKING IN ALL THOSE WAYS THAT ARE GOOD OR RIGHT IN HIS SIGHT. AND SO NOW AS WE GO THEN TO THE CONCEPT OF GODLINESS IN 1 TIMOTHY WE DO NOTICE THAT GODLINESS INCLUDES CERTAIN CHRISTIAN LIVING. JUST LIKE WE SAW WITH PETER THERE ARE CERTAIN ACTIONS OR CERTAIN THINGS THAT SHOW US TO BE CHRIST-LIKE OR GODLY. AND YOU MIGHT NOTICE WITH ME THERE IN FIRST TIMOTHY IN CHAPTER 6 VERSE 11 THAT AS PAUL ADDRESSES THIS EVANGELIST WHO HE GENERALLY IS CONSIDERED TO BE A YOUNGER EVANGELIST THAT HE HAD TRAINED AND SO SOME RESPECTS HE SAYS VERSE 11 - BUT YOU O MAN OF GOD. SO HE IS MAKING THIS STATEMENT. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GODLINESS; A MAN OF GOD, A MAN WHO IS STRIVING TO BE A FAITHFUL SERVANT OF GOD. A MAN WHO IS IMITATING GOD - A CHRISTIAN, THE VERY CONCEPT OF THE WORD THAT WE REFER TO HERE. BUT IF YOU'LL NOTICE VERSE 11 HE GOES ON TO SAY - O MAN OF GOD FLEE, FLEE THESE THINGS. WHAT THINGS? THE THINGS THAT ARE CONTRARY TO HIS WILL...THE WILL OF GOD. AND IF YOU'LL BACKUP IN THE TEXT YOU'LL SEE THAT'S WHAT HE SAYS - YOU, MAN OF GOD, YOU ARE ONE WHO IS STRIVING TO BE GODLY. HE SAYS YOU FLEE ANY SIN AND LUST AS WE HAVE JUST DISCUSSED AND RATHER PERSUE - PERSUE, GUESS WHAT? RIGHTEOUSNESS, GODLINESS, FAITH, LOVE, PATIENCE, GENTLENESS. FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT SO-AND-SO FORTH. WITHIN THAT LIST WHAT DO WE SEE? PERSON GODLINESS. IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY IF WE FEEL LIKE IT OR IF WE WANT TO - SOMEONE WHO IS A MAN OF GOD PERSUES GODLINESS. HE WANTS TO BE MORE RIGHTEOUS. HE WANTS TO HAVE MORE LOVE AS GOD LOVES. HE WANTS TO HAVE A GREATER FAITH AS GOD REQUIRES. WHY? BECAUSE HIS FOCUS, HIS LIFE IS ABOUT GODLINESS. IS ABOUT GOD HIMSELF AND THEREFORE THAT IS THAT REVERENCE THAT HE SHOWS TO GOD BY LOVING HIM ENOUGH TO DO WHAT HE SAYS. IN THE SAME BOOK 1ST TIMOTHY CHAPTER 4 BACKING UP TO VERSE 8. IT SAYS BASED THERE ABOUT GODLINESS IN RELATIONSHIP TO BODILY EXERCISE IS AS SOME PEOPLE EXERCISE THEMSELVES IN GODLINESS. NOW - IS THAT IMPORTANT? IS THAT A GOOD THING? LOOK AT VERSE 8 WITH ME. IT SAYS - BODILY EXERCISE PROFITS LITTLE. BUT GODLINESS PROFITS IN ALL THINGS. SAME GREEK WORD AS WE FOUND THERE IN THE BOOK OF PETER. WHEN SOMEBODY IS STRIVING FOR THAT RIGHTEOUS - THAT RIGHTEOUS REVERENCE, PIOUS ATTITUDE TOWARDS GOD - WHAT SHOULD THEY STRIVE ULTIMATELY TO ACCOMPLISH? THAT SPIRIT THAT IS PROFITABLE. THAT IS PROFITABLE. THAT IS BETTER THAN ANYTHING OF THE FLESH. ALTHOUGH THE WORD OF GOD GIVES US ALL THINGS PERTAINING TO LIFE AND GODLINESS - WHICH OF THE TWO IS MORE IMPORTANT? WELL, LIFE IS PASSING. THESE THINGS THAT WE HAVE; THE BODY ITSELF IS TEMPORARY BUT SPIRITUAL THINGS ARE ETERNAL. YOU SEE WHY AGAIN THE REVERENCE - THE GODLINESS - THE FOCUS - THE GODLY LIVING, THAT ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE SO AND NO DOUBT THEN WE UNDERSTAND WHY IN PETER SEVERAL CONCEPTS ARE GIVEN. SUCH AS WHEN JESUS PROCLAIMED THAT THEY SHOULD BE HOLY AS HE WAS HOLY ( FIRST PETER CHAPTER 1 VERSE 13 ) BEGINNING. YOU SEE THERE IMITATING GOD, THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD, THE GODLINESS OF GOD. BUT IN RESPECT TO US THAT IS THAT REVERENCE TO OUR CREATOR IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE THINGS THAT HE HAS AGAIN ASKED OF US THERE ARE MANY ASPECTS AND BECAUSE OF TIME WE WON'T LOOK AT A LOT OF THEM BUT THERE IN FIRST TIMOTHY CHAPTER 6 AGAIN WE SEE THINGS THAT ARE CONNECTED TO GODLINESS. CHARACTERISTIC SPECIFICALLY CONNECTED TO BEING THOSE WHO GIVE THAT PROPER REVERENCE TO GOD. AND ONE OF THEM THAT IS MENTIONED JUST TO SHOW YOU HOW THIS WORKS IN MANY PASSAGES IS FOUND HERE IN VERSE SIX OF CHAPTER 6 SAYING THIS - NOW GODLINESS WITH CONTENTMENT IS GREAT GAIN. SO BODILY EXERCISE PROFITS LITTLE - GODLINESS PROFITS IN ALL THINGS. BUT GODLINESS WITH CONTENTMENT IS EVEN GREATER GAIN. SO WHAT DOES THAT SHOW US? THAT SHOWS US THAT AS WE STRIVE TO BE GODLY THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE DO TO PROVE THAT THE GOD. ONE OF THOSE IS CONTENTMENT; THAT WE NOT ONLY KNOW GOD BUT WE ACCEPT WHAT GOD IS DOING FOR US AND WHAT GOD HAS GIVEN US SO THAT WE MIGHT CONTINUE TO LIVE IN SUCH A WAY THAT HE WOULD BE PLEASED AND THEREFORE GIVE HIM THE GLORY, HONOR, AND PRAISE THAT ULTIMATELY HE MIGHT BLESS US IN THE END WITH THE REWARDS THAT HE HAS PROMISED. AND THAT REALLY TAKES US TO THE FINAL VERSE I WANT TO LOOK AT BECAUSE THIS VERSE DOES FOCUS ON THE REWARDS BACK AGAIN IN THE BOOK OF SECOND PETER. WE BEGAN THERE IN SECOND PETER CHAPTER 1 BUT AT THE END OF THAT BOOK AS WE LOOK THERE AROUND VERSE 11 NOTICE WHAT HE BEGINS TO SPEAK ABOUT. THE SECOND COMING OF THE LORD. VERSE 10 SAYS - BUT THE DAY OF THE LORD WILL COME AS A THIEF IN THE NIGHT. WHEN THE HEAVENS WILL PASS AWAY ALL THESE THINGS WILL HAPPEN. BUT I WANT YOU TO NOTICE WITH ME VERSE 11. IF I WANT TO BE READY ON THAT DAY AND I WANT TO BE TAKEN UP IN THE CLOUDS TO MEET MY GOD AND TO LIVE WITH HIM ETERNALLY AND FIND COMFORT IN THAT TRUTH AND THAT PROMISE OF GOD WHAT IS IT THAT I SHOULD AND WHAT IS IT THAT I MUST DO? VERSE 11 SAYS - THEREFORE SINCE ALL THESE THINGS WILL BE DISSOLVED - THAT IS THE EARTH AND THE PHYSICAL - WHAT MANNER OF PERSON OUGHT YOU TO BE IN HOLY CONDUCT AND GODLINESS? BUT WE KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT. WHAT KIND OF PERSON MUST WE BE? WE MUST BE THOSE WHO ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT DAY AND LIVING WITH EVERY MOMENT OF LIFE IN SUCH A WAY THAT WHEN THAT DAY COMES WE HEAR ONE THING FROM OUR GOD. WELL DONE THOU GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT. YOU SEE BRETHREN, HOW BLESSED WE ARE YOU! DO YOU SEE HOW ENCOURAGING IT IS TO KNOW NOT ONLY GOD BUT WHAT GOD HAS GIVEN US THAT WE MIGHT HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE TO THEREFORE UNDERSTAND WHO HE IS AND WHAT HE WANTS AND TO BE GODLY AS HE HAS ASKED US TO BE. THEREFORE KNOWING THAT WE ARE NOT ONLY GOING TO BE BLESSED IN THIS LIFE BUT THE WE ARE ALSO GOING TO BE BLESSED IN THE LIFE TO COME TO RECEIVE THAT GREAT PROMISED MANSION OVER THE HILLTOP.



CLOSING COMMENTS

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