"We are instructed to turn from Godless living and sinful pleasures. We should live in THIS EVIL WORLD with wisdom, righteousness and devotion to God."
Is there any question in your mind that this is an evil world we live in? The evidence of evil and sin surround us and in some cases overwhelm us. The One Truth Today is to instruct us about turning from Godless living and sinful pleasures and seeking wisdom, righteousness and devotion to God in THIS EVIL WORLD! Have you been saved by the grace of God? Are you looking forward to the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ? Have you learned to respect and fear God, which is the beginning of wisdom? Have you turned from ungodliness and worldly lusts? Have you learned self control and devotion to God and His Word? You see we are in the world but we are not of it as Christians.
When the grace of God appeared in your life, you received the Lord's unmerited flavor and blessing. You were saved, delivered from sin, and received eternal life for eternity. Now that salvation has changed your life you will reject and renounce evil and worldly lusts. Grace allows us to live discrete lives with self control and spiritual morality. We remain upright and devoted to God. We are no longer of this world. We seek instruction from the Holy Word of God and then we put it into action in our lives. We are turning from godliness to God!
We are all waiting anxiously for the fulfillment of the glorious return of our Saviour, Jesus Christ. He is our Messiah, the anointed one, God with us. He will save us from this world and death and instead give us life and that eternal and perfect. Is Jesus Christ on your heart and mind and are you devoted to Him? If you are attached to this sinful world and its lustful pleasures then you do not have the Lord in your heart. You should have rejected your old self and welcomed the new creature in Christ Jesus. You should be living a temperate life of self control. Your life should be spiritually devoted to God. We must offer thanks and praise that we were saved from death and THIS EVIL WORLD!
