Title Let's practice godliness (1 Timothy 4:6-7)
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① The devotional practice is to grow, strengthen, clean, and perfect a new person who has been born again. It begins with a rebirth and can only be done by a regenerated person. Therefore, the motive of godliness practice is regeneration, and the purpose of godliness practice is to fulfill the Lord's wishes. A new person grows and becomes perfect. The means of godliness is the Bible, which is God's will, the power of godliness is the Lord's power, and the result of godliness is sanctification and salvation that is transformed into the image of God. ② Therefore, what are the elements of godliness?
First. The practice of living as the Lord's
① The saints belong to the Lord, sold with the blood of the Lord. (1 Corinthians 6:19~20, 7:23) ② Therefore, we must always recognize that they belong to the Lord and practice acting as the Lord's. ③ No matter when, where, or what you encounter, whether success or failure, whether your status goes up, down, wealthy, poor, healthy, or ill, you must practice living only with the Lord’s things and become proficient. . ④ If a believer lives by himself or as something of a creature, no spiritual person will grow and he will receive shameful salvation (1 Corinthians 3:10-15)
Second. The practice of living only for the Lord, pleasing and glorifying
① Because the saints belong to the Lord, they are always dedicated to the Lord, and diligently practice making things busy and glorifying them, in small things, in big things, in happy times, in sad times, in pain, in times of peace… when they die. Whether we live or live, we must become accustomed to doing things for the Lord, pleasing and glorifying (John 8:29).
third. Practice Living the Lord's Law
① In order to do the Lord's things, we must obey the Lord's laws, and we must practice this skillfully. ② Humans have a depraved nature, so even if they keep practicing obedience, there is a pony nature that will do whatever they want at their own discretion. ③ We need to tie it up with the furrow of truth so that we can be driven only by the truth.
fourth. The practice of living only by the power of the Lord
fifth. The Lord leads us into all realities to practice godliness
① The Lord created these and other realities and led us to buy now that you are God’s, or your own or any other creature, will you please only the Lord, will you live by your own power or the power of any creature? Will you learn only from the Lord and live like you? Do you want to learn and live like you?... He tests them so that the members of the congregation know their true reality and succeed in practicing godliness.
Sixth. Let's achieve sanctification of the body through godly practice
① What is sanctification and salvation? The divine element comes into the human element and changes the human element so that it resembles the divine element, and it is to live with the divine element. This is a pious practice. ② The only power that humans have is the power to die. ③ The power of life belongs to the Lord, and as a result of this death, the practice of godliness in the world is to practice forming right relationships with God, mankind, and all things, and practice living in the kingdom where heaven and earth are united in Christ. As much as I practiced, I am accustomed to living in that country.