Day: October 20, 2016

Daily Reading 10-21-16

2 Timothy 3:10-15 New Living Translation (NLT)

Some of us reading this devotional today were taught the Scriptures by our parents or grandparents. They passed down what they knew to be true about the love of God for the world. That is the case with Timothy. He was taught the Scriptures (which would have been portions of the Old Testament) by his mother and grandmother long before he met the Apostle Paul who taught him that Jesus was the fulfillment of everything he had learned from his family.

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Daily Reading 10-20-16

2 Timothy 3:1-9  New Living Translation (NLT)

How would you describe godliness?  What behaviors would be consistent with a godly person?  Would it be attending church services, quoting Scripture, and practicing religious traditions?  All Scripture teaches that godliness is consistent with the character of Jesus Christ who is Truth.  The Holy Spirit brings forth love, joy, peace, patience, goodness, kindness, gentleness, thoughtfulness, and self-control.  Devotion to Christ and the work of the Holy Spirit is the only way to grow in godly character.

In our passage today, the Apostle Paul warns Timothy that in the last days godlessness not godliness would be advancing.  In fact, Paul describes future societies and cultures driven by godlessness.  In the last days, even people who identify themselves as Christians will deny the power that could make them godly.  That means the Holy Spirit is grieved or quenched and not welcome to make even professing Christians holy and set apart from the world.

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