It Matters

As for you, teach what accords with sound doctrine. —Titus 2:1 ESV

The teaching of sound doctrine was so foundational to Paul’s thinking that he included this phrase nine times in 1 and 2 Timothy and Titus. Sound doctrine mattered then. And it matters now.

Sound doctrine tells us sin entered our world and infected it and that our only hope is found in turning to the One who has chosen instead to introduce redemption and reconciliation. In light of His truth, we see our sin and that of the world for what it is and recognize our utter dependence upon Him.

Sound doctrine tells us that even as believers we can expect to struggle with indwelling sin. Yet it also says that every time we say yes to Jesus and no to our flesh, we become more like the King whose heavenly kingdom we represent here on earth. It tells us that the cross is God’s message of hope to the world and that the primary evidence of its present reality are lives in which His mercy and grace are actively at work.

And all of that should totally transform us.

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Adorned: Living Out the Beauty of the Gospel Together

©2017 Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth

Scripture taken from The ESV