Year 6, Day 52: Titus 2-3

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Discipleship Focus: Imitation

• Imitation: This is the second over-arching step of the discipleship process.  First we gain information, then we imitate our spiritual mentor.  Imitation leads to innovation of spirituality in our own life.

When we look at these last two chapters in the book of Titus, we have an excellent opportunity to look at the topic of imitation.  After all, look at how chapter 2 opens.  We have directions for male elders sober-minded, dignified, faithful, loving, and steadfast.  We see that the female elders are to be reverent, not drinking too much, and refraining from slandering people around them.  Then we have a note as to why.  Notice why it is that elders need to live a proper godly way?  They are to be an example to the next generation.  They are to train other people how to live in the faith.

This should make much sense to us.  We know that we are not saved through our good works.  We do not earn our salvation.  So why do we do good works?  Of course, we do it to show our obedience to God.  But more importantly, we do good works so that we can inspire good in others.  We do good works so that people can have an example to imitate.  We who are in the faith do good works for the sake of those who come after us.

We cannot earn our salvation.  We should never think that we can.  But that shouldn’t stop us from doing good works.  There is always an example to set.  There is always an opportunity to speak through our life and into the lives of others.  There is always a time and a place to be obedient to the will of the Father so that others can see this obedience and be inspired to imitate it.

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