II. What Grace Taught.
We get this from verse 12,where the word ” teaching ” may be rendered ” training ” or ” disciplining .” Please note this: Many people think that salvation is a matter of having sins forgiving and receiving a new life,but it is much more than this. The grace that saves us goes on to sanctify us in two ways:-
1. Negatively – denying ungodliness and worldly lust. The word denying means ” renouncing “; the word ” ungodliness ” refers to all that is unlike God. – compare Romans 1:18-32. The words ” worldly lust ” refers to any unspiritual desires such as inordinate sexual desires,the drunkard mania,excessive yearning for material things,longing for pleasure,power,self-pleasing – compare 1 John 2:16;Titus 3:3.
2. Positively – we should live soberly righteously and Godly in this present world. To be saved is not just to receive an insurance ticket to heaven; it is to live with prudence,justice and reverence – that is ” soberly ” (our self-ward attitude),” righteously ” (our man-ward attitude),and “Godly” (our God-ward attitude).
How do you fit in to this picture? Next What Grace Wrought.