LIKE TEACHER, LIKE STUDENT
Memorise:
Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be
ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. 2nd Timothy 2:15
Read: Philippians 3:14-17, 14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling
of God in Christ Jesus.
15 Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded:
and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you.
16 Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us
walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing.
17 Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them
which walk so as ye have us for an ensample.
Bible in one
year: Deuteronomy 16:18-19:14, Job 5:17-6:7
MESSAGE!!!
In our Bible reading
for today, we read of Paul, an outstanding apostle of Jesus Christ. He spoke of
his relentless efforts to reach the mark for the high calling of God in Christ
Jesus. The following are what he did to attain this goal: he forsook the
worldly glory and approval, to gain the approval of God through the
righteousness that can only be found in Christ. He endeavoured to know more of
Jesus Christ in order to do His will. He was never satisfied with an average
Christian life, he made bold to say:
“Brethren, be
followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an
example. (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even
weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: Whose end is
destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who
mind earthly things.)”
Philippians 3:17-19
Beloved, any Church
leader who cannot say what Paul said above is not worth following. Show me your
teacher and I will tell you who you are and how for you can go in the Christian
journey. When I gave my life of Christ, I was blessed with a leader that was
heaven-bound; the founder of the Redeemed Christian Church
of God. The first
time I saw him, I saw the glory of God and the image of Jesus Christ in him and
there and then, I knew that if I could follow in footsteps, I would make it in
my Christian race. He was impeccably transparent, a lover of the Cross of his
Master and Saviour. He did not only teach but practised what he taught to the
letter. Paul, the apostle wrote:
“But though we, or an
angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have
preached unto you, let him be accursed. As we said before, so say I now again,
If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him
be accursed.” Galatians 1:8-9
It is necessary for
Christians to prove all things in the light of the revealed truth in the Bible and
then hold fast that which is good. Only the truth, and nothing but the truth
can set you free from the errors of the end-time. Jesus Christ is the Truth.
When the Bible enjoins
you to “study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to
be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth”, it simply means, study closely
those who lived before you and enjoyed the approval of God, learn those things
which they did that earned them God’s approval.
Prayer point
Father, please reveal Yourself to me afresh
through your Son, Jesus Christ, my Lord.
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