Verse 12
‘Instructing us, to the intent that, denying (renouncing) ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly and righteously and godly in this present world,’
And this salvation requires of us that we deny, renounce totally, all ‘ungodliness’, that is, all lack of faithfulness to either God or man, and that we turn our back on all worldly desires, (looking for gain or status in this world), rather living soberly, righteously and godly in this present world as our Saviour Himself did. The thought is not that we should not seek ordinary advancement. It is that it should not be the controlling factor of our lives. For our lives are to be lived in all seriousness in the light of things above as befits a servant of God, revealed in fulfilling Christ’s teaching on righteousness as found for example in the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7), in seeking to be pleasing to God in every way (Colossians 1:10), and in truly worshipping Him.
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