But as for you, teach what accords with sound doctrine. 2 Older men are to be sober-minded, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love, and in steadfastness. 3 Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good, 4 and so train the young women to love their husbands and children, 5 to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled. 6 Likewise, urge the younger men to be self-controlled. 7 Show yourself in all respects to be a model of good works, and in your teaching show integrity, dignity, 8 and sound speech that cannot be condemned, so that an opponent may be put to shame, having nothing evil to say about us. 9 Bondservants are to be submissive to their own masters in everything; they are to be well-pleasing, not argumentative, 10 not pilfering, but showing all good faith, so that in everything they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior. (Titus 2)
Doctrine is more than something you teach or learn. It is something you wear. True, sound doctrine is life-changing and countercultural. It goes against the flow of this self-centered world in which we live. Sound doctrine lives for others. It means that we live as examples, that the "older" men and women (in age and in the faith) live godly lives which can be caught as well as taught to younger generations. It means that young adults understand that today matters - that God has called us to self-control which is the result of Spirit-control, and that true love is about concerning ourselves with the needs of others, not our wants. As we begin this day, and go out into our week, may we wear the Gospel well.
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