Daily Readings-Titus 3:1-7
As Christians, our secular lives also need to be exemplary if we are going to attract others to the Gospel. A healthy spiritual life is merely the first step. We have to apply the spiritual principles of the Gospel to the way we live in the world. This is much more difficult as there will be numerous temptations to compromise a little bit here and a little bit there. We have to resist these temptations and keep our Christian witness pure and of the strongest kind by 100 percent faithfulness to the Gospel.
Titus 3:1-7
1 Beloved: Remind them to be under the control of magistrates and authorities, to be obedient, to be open to every good enterprise. 2 They are to slander no one, to be peaceable, considerate, exercising all graciousness toward everyone. 3 For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, deluded, slaves to various desires and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful ourselves and hating one another. 4 But when the kindness and generous love of God our savior appeared, 5 not because of any righteous deeds we had done but because of his mercy, he saved us through the bath of rebirth and renewal by the holy Spirit, 6 whom he richly poured out on us through Jesus Christ our savior, 7 so that we might be justified by his grace and become heirs in hope of eternal life.
