December 3 Daily Devotional

Bible Reading

Titus 2:

¹But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine:
²That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.
³The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;
⁴That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,
⁵To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.
⁶Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded.
⁷In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity,
⁸Sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you.
⁹Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to please them well in all things; not answering again;
¹⁰Not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.
¹¹For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,
¹²Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;
¹³Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
¹⁴Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
¹⁵These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.

Devotional

"Thou shall call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins." Christ has redeemed his people from all their sins. He is "My faithful Saviour, who with his precious blood has fully satisfied for all my sins" (Heidelberg Catechism 1). He has made atonement for them all. He paid the price. The price was not gold and silver, but his precious blood. What a price, his precious blood! What induced him to shed his blood for us? His infinite love. "Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet smelling savor." Satan caused our first parents to sin. He rules in the hearts of all unbelievers. And "as a roaring lion, he walketh about, seeking whom he may devour." He tries to destroy even the children of God. But Christ has "redeemed me from all the power of the devil." "Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also him­self likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; and deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage." "If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed." What a wonderful Saviour! What infi­nite love to a lost world! What a precious price of redemption! What glorious liberty of the children of God!

Prayer

Our Father, we thank Thee for that great deliverance from sin, Satan, death and eternal condemnation brought about by Jesus Christ, our Saviour. We thank Thee that full satisfaction has been made; that the price of redemption has been paid, and that we may rejoice in the glorious liberty of the children of God. Grant unto us, that we, being delivered out of the hand of our enemies, might serve Thee without fear, in holiness and right­eousness before Thee, all the days of our life. For Jesus' sake. Amen.

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Scripture in Devotional: Matt. 1:21; Eph. 5:2; 1 Pet. 5:8; Heb. 2:14, 15; John 8:36.

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