Sycamore Baptist Chu8rch SBC

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Those who have chosen the life course of godliness, there is a special training in the Word. It is the task of the Word of God to speak to each of us as our guardian as well as our moral and spiritual compass. God instructs us to love our freedom in Christ, to love our enemies, to love and appreciate what is excellent rather than merely what is effective or adequate. The Word will not allow us to get away with mediocrity. The training God instructs us to pursue is that of a gladiator whose training was a matter of life or death.

We accept all manner of special training for our professional and personal fulfillment. Equally, for those who have chosen the life course of godliness, there is a special training in the Word. It involves, as does any serious training, several aspects of life: communication, conduct, love, faith, and purity (1 Timothy 4). Every aspect is disciplined and contributes to the goal of spiritual health and beauty known as godliness.

Clement of Alexandria (155-220 A.D.) reminds us this training does not put people under emotional or physical strain and tension. It is not a matter of driving oneself to the limit so much as allowing the Word to show us our weaknesses and moral flaws, and then bringing us the Savior's own remedies, precisely gaged to meet every specific need.