When you read this passage you realize the text is encourages us to be honorable vessels. We must be Honorable Vessels? How? How can we be honorable Vessels?
How can I be something honorable to God. The text provides us with 5 ways we can be honorable vessels.
1. We need to be Fit for Service v. 20-21
a. We need Cleanse ourselves v.21 b. We need to be Holy, we need to be set apart. v. 21 c. We need to be Useful to the Master v. 21 d. We need to be Ready for every good work v. 21
2. We must Flee Youthful Lusts v. 22
3. We pursue Godly passions v. 22
a. Righteousness b. Faithfulness c. Love d. Peace e. Fellowship
4. We Stand for Truth Gently
5. We Think Evangelistically
a. God Grants Repentance b. We need to understand the snare of the devil
So, how can you become a vessel of honor?
* Become Fit for Service by being Clean, Holy, Usable, and Available * By Fleeing Youthful Passions * By Pursuing Godly Passions - Righteousness - Faithfulness - Love - Peace - Christian Fellowship * By Standing for Truth Gently but standing * By Thinking Evangelistically about those who you see involved in sin. Pray for repentance believing that God grants it. We also need to understand the snare of the devil.
Will you this morning by God's grace, by the power of the Holy Spirit and the instruction of the Word of God become a vessel unto honor?
This is not optional it is a command, an imperative. By God's grace pursue holiness.
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