Today, God asks for every man in Christ's Church to make daily choices to regain and maintain a sober-minded restrained life, surrendered to God's gracious sanctifying power. Open in your Bibles with me to Titus 2:6:
Likewise, exhort the young men to be sober-minded (NKJV)
The Greek word God inspires Paul to write is a verb sophroneo translated in the New Testament as “sober-minded” (NKJV/KJV); “self-controlled” (NIV/ESV); and “sensible” (NAS)”. The meaning of this word is vital to our spiritual lives. This single word is what we may call the universal quality we all need to embrace, a life-long task of:
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Pastor John Barnett has been devouring the Word of God for over 30 years. John, now the teaching pastor of Calvary Bible Church in Kalamazoo, Michigan has served congregations in Oklahoma, New England, Georgia and California. He also served on the Faculty of the Master's College...