not stealing from them, but showing all good faith, so that in every respect they will adorn the teaching about God our Savior.not stealing, but showing all good fidelity, that they may adorn the doctrine of God, our Savior, in all things.Not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.not purloining, but showing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.
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… having nothing evil to say about us. And then in Titus 2.10, so that in everything, we may adorn the doctrine of God, our Savior. Again, wearing it before those who are around us. Both audiences are going to be important to remember when we approach the apologetic text in 315. Remember, remember these two audiences and remember what Paul is saying about these two audiences. So be subject to human authority. First, Peter urges believers to be subject for the Lord's sake to every human institution. We find that in chapter two, verse 13. These words are reminiscent to Paul's words in Romans 13. Peter has in mind, if you look at 13 and 14, the emperor as supreme, or to governors as set by him to punish those who do evil and praise those who do good. This, of course, is an admonition to all Christians. That's important to remember as well. In these earlier sections, we've got him talking to all Christians. We're going to make the point again that we saw when we looked at Jude. …
… Paul repeated that command in Romans 13, you shall not steal. Titus 2.10 says, not pilfering or embezzling. So this is another very clear command directed at a default kind of sin that is very, very normal to all fallen humanity. We are an entire race of robbers. Children have to be disciplined firmly to learn that some things don't belong to them. Greediness is in the heart, profound, selfish, proud greediness. And stealing is a function of greed. People don't really steal out of need. It is possible that that does happen on occasion, of course, for a person who is destitute and at the end and has no choice. But they don't generally steal out of need, not in the modern world, because, well, for example, in our country the government provides a trillion dollars worth of protection against the kind of starvation that people would be threatened by, by providing all the available government resources that people can access. But psychologists say people don't steal out of need. …
… in everything to be well-pleasing, not argumentative, not pilfering or stealing from them, but showing all good faith in order that, that is, why is an employee to act this way? Why is their spirit, why is it so important that their spirit be this way? That they may adorn the doctrine of God, our Savior, in every respect. That is, you see, our response on our job, in our vocation, is going to reflect upon the doctrine we believe and the very gospel of the kingdom of God. Go back, if you will, to 1 Timothy chapter 6. Listen to what he says again, verse 1. Let all who are under the yoke as slaves, as employees, regard their own employers as worthy of all honor so that the name of God and their doctrine may not be spoken against. Here's what he's saying. He says, listen, the Christian in the marketplace needs to be very, very sensitive to this, that our right conduct and our proper response of submission to authority, responding, honoring, and respecting those who have authority over us. …
… having nothing evil to say about us. And then in Titus 2.10, so that in everything we may adorn the doctrine of God, our Savior. Again, wearing it before those who are around us. Both audiences are going to be important to remember when we approach the apologetic text in 315. Remember these two audiences, and remember what Paul is saying about these two audiences. So be subject to human authority. First, Peter urges believers to be subject for the Lord's sake to every human institution. We find that in chapter 2, verse 13. These words are reminiscent to Paul's words in Romans 13. Peter has in mind, if you look at 13 and 14, the emperor as supreme or to governors as set by him to punish those who do evil and praise those who do good. This, of course, is an admonition to all Christians. That's important to remember as well. In these earlier sections, we've got him talking to all Christians. We're going to make the point again that we saw when we looked at Jude. …