1 Timothy 6:11-16
11 But you, O man of God, flee these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, gentleness. 12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you were also called and have confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses. 13 I urge you in the sight of God who gives life to all things, and before Christ Jesus who witnessed the good confession before Pontius Pilate, 14 that you keep this commandment without spot, blameless until our Lord Jesus Christ's appearing, 15 which He will manifest in His own time, He who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings and Lord of lords, 16 who alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or can see, to whom be honor and everlasting power. Amen.
11 But you, O man of God, flee these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, gentleness. 12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you were also called and have confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses. 13 I urge you in the sight of God who gives life to all things, and before Christ Jesus who witnessed the good confession before Pontius Pilate, 14 that you keep this commandment without spot, blameless until our Lord Jesus Christ's appearing, 15 which He will manifest in His own time, He who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings and Lord of lords, 16 who alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or can see, to whom be honor and everlasting power. Amen.
Like Timothy, we are called to run the other direction away from discontentment and ungodly desires. We have been called to righteousness that reflects Christ, godliness in faith, love tempered by patience and gentleness. All these things of the old man war against us, but we are called to fight back. The victory won is eternal life which we have been called out to, and which we confess to others. This is the battle of faith - do we trust God’s power and will to work in us? Just as Jesus stood firm to the truth in righteousness before Pilate, not giving In to save His life, so we are to follow Him as commanded, holy and resolute in loving obedience to Him and the truth of the gospel. When His time comes, the absolute sovereign ruler, the only Lord our God, the only eternal ever-existing One, we will see the pure light He lives in and be able to draw near only by the grace of His beckoning hand. He who is almighty deserves all the honor and glory by us, both now and forever, so we trust and obey as we run toward Him and away from ungodly desires and discontentment.
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