The Exercise Room of Discipleship

You and I need to do something with all the spiritual truth that has been revealed to us if we are going to glorify God. There is a verse which I believe that we should turn to, so that we might understand what we are looking at here. It is 1 Timothy Chapter 4, and verses 7 and 8. "But reject profane and old wives' fables, and exercise yourself towards godliness." "For bodily exercise profits a little, but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life that now is and of that which is to come." "This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance." Take a look around you; you are in the Exercise Room. That spiritual flab has to go. You may have come to know many good things from the Word of God, and yet if you do not exercise, all that good food will do you no good. God expects you to exercise yourself toward godliness. So, first of all, in order to begin to exercise ourselves towards godliness there is something that we must reject. Then secondly, we will look at the truth that Godliness is profitable for all things in this life. Then, finally, we will look at the truth that godliness is profitable for all things because it has promise for the life to come. I hope that as you listen to this sermon, that you will pray to be eager in your mind and heart about these things; to glorify God by laying hold of that which is eternal life indeed.