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“In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth” (2 Timothy 2:25).
Yesterday we saw that we are to turn away from those who have a form of godliness, but deny the power of it. However, we are not to ignore them completely. In our verse today, we see that we are to instruct them in meekness. We must recognize that it is not our good presentation of the truth in the Bible that brings souls to Christ. Rather, it is God who must work in the souls of unbelievers to bring them to Christ.
There is a reason that God works this way. Yes, we are responsible to speak to souls about Christ, but if they were saved because of our efforts, we would take the credit for it. But when the Lord works, He gets the glory for it, and that is the way it should be. The Lord may use us, but we are only instruments in His hands.
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