Daily Devotional
A New Way to Live
“For we ourselves were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful and hating one another.”
Titus 3:3
November 11, 2025
Ponder This
This passage clearly reminds us of who we were before Christ. Do you know what the word disobedient means? It includes the idea of willful, obstinate, stubborn disobedience. Disobedience is not wanting to know the truth. I was reading an account of a lawyer who was arguing about the truth of Christianity with another person. Then this person asked this lawyer a very penetrating question: “If you were convinced that Jesus Christ was the son of God, would you follow Him?” He responded, “No.” His problem was not in his mind. His problem was in his heart.
The only answer to this problem is the grace of God, because no one would be saved apart from His grace. When we remember that this was our identity, our old way of life, it encourages us to hold onto the new way of life in Him. We follow Christ over what we want. We follow Him even when it doesn’t make sense. We obey our Lord and Savior instead of walking in resistance and rebellion to Him.
- Where are you prone toward disobedience to God?
- Why is it natural for us to disobey over obey? How does the Spirit change this pattern in our lives?
Practice This
Praise God for His grace to save you even as you rebelled against Him.
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