“Keep a close watch on how you live and on your teaching. Stay true to what is right for the sake of your own salvation and the salvation of those who hear you.” v. 16
What you believe affects how you live and how you live affects what you teach. Therefore we need to watch these things closely. We must be on constant guard against falling into sin that can so easily destroy us. Yet we must watch what we believe 9teaching) just as closely. Wrong beliefs can quickly lead us into sin and heresy. We should be on guard against those who would persuade us that how we live is more important than what we believe. We should keep a close watch on both, staying true to the truth.
Today, think about your beliefs and how they impact you live and what you teach. Is your life style matching up to what you believe and what you try to teach with your words?
Dan Gould 
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