What does the grace of God teach believers to do in this present world?
In this present world, the grace of God instructs believers to deny ungodliness and worldly lusts, to live soberly, righteously, and godly right now in their everyday experience, and to look for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of Jesus Christ.
Les explains that the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, so no one can claim they never heard. This grace teaches believers to deny ungodliness and worldly lusts and to live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world, right now in everyday experience. As believers go through the workaday week, they are to be looking for the blessed hope and the glorious appearing—not the Second Coming, but the glorious appearing of the great God and Savior Jesus Christ. Les notes this verse clearly gives deity to Christ.
For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,
Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;