3. Of what does Solomon bid the young, in the buoyancy of youth, to be mindful?
“Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes; but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.” Eccl. 11:9.
4. How does the grace of God teach us that we should live?
“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.” Titus 2:11, 12.
5. What classes of individuals are admonished to be sober?
“That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience. The aged women likewise, that they be in behavior as becometh holiness, ... that they may teach the young women to be sober.... Young men likewise exhort to be sober-minded.” Verses 2-6.
Note.—These four classes include all. All should be sober.
6. What similar advice is given in the epistle to the Romans?
“Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.” Rom. 13:13.
7. What testimony does the apostle Peter bear on this point?