TITUS A construction company in Belize destroyed one of that nations largest Mayan pyramids while excavating a new road. The loss is incalculable, and authorities blame it on laziness. Builders were too slothful to figure a way around the treasure, so they took the easy way out - bulldozing through it without thinking. We can do a lot of damage by taking the easy way out. In the book of Titus, the apostle Paul told Titus how to minister to people who were converted from a culture filled with liars, evil beasts, and lazy gluttons (Titus 1:12). The setting was the island of Crete, which Paul and Titus had evangelized. Titus remained on the island to get the churches organized and to develop the work...but he struggled to oversee churches filled with people who had grown up without self-discipline. That sounds like a relevant subject...How do we move from laziness to self-control and spiritual maturity ? In chapter 1...Paul laid down the qualification of mature and hard-working church leaders. In chapters 2 & 3, he told Titus what to say to various groups...and to the church as a whole. The same grace that brought salvation, he wrote, teaches us to say No to worldly passions, to deny laziness and lust, and to live soberly and righteously in this world. The message of Titus is: Gods work should be well-organized and His workers self-controlled as we go about building - not bulldozing - His Church in this world. (Titus 2:1 and 3:8)
Posted on: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 15:03:13 +0000
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