TIME TO STUDY MORE OF GODS WORD...TODAY WE START A NEW BOOK AND I PRAY A NEW CHAPTER IN OUR WALK WITH THE LORD...WE MUST REMEMBER THAT IN ORDER TO HEAR...RECOGNIZE... AND UNDERSTAND GODS VOICE...WE MUST FIRST KNOW HIS WORD... FATHER AS WE ONCE AGAIN OPEN YOUR WORD...WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD GIVE US EARS TO HEAR...AND A HEART TO UNDERSTAND WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE THAT WE NEED TO HEAR TODAY... IT IS YOU THAT WE SEEK...AND YOU THAT WE FOLLOW...WE THANK YOU FOR GIVING US ALL THAT WE NEED TO BE VICTORIOUS...KNOWING THAT THE BATTLE HAS ALREADY BEEN WON IN AND THRU YOU...WE SAY THIS PRAYER IN JESUS HOLY NAME...AMEN. TITUS CHAPTER 1: PAUL OPENS BY IDENTIFYING HIMSELF AS BOTH A SLAVE OF GOD AND AN APOSTLE OF JESUS CHRIST...HE TELLS TITUS AND US... HE HAS BEEN SENT TO TELL THOSE WHOM GOD HAS CHOSEN...ABOUT THE GOOD NEWS OF JESUS CHRIST AND TO TEACH US HOW TO RECOGNIZE THE TRUTH OF GOD FROM THE LIES OF THE DEVIL...SO THAT WE MIGHT LIVE A GODLY AND ABUNDANT LIFE...THIS TRUTH IS THE TRUTH THAT WE WHO HAVE BEEN CHOSEN WILL NOT DIE BUT HAVE ETERNAL LIFE...AND IN SO KNOWING THIS HAVE THE GOD GIVEN CONFIDENCE TO ENDURE AND OVERCOME... PAUL TELLS TITUS HE WAS LEFT ON THE ISLAND OF CRETE TO APPOINT ELDERS FROM EACH TOWN AND TO COMPLETE THE WORK HE HAD STARTED... HE THEN GIVES US THE QUALIFICATIONS OF AN ELDER...THEY MUST LIVE A GODLY LIFE...BE FAITHFUL TO THEIR WIFE...THEIR CHILDREN MUST BE BELIEVERS OF CHRIST AND NOT BE REBELLIOUS...HE MUST LIVE A BLAMELESS LIFE...NOT BE ARROGANT OR QUICK TEMPERED...MUST NOT BE VIOLENT OR A HEAVY DRINKER...NOT BE A LOVER OF MONEY...BE WILLING TO ENJOY GUESTS IN HIS HOME...HE MUST BE WISE AND DEVOUT AND LIVE A DISCIPLINED LIFE...AND BE ABLE TO TEACH...ENCOURAGE...AND...REBUKE WHEN NECESSARY... PAUL WARNS TITUS AND US THAT THERE ARE MANY AMONGST US WHO REBEL AGAINST THE RIGHT TEACHINGS OF GOD...THESE ARE THE TYPE THAT WILL ENGAGE IN USELESS TALK AND TRY TO DECIEVE THOSE WHO LISTEN...AND TO BE ESPECIALLY AWARE OF THOSE WHO INSIST UPON CIRCUMCISION FOR SALVATION...THIS TYPE OF TALK HAS CAUSE MANY TO TURN AWAY FROM THE TRUTH...PAUL SAYS THAT EVEN THE MEN OF CRETE THEMSELVES SAY THEY CANT BE TRUSTED...HE TELLS TITUS TO REBUKE THEM TO STRENGTHEN THEIR FAITH... THE NEXT TIME YOU ARE TRYING TO DECIDE TO POINT OUT TO SOMEONE WHO HAS STRAYED FROM THE PATH...PLEASE REMEMBER THIS...YOU DO IT NOT TO HURT THEM...BUT TO HELP THEM!!! PAUL ENDS BY TELLING TITUS THAT ALL THINGS ARE PURE IF IT COMES FROM A PURE HEART...BUT THE OPPOSITE IS TRUE OF ALL THOSE WHO ARE EVIL AND CORRUPT...THEY ARE ROTTEN TO THE CORE...THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO TALK LIKE BELIEVERS...BUT LIVE LIKE UNBELIEVERS...THEY ARE LAZY AND DISOBEDIENT...AND ARE BENT OF DOING WHAT IS EVIL... THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF THIS BIBLE STUDY...UNTIL TOMORROW...GOD BLESS YOU AND YOURS!!!
Posted on: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 21:02:36 +0000
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