Category Archives: Titus

God’s Peculiar People

Luke 2:28-31 (KJV) took {Jesus} up in his arms, and blessed God, and said, 29 Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word: 30 For mine eyes have seen thy SALVATION (sōtērios, adjective), 31 Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people;

Holding that Baby Jesus, Simeon described Him as sōtērios, “The Salvation”. Simeon said that “The Salvation, that Child Jesus, was prepared by God “BEFORE THE FACE OF ALL PEOPLE”. Paul says something similar in Titus,

The Saving Grace of God hath appeared to ALL MEN

God has showed ALL MEN or EVERY PERSON His Saving Grace. God prophesied He would do this in the Old Testament. We were told:

Isaiah 52:10 (ESV) The Lord has bared his holy arm before the eyes of all the nations, and ALL THE ENDS OF THE EARTH SHALL SEE THE SALVATION OF OUR GOD.

God has revealed His Salvation to all, to whosoever will, and His Salvation is the Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus is the Gospel. All have seen. All have been told. All will be told. Salvation is only through Jesus Christ. This salvation is offered to anyone who will REPENT and CALL OUT TO JESUS. … Continue reading

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The Ordained Leader

The very first quality the Apostle tells Titis to look for is that the Elder/ Pastor be “BLAMELESS”. This is the Greek anegklētos, which means “to be above reproach or unaccused”. Does this mean that the Pastor should always please the people? No! It has nothing to do with pleasing the people. Paul tells us what he means by “BLAMELESS” when he writes,

as the steward of God

The Pastor does not own the Church. The spiritual needs of the Church are entrusted to the Pastor, but the Church belongs to Jesus Christ. Every believer is purchased with the Blood of Christ. The Steward, the Pastor, the Shepherd oversees the flock, and

Acts 20:28 … feeds the church of God, which JESUS HAS PURCHASED with His own blood.

To be “BLAMELESS” means that the Pastor must NECESSARILY OFFEND the people who will not do as God directs. He is to please God, not man.

The Apostle Paul was an Elder, a leader in the Church. Paul wrote: Continue reading

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Titus 1:5-6 To Set In Order

When the Apostle Paul went to Crete with Timothy, the largest Island in Greece, he preached the Gospel of salvation and many were “saved through faith in Christ Jesus” (Ephesians 2:8-9). We don’t know how many were saved, but we do know that the Apostle did not have time to set up Churches in Crete. God was calling Paul to Nicopolis, a Roman city in Northwestern Greece. So God the Holy Spirit – through Paul – gave an instruction book to Titus to help finish the work. What was the first thing Titus was supposed to do?

ORDAIN ELDERS IN EVERY CITY

Titus was to ordain elders “IN EVERY CITY”. The Roman Historian Pliny the Elder said that Crete had about 100 cities. There were a lot of Christians in Crete because of the abundant Grace of God. But there was something lacking.

Elders {presbyteros = “Those who are of age, Elders”}

Word Study: Elders are the Spiritual Leaders in the Church. The word “Elders {presbyteros}” is imported into Christianity from Judaism (Matthew 16:21; 21:23; Luke 7:3; Acts 4:8). The Elders among the Jews sat on the Sanhedrin, the Ruling Council of Israel, and also acted as the Spiritual Leaders in the Synagogues. We are told in … Continue reading

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