Like Timothy,
Titus was a young pastor who traveled with and assisted the apostle Paul. At the time of this letter, Titus was in Crete
providing leadership for the church Paul
had established there.
Titus was not only to serve as a pastor
on Crete, he was to help build the church there so that he could return to
aiding Paul’s missionary work. He was a
church planter. Because of this, Paul’s
advice and direction deals a lot with church leadership
and conduct.
As in his some of his other letters,
notably First Timothy,
he give specific qualifications for church leaders. Because good leadership begins at home, they
were to have an orderly family
life. In addition, they were to have
good character and a good reputation in the community. Leaders were to serve as examples in conduct
as well as be teachers of sound doctrine.
Good character should be typical
throughout the church, especially in relationships. Paul discusses how we are to treat each other
as husbands and wives, parents and children, employers
and workers, government authorities and citizens.
The grace of God doesn’t stop working with
our salvation. It continues in use, through the indwelling Holy Spirit,
to help us be better people, more pure and more ready to receive Christ when
He comes again, as we anxiously await.
Paul also wrote
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