623. Titus' Work in Crete — Titus 1:1-16

623.

Salutations

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Today's Passage: Titus 1:1-16

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Thank You for meeting me, LORD.
I welcome you into this place.
Please prepare my heart Jehovah.
Thank you for insight.

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26th Strategy.

Wisdom -
The fear of Jehovah (the LORD) is the instruction for Wisdom:
Proverbs 15:33

• Bring your heart before the LORD and open up to Him. You may come boldly before the throne of God.
• Ask Him to cleanse you heart and remove any resistance you might have to wisdom or understanding.
• A wisdom passage can be hidden within other information.
• There might be a nugget in a phrase, or a sentence.
• Whole passages can also be wisdom passages. All of Proverbs for example.
• Remove whatever word, phrase, sentence or section of the passage pulls on you heart.
• Write it down.
• Ponder on this as long as you need to.
• Bring your time with LORD to gratitude and enter your day!
  

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1. This letter is from Paul, a slave of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ. I have been sent to proclaim faith to those God has chosen and to teach them to know the truth that shows them how to live godly lives.
2. This truth gives them confidence that they have eternal life, which God— who does not lie — promised them before the world began.
3. And now at just the right time he has revealed this message, which we announce to everyone. It is by the command of God our Savior that I have been entrusted with this work for him.

4. I am writing to Titus, my true son in the faith that we share.
May God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior give you grace and peace.

5. I left you on the island of Crete so you could complete our work there and appoint elders in each town as I instructed you.
6. An elder must live a blameless life. He must be faithful to his wife, and his children must be believers who don't have a reputation for being wild or rebellious.
7. For an elder must live a blameless life. He must not be arrogant or quick-tempered; he must not be a heavy drinker, violent, or dishonest with money.

8. Rather, he must enjoy having guests in his home, and he must love what is good. He must live wisely and be just. He must live a devout and disciplined life.
9. He must have a strong belief in the trustworthy message he was taught; then he will be able to encourage others with wholesome teaching and show those who oppose it where they are wrong.

10. For there are many rebellious people who engage in useless talk and deceive others. This is especially true of those who insist on circumcision for salvation.
11. They must be silenced, because they are turning whole families away from the truth by their false teaching. And they do it only for money.
12. Even one of their own men, a prophet from Crete, has said about them, "The people of Crete are all liars, cruel animals, and lazy gluttons."
13. This is true. So reprimand them sternly to make them strong in the faith.
14. They must stop listening to Jewish myths and the commands of people who have turned away from the truth.

15. Everything is pure to those who hearts are pure. But nothing is pure to those who are corrupt and unbelieving, because their minds and consciences are corrupted.
16. Such people claim they know God, but they deny him by the way they live. They are detestable and disobedient, worthless for doing anything good."
Titus 1:1-16 NLT

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