A GUIDE FOR CHRISTIAN LEADERS TITUS _HILDA BRIGHT AND HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 2 WHAT TITUS HAD TO TEACH V1 But you, Titus, must teach the things that are true. V2 Teach the older men that they should not drink too much wine. Other people should be able to respect them. They should be able to con... [ Continue Reading ]
Paul did not tell Titus to teach the young women. The older women had to teach them. The older women had a lot of experience and wisdom. They had learned how to be good wives and mothers. So, they could advise the younger women when they had problems in married life. They could teach the young women... [ Continue Reading ]
Paul told Titus to be a good model. Paul said this to Timothy too (1 Timothy 4:12). Titus had to be a model ‘in every way’. He had to teach the truth and he had to behave in the right way. This would show that he taught the truth. The false teachers said that they taught the truth. But they behaved... [ Continue Reading ]
Titus had to be careful about everything that he said in public or private conversation. He had to be sensible. He always had to speak the truth. Many people opposed the Christians. People watched Titus and they listened to him. They were ready to accuse him. But Titus could show that they were wron... [ Continue Reading ]
God’s *grace trains us in two ways. It teaches us to give up anything bad. It guides us to do good things. When someone becomes a Christian, he or she starts a new life. In Colossians 3:9-10, Paul said that a person ‘takes off’ his old character. Then he ‘puts on’ his new character, which is like Ch... [ Continue Reading ]
Christians should always think about the future. One day, Jesus will return to this world (Acts 1:9-11; 1 Thessalonians 4:14-18; 2 Peter 3:10-13). It is like waiting for a royal visit. In the past God’s *grace appeared. This happened when God sent Jesus into the world (verse 11). In the future, God’... [ Continue Reading ]
In John 8:34, Jesus said that everyone who *sins is a slave to *sin. *Sin is like his master. God had to punish all *sin. The punishment for *sin is death (Romans 6:23). But God has not punished people, because he is very kind to them. Instead, God punished Jesus. God planned that Jesus would have t... [ Continue Reading ]
Paul urged Titus to continue what he had been doing. ‘Teach’ means to continue to speak about those things. Titus had to keep telling the Christians what God had done for them. He had to keep telling them how to behave in the right way. ‘All these things’ refers to 2:1-14. 1 He had to encourage Chr... [ Continue Reading ]