Titus 1:1-2:10
How
are we to live? We are not to be ‘empty talkers’, people who ‘profess
to know God’ and ‘deny Him by their deeds’(1:10,16). We must give no one
the opportunity to ‘speak evil of God’s Word’. We must be ‘a model of
good deeds’, showing ‘the beauty of the teachings about God our Saviour
in everything we do’(2:5,7,10). When we live in a Christlike way, ‘those
who oppose’ Christ and His Gospel will be ‘put to shame, having nothing
evil to say of us’(2:8). This is how we are to live. How do we live?
This is a question for all of us. It is a question which will make us
feel uncomfortable. We don’t find it easy to look closely at the way we
live our lives. We won’t get away with glossing over things. God calls
us to pray, ‘Search me, O God... Cleanse me from every sin...’(Psalm
139:23-24; Mission Praise, 587).
Titus 2:11-3:15
We
read in 2:11,13 of Christ’s coming in grace- ‘the grace of God has
appeared for the salvation of all people’- and His coming in glory- ‘we
wait for the blessed hope - the glorious appearing of our great God and
Saviour, Jesus Christ’. From grace to glory - This is the journey from
Christ’s first coming to His Second Coming. It is also the journey of
our life of faith. We begin with the forgiveness of our sins. our final
destination is glory, heavenly and eternal glory, the glory of God. We
live by the grace of God. We look forward to the glory of God. God wants
us to live as ‘a people of His own who are zealous for good
deeds’(2:14). If we are to be ‘zealous for good deeds’, we must first be
zealous for Jesus Christ. Do good - but never forget, ‘Hesaved us - not
because of deeds done by us...’(3:8,4-6).
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