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Doing helpful things
In these verses Paul deals with the conduct of believers in relation to government and society in general. Christianity should make better citizens of people. It does not relieve them of their civic duty but rather enforces them. As citizens of the State we have obligations …

How to show that you are a Christian
The only evidence the unsaved world has that we belong to God is our godly lives. That is why our lifestyle is so important as a Christian. Only eternity will reveal how many people have refused to have anything to do with the Lord because of the bad testimony of some Chris …

Stop fighting other Christians
Paul warned Titus to avoid people who like to argue about unimportant things (v. 9). Some of the things to avoid are foolish questions, genealogies of the Old Testament and the spinning of stories about some of these people. Striving and fights about the law and heretical …

How to treat a divisive person
A person who is a heretic is one who makes a choice to be divisive. He goes from person to person in the church forcing people to make a choice. Bottom line it is usually, “Are you for me or are you for the pastor?” Paul tells Titus that such a person is to be admonis …

God has the right person at the right time
Paul ends his letter with some personal plans and instructions. Though it is not known where Paul was when he wrote this epistle, it is evident that he was planning to spend the winter at Necropolis on the Adriatic coast of Greece (vv. 12-13). He further instructs Titus to meet …

How to be productive for the Lord
It has been suggested by some writers that the Cretan Christians may have been a bit lazy and were therefore unable to provide for their daily necessities, much less be of use to anyone else. Throughout this letter Paul has been stressing the need for good works, not to earn sa …

The basis for our salvation
Paul reminds us over and over again that the riches of salvation originate with God and not with men (v. 4). By nature man is so self-centered and self-reliant that he finds it difficult to believe that his own efforts and achievements, no matter how praiseworthy, can never save …