Category: Titus

Titus 3:2 …to slander no one, to be peaceable and considerate, and always to be gentle toward everyone.

Commentary says of verse 2: “This is a distinctively Christian kindness, coming not from simple good manners but from knowing who we are and who others are in the heart of Jesus.”

Titus 3:3 At one time we too were foolish, disobedient, deceived and enslaved by all kinds of passions and pleasures. We lived in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.

And while I agree with the idea, I don’t think Christians live up to it most of the time. “Be gentle toward everyone”? Think of what could happen in this world if we embraced this way of interacting.

Titus 3:4 But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared….

Lord, I’m a bit jaded. You call us to love You and love others. Paul reminds us to be gentle toward everyone, peaceable and considerate, but so often I see the polar opposite in the way humans relate to each other. Help me commit to being peaceable, considerate, and gentle toward everyone I encounter. Give me strength. Amen.

Titus 3:5 …he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit….

Have a blessed day.

Titus 2:7a In everything set them an example by doing what is good.

Verse 11 really strikes me in this chapter: “For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people.” We have talked about the fact that God’s grace is a gift, unearnable, yet lavished upon us. All we have to do is receive it—something that can be ridiculously difficult at times…receiving what we feel unworthy of.

Titus 2:7b-8a …In your teaching show integrity, seriousness and soundness of speech that cannot be condemned….

Verse 11 reminds us of *why* it is crucial that we learn to receive, willingly, the lavish gift of grace—it is this gift of God’s grace that offers salvation to all people. Grace is lavished upon all. All we have to do is receive it. And through that grace, salvation.

Titus 2:8b …so that those who oppose you may be ashamed because they have nothing bad to say about us.

Lord, You know I struggle at times to receive the grace You offer so abundantly. I know I’m not worthy, which I feel rules me out. Yet You see me—only and always—as Your deeply loved child. Help me to see myself through Your eyes. Help me to accept the grace You so mercifully offer. Thank You, Lord. Amen.

Titus 2:11 For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people.

Have a blessed day.

Titus 1:4b …Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.

This was a pretty traditional greeting from the apostles of the time from what I’ve read, but I find it quite lovely. What if every communication began: “Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior”?

Titus 1:5 The reason I left you in Crete was that you might put in order what was left unfinished….

First, it focuses on the gifts of grace and peace freely and lavishly bestowed on us, which reminds us to be open and receptive. Second, it reminds us who we are and whose we are: we are God the Father’s and Christ Jesus our Savior’s.

Titus 1:9 He must hold firmly to the trustworthy message as it has been taught, so that he can encourage others by sound doctrine and refute those who oppose it.

Lord, Thank You for the abundant grace and peace which You freely and mercifully lavish on us. Help me to be ever mindful of who I am and whose I am as I go throughout each day. I am Yours, Lord. Help me to shine Your light. Amen.

Titus 1:15 To the pure, all things are pure, but to those who are corrupted and do not believe, nothing is pure….

Have a blessed day.