Titus 1

Being Sound

Titus 1

Titus 1:1

Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the sake of the faith of God’s elect and their knowledge of the truth, which accords with godliness, (use)

The doctrine of divine election firmly establishes the believer's eternal security. God has not left the believer's assurance of salvation captive to changing feelings or faltering faith. Rather, the faithfulness of God demonstrated in his divine election secures the believer's salvation in the will and purposes of God himself.

Lea, T.D., Griffin, H.P.,. 1992. 1, 2 Timothy, Titus: An Exegetical and Theological Exposition of Holy Scripture. 265
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Although surrounded with mystery, the biblical teaching on election is for believers and is intended as a practical truth. It assures faithful, struggling believers that their salvation is all of God from beginning to end."

Hiebert, E., 1978. Titus, in Ephesians-Philemon, vol. 11 of The Expositor's Bible Commentary. 347
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Titus 1:2

in hope of eternal life, which God, who never lies, promised before the ages began (use)

Titus 1:3

and at the proper time manifested in his word through the preaching with which I have been entrusted by the command of God our Savior; (use)

Such preaching necessitates declaring the full counsel of God in Scripture. The entire written Word must be expounded. No truth should be left untaught, no sin unexposed, no grace unoffered, no promise undelivered.

Lawson, S., 1989. Preach the Word.
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Why must every Christian sermon exhort explicitly in Christ crucified? For this reason: for redeemed sinners, every good thing - and every bad thing that God turns for good - what secured for us by the cross of Christ. Every heaven-bound breath that a believer takes was bought by the blood of Christ.

Piper, J., 2018. Expository Exultation: Christian Preaching as Worship. 225
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What gift of grace is Jesus my redeemer There is no more for heaven now to give He is my joy, my righteousness, and freedom My steadfast love, my deep and boundless peace

CityAlight., 2018. Yet Not I But Through Christ In Me.
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Titus 1:5

This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, and appoint elders in every town as I directed you— (use)

In order to show the true spiritual power of the church, God selected the most difficult soil in which He planted it. In this way the Holy Spirit teaches us that the church can fulfill its purpose in the most dark, desolate, and difficult places on earth. God can do so even through people whose situations in life are the most trying.

Constable, T., 2022. Expository Notes.
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Titus 1:6

if anyone is above reproach, the husband of one wife, and his children are believers and not open to the charge of debauchery or insubordination. (use)

There have been many interpretations of the phrase "husband of one wife". There are four major views as to what Paul had in mind. First, the elder must be married. Second, he must be married only once. Third, he must be monogamous. Fourth, he must be a moral husband. All the other qualifications are character traits.

Constable, T., 2022. Expository Notes.
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Let Abraham's prayer be for Ishmael, let Hannah pray for Samuel, let David plead for Solomon, let Andrew find first his brother Simon, and Eunice train her Timothy: they will be none the less large or prevalent in their pleadings for others, because they were mindful of those allied to them by ties of blood.

Spurgeon, C.H., 1871. Household Salvation. Nov.5
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Titus 1:7

For an overseer, as God’s steward, must be above reproach. He must not be arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent or greedy for gain, (use)

Titus 1:8

but hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined. (use)

Titus 1:9

He must hold firm to the trustworthy word as taught, so that he may be able to give instruction in sound doctrine and also to rebuke those who contradict it. (use)

great joy and glory that, in occupying an exalted position in the nation, I am enabled, to preach the practical moralities of The Bible to my fellow-countrymen and to hold up Christ as the hope and Savior of the world.

Roosevelt, T., 1909. in occupying an exalted position.
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The best of men are only men at their very best.

Ryle. J.C., 1856. The Gospel of Matthew.
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Titus 1:12

One of the Cretans, a prophet of their own, said, "Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons" (use)

Epimenides the Cretan says, 'that all the Cretans are liars,' but Epimenides is himself a Cretan; therefore he is himself a liar. But if he is a liar, what he says is untrue, and consequently, the Cretans are veracious; but Epimenides is a Cretan, and therefore what he says is true; saying the Cretans are liars, Epimenides is himself a liar, and what he says is untrue. Thus we may go on alternately proving that Epimenides and the Cretans are truthful and untruthful.

Fowler, T., 1869. The Elements of Deductive Logic.
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They fashioned a tomb for thee, O holy and high one The Cretans, always liars, evil beasts, idle bellies! But thou art not dead: thou livest and abidest forever, For in thee we live and move and have our being.

Epimenides. 600BC. Cretica.
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Titus 1:15

To the pure, all things are pure, but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both their minds and their consciences are defiled. (use)

All things are, therefore, pronounced by the Apostle to be pure, with no other meaning than that the use of all things is free, as regards the conscience. Thus, if any law binds the consciences to any necessity of abstaining from certain kinds of food, it wickedly takes away from believers that liberty which God had given them.

Calvin, J., 1555. Commentary.
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Titus 1:13

This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith, (use)

Titus 1:14

not devoting themselves to Jewish myths and the commands of people who turn away from the truth. (use)

Forget about the founding of the great cathedrals and universities, forget about the Islamic development of mathematics, forget about Leonardo da Vinci and all of that: in secular salvation myth we are sold the simple story that we have been saved from the dark ages of barbarism and stupidity by the clear moral vision of science, rationality and Apple computers. This is just as much a salvation myth as any proposed by religion – though in this version of salvation it is religion itself that we need to be saved from.

Fraser. G., 2014. Our secular salvation myth distances us from reality.
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Titus 1:16

They profess to know God, but they deny him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient, unfit for any good work. (use)

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Titus 1:2

in hope of eternal life, which God, who never lies, promised before the ages began (use)