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3 days ago · Titus 2:7 (ESV) – Show yourself in all respects to be a model of good works, and in your teaching show integrity, dignity, Luke 6:38 (ESV) – Give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap.
5 days ago · Titus 2:11–14 (ESV) — 11 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, 12 training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, 13 waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, 14 who ...
1 day ago · And be thankful” (Colossians 3:12-15). We stand in the gap when we love one another with the genuine love of Christ, “since love covers a multitude of sins” (1 Peter 4:8). Thirdly, we can help to meet the needs of the people in the church. It is impossible to rely on a handful of spiritual leaders to meet the needs of all members in the ...
2 days ago · Paul mentions five areas by name in which the good pastor ought to set an example. First, there is speech. The good pastor’s words are to be true, kind, and helpful. Words are the tools of the trade. Pastors ought, through wide reading and learning, to be well equipped with good words to use. They ought, by prayerfulness and the pursuit of ...
2 days ago · Yes, we know Titus 2:5 commands older women to teach younger women to be homemakers—but the reality is, feminists have sought after and leaned on any other verse in the Bible to support women having independent careers (i.e., “Lydia sold purple!” they shout, quoting Acts 16:14).
5 days ago · This section of scripture ends with 5 APPEALS FOR CHRISTIAN LIVING (4:4-7) Be Joyful (4:4) This exhortation has been given in the form of a command or in the form of Paul’s example 12 times in these 4 chapters to the Philippian church (1:4, 18, 25; 2:2, 17-18, 28-29; 3:1; 4:1, 4, 10), making this a strong emphasis in this small book of the Bible.
4 days ago · Scripture proclaims, “he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that being justified by his grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life” (Titus 3:5–7, ESV).
