Shaun McLaughlin
Titus
3:1-2:
Remind the people to be subject to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to
be ready to do what is good, 2 to slander no one, to be peacable and
considerate, and to show true humility toward all men.
Titus
3:4-5:
But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, 5 he saved us, not
because of the righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy.
Titus
3:9:
But avoid foolish controversies and genealogies and arguments and quarrels
about the law, because these are unprofitable and useless.
Titus
3:14:
Our people must devote themselves to doing what is good.
The first two verses in this chapter are a
reminded of where we live and where our place is in this world. We are not
God(aint that the truth!!!) but we are here on earth and we have to follow not
only the rules that God himself laid out for us, but also the rules that the
world has to live by. Even if we do not like the authority figures put in
charge of us, we still must abide by the guidelines that they set out.
In verse
3 it talks about how everyone was foolish and disobedient at some point
in their lives. But we of course are saved by the grace of
God. No matter what we as humans have done in the past, God is going to
forgive us. But we aren't forgiven for praying for four hours straight, or
by raising our hands in worship, or even reading our bibles. We could be the
greatest Christian on the face of the earth, but without the grace and mercy of
God, we are nothing. Yet again, we are given a guide book directly from
God through Paul, that tells us how to live our lives. We need to stay away
from fools and foolish controversies, and obey the law and do not fight
it because getting into fights about it is useless.
God wants us to devote
ourselves to doing what is good.