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best effort

20230303 best effort Titus 3:12-15 (JDV) Titus 3:12 When I send Artemas or Tychicus to you, put forth your best effort to come to me at Nicopolis, because I have decided to spend the winter there.Titus 3:13 Put forth your … Continue reading

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mercy triumphs over stupidity

20230302 mercy triumphs over stupidity Titus 3:1-11 (JDV) Titus 3:1 Keep reminding them to be submissive to their priorities and authorities, to obey them, to be ready to do every good achievement,Titus 3:2 to insult no one, to be a … Continue reading

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mission: send, support, serve

Titus 3:12-15.  Paul’s final instructions to Titus give a job description for the church and explain how each local church can continue to be involved in the mission of reaching the lost world for Jesus Christ. He instructs Titus that … Continue reading

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mission: avoid distraction

Titus 3:8b-11.   Paul instructs Titus to proclaim the gospel of justification by grace (5) and to also insist that the church devote themselves to good works (1, 8, 14).  The good works are in response to the Holy Spirit’s washing … Continue reading

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mission: insist on good works

Titus 3:1-8a.  Paul is the champion of salvation by grace, apart from works.  He teaches that in this text when he says that God “saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own … Continue reading

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