SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 2022
TEXT: Titus
1:1-16
1. Paul,
a slave of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ for the faith of God’s elect and
the knowledge of the truth that leads to godliness,
2. in
the hope of eternal life that God, who cannot lie, promised before time began,
3. and
has in His own time revealed His message in the proclamation that I was
entrusted with by the command of God our savior:
4. To
Titus, my true child in our common faith. Grace and peace from God the Father
and Christ Jesus our Savior.
5. The
reason I left you in Crete was to set right what was left undone and, as I
directed you, to appoint elders in every town:
6.
someone who is blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not
accused of wildness or rebellion.
7. For
an overseer, as God’s manager, must be blameless, not addicted to wine, not a
bully, not greedy for money.
8. but
hospitable, loving what is good, sensible, righteous, holy, self-controlled,
9.
holding to the faithful message as taught, so that he will be able both to
encourage with sound teaching and to refute those who contradict it.
10. For
there are also many rebellious people, idle talkers and deceivers, especially
those from Judaism.
11. It
is necessary to silence them; they overthrow whole households by teaching for
dishonest gain what they should not.
12. One
of their very own prophets said, Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy
gluttons.
13.
This testimony is true. So, rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the
faith
14. and
may not pay attention to Jewish myths and the commandments of men who reject
the truth.
15. To
the pure, everything is pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving
nothing is pure; in fact, both their mind and conscience are defiled.
16.
They profess to know God, but they deny Him by their works. They are
detestable, disobedient, and disqualified for any good work.
(Holmans
CS Holy Bible)
TOPIC: ARE
YOU A TRUE CHURCH LEADER?
There are many people in the
Church who are corrupt, unbelieving, politically and business- minded, liars,
thieves, morally bankrupt, etc., and parade themselves as church leaders.
Apostle Paul said that a
Church leader must live a blameless life, be faithful to his wife, train his
children to be godly, be able to manage the Church very well, have control over
his temperament, be honest with money, trustworthy, be able to teach the Word,
etc.
God is looking for believers
who would honor Him by leading the Church in such a way that all and sundry
would have the opportunity to worship Him in spirit and in truth and be happy
and fulfilled.
QUESTION: Do
you see yourself as a true Church leader?
PRAYER: Oh
Lord, help me to identify true leaders and also make me one, Amen.
Remain
Blessed
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