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Weekly Verses: Titus Chapter 1 & 2
Titus 1
1 Paul, a servant 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 a faith and knowledge resting on the hope of eternal life, which God, who does not lie, promised before the beginning of time,
3 and at his appointed season he brought his word to light through the preaching entrusted to me by the command of God our Savior,
4 To Titus, my true son 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 that you might straighten out what was left unfinished and appoint [1] elders in every town, as I directed you.
6 An elder must be blameless, the husband of but one wife, a man whose children believe and are not open to the charge of being wild and disobedient.
7 Since an overseer [2] is entrusted with God's work, he must be blameless--not overbearing, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not pursuing dishonest gain.
8 Rather he must be hospitable, one who loves what is good, who is self-controlled, upright, holy and disciplined.
9 He must hold firmly to the trustworthy message as it has been taught, so that he can encourage others by sound doctrine and refute those who oppose it.
10 For there are many rebellious people, mere talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision group.
11 They must be silenced, because they are ruining whole households by teaching things they ought not to teach--and that for the sake of dishonest gain.
12 Even one of their own prophets has said, "Cretans are always liars, evil brutes, lazy gluttons."
13 This testimony is true. Therefore, rebuke them sharply, so that they will be sound in the faith
14 and will pay no attention to Jewish myths or to the commands of those who reject the truth.
15 To the pure, all things are pure, but to those who are corrupted and do not believe, nothing is pure. In fact, both their minds and consciences are corrupted.
16 They claim to know God, but by their actions they deny him. They are detestable, disobedient and unfit for doing anything good.
1. [5] Or ordain
2. [7] Traditionally bishop
Titus 2
1 You must teach what is in accord with sound doctrine.
2 Teach the older men to be temperate, worthy of respect, self-controlled, and sound in faith, in love and in endurance.
3 Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but to teach what is good.
4 Then they can train the younger women to love their husbands and children,
5 to be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands, so that no one will malign the word of God.
6 Similarly, encourage the young men to be self-controlled.
7 In everything set them an example by doing what is good. In your teaching show integrity, seriousness
8 and soundness of speech that cannot be condemned, so that those who oppose you may be ashamed because they have nothing bad to say about us.
9 Teach slaves to be subject to their masters in everything, to try to please them, not to talk back to them,
10 and not to steal from them, but to show that they can be fully trusted, so that in every way they will make the teaching about God our Savior attractive.
11 For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men.
12 It teaches us to say "No" to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age,
13 while we wait for the blessed hope--the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ,
14 who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good.
15 These, then, are the things you should teach. Encourage and rebuke with all authority. Do not let anyone despise you.
Weekly Joke: Doctor story
A man comes into the ER and yells "My wife's going to have her baby in the cab!" I grabbed my stuff, rushed out to the cab, lifted the lady's dress, and began to take off her underwear. Suddenly I noticed that there are several cabs, and I was in the wrong one.
Exodus 6
1 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh: Because of my mighty hand he will let them go; because of my mighty hand he will drive them out of his country." [Without further delay, God will act. Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh. When he feels my powerful hand upon him, he will let the people go. In fact, he will be so anxious to get rid of them that he will force them to leave his land!]
2 God also said to Moses, "I am the LORD. [I AM appears 4 times in this passage: (1) to introduce the message (2) to confirm Gods promise of redemption (v6) based on the evidence of v. 2-5; (3) to underscore Gods intention to adopt Israel (v.7); (4) to confirm his promise of the land and to conclude the message (v.8).]
3 I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob as God Almighty, [1] but by my name the LORD [2] I did not make myself known to them. [3] [Though I did not reveal my name the Lord to them. Or Yaweh; traditionally rendered Jehovah. Ex 3:14; Jn 8:58.]
4 I also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, where they lived as aliens. [And I entered into a solemn covenant with them. Under its terms, I swore to give them the land of Canaan, where they were living.]
5 Moreover, I have heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are enslaving, and I have remembered my covenant. [GE 8:1]
6 "Therefore, say to the Israelites: `I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. I will free you from being slaves to them, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment. [The verbs stress the true significance of the name Yahweh. The Lord who is the redeemer of his people. 7:4 - the Lords acts include redemption for Israel and judgement against Egypt.]
7 I will take you as my own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. [Redemption means not only release from slavery and suffering but also deliverance to freedom and joy. I will take you as my own people - word that anticipate the covenant at Mt. Sinai (19:5-6; Jer 31:33).]
8 And I will bring you to the land I swore with uplifted hand to give to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob. I will give it to you as a possession. I am the LORD.'"[Ge 22:15-17]
9 Moses reported this to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him because of their discouragement and cruel bondage.
10 Then the LORD said to Moses,
11 "Go, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the Israelites go out of his country."
12 But Moses said to the LORD, "If the Israelites will not listen to me, why would Pharaoh listen to me, since I speak with faltering lips [4]?" [The Hebrew, I am uncircumcised of lips. But Lord! Moses objected. My own people won't listen to me anymore. How can I expect pharaoh to listen? I'm no orator!]
13 Now the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron about the Israelites and Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he commanded them to bring the Israelites out of Egypt. [The genealogy contained in vs. 14-25 gives details concerning the background of Moses and Aaron. Only the 1st 3 of Jacobs 12 sons (Rueben, Simeon, Levi) are listed since Moses and Aaron were from the 3rd tribe.]
14 These were the heads of their families [5]: The sons of Reuben the firstborn son of Israel were Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi. These were the clans of Reuben.
15 The sons of Simeon were Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman. These were the clans of Simeon.
16 These were the names of the sons of Levi according to their records: Gershon, Kohath and Merari. Levi lived 137 years.
17 The sons of Gershon, by clans, were Libni and Shimei.
18 The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel. Kohath lived 133 years.
19 The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of Levi according to their records.
20 Amram married his father's sister Jochebed, who bore him Aaron and Moses. Amram lived 137 years. [There is some reason to believe that Amram and Jochebed were not the immediate parents but the ancestors of Aaron and Moses. Kohath, Amrams father (v.18), was born before Jacobs (Israel's) descent into Egypt (Ge 46:11), where the Israelites then stayed 430 years (12:40-41). Since Moses was 80 years old at the time of the Exodus (7:7), he must have been born at least 350 years after Kohath, who consequently could not have been Moses grandfather (v.18) Therefore Amram must have not been Moses father, and the Hebrew ver for bore must have the same meaning it sometimes has in Ge 10, where it is translated was the father of.). The name appears to mean the Lord is glory. If so it shows that the name Yaweh (here abbreviated as Jo-) as the 1st born (7:7), is listed 1st in the official genealogy.]
21 The sons of Izhar were Korah, Nepheg and Zicri.
22 The sons of Uzziel were Mishael, Elzaphan and Sithri.
23 Aaron married Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab and sister of Nahshon, and she bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
24 The sons of Korah were Assir, Elkanah and Abiasaph. These were the Korahite clans.
25 Eleazar son of Aaron married one of the daughters of Putiel, and she bore him Phinehas. These were the heads of the Levite families, clan by clan.
26 It was this same Aaron and Moses, to whom the LORD said, "Bring the Israelites out of Egypt by their divisions."
27 They were the ones who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt about bringing the Israelites out of Egypt. It was the same Moses and Aaron.
28 Now when the LORD spoke to Moses in Egypt, [At that time the Lord had said to them.]
29 he said to him, "I am the LORD. Tell Pharaoh king of Egypt everything I tell you."
30 But Moses said to the LORD, "Since I speak with faltering lips, why would Pharaoh listen to me?"[I don't understand why Moses keeps questioning the Lord. The Lord said Pharaoh would let them go. Why do we always question what God wants us to do? I find in my own life that my faith in a matter if it is not strong can hinder me more than anything. When my faith is strong in what God tells me to do, nothing can stop me. If I have a least bit of doubt. I constantly stumble and fail at what God wants me to do. Faith in what we can't see ahead of us is what God wants us to have. Total dependence on what he says will happen will happen. We must call on his promises with strong faith that he will fulfill them.]
3. [3] Hebrew El-Shaddai
4. [3] See note at Exodus 3:15.
5. [3] Or Almighty, and by my name the LORD did I not let myself be known to them?
6. [12] Hebrew I am uncircumcised of lips; also in verse 30
7. [14] The Hebrew for families here and in verse 25 refers to units larger than clans.
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