1 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:03,640 Speaker 1: Life Audio. 2 00:00:03,800 --> 00:00:06,560 Speaker 2: Howdy and good morning, friends and faithful listeners. You've tuned 3 00:00:06,600 --> 00:00:09,360 Speaker 2: into the Bible Explained podcast, and we are in a 4 00:00:09,400 --> 00:00:11,080 Speaker 2: brand new book of the Bible. 5 00:00:11,080 --> 00:00:13,640 Speaker 1: Today. We are going to be going through the Book. 6 00:00:13,440 --> 00:00:16,759 Speaker 2: Of Titus, and this is a short little book with 7 00:00:16,840 --> 00:00:18,759 Speaker 2: a lot of ties to the Book of Timothy, and 8 00:00:18,800 --> 00:00:27,520 Speaker 2: we'll talk about that in just one second. As we 9 00:00:27,560 --> 00:00:29,440 Speaker 2: go through the Book of Titus, you're definitely going to 10 00:00:29,520 --> 00:00:33,400 Speaker 2: notice some similarities between Titus and the Book of First Timothy, 11 00:00:33,479 --> 00:00:36,400 Speaker 2: which we just covered not too long ago. The reason 12 00:00:36,440 --> 00:00:39,880 Speaker 2: they feel so similar is because firstly, they were written 13 00:00:40,040 --> 00:00:44,400 Speaker 2: approximately the same time. Most people guess between the year 14 00:00:44,560 --> 00:00:48,000 Speaker 2: sixty four eighty and sixty six p eighty. They would 15 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:50,760 Speaker 2: have been written around the time Paul was released from 16 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:54,160 Speaker 2: his first Roman imprisonment, and that was when he went 17 00:00:54,200 --> 00:00:57,720 Speaker 2: on his fourth missionary journey. Right after that, so he 18 00:00:57,840 --> 00:00:59,960 Speaker 2: was released from prison, he writes the Book of Four 19 00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:03,560 Speaker 2: vers Timothy, and also the Book of Titus. Now, scholars 20 00:01:03,600 --> 00:01:06,200 Speaker 2: do not know which one came first. Titus could have 21 00:01:06,200 --> 00:01:08,640 Speaker 2: been written first, First Timothy could have been written first. 22 00:01:08,680 --> 00:01:10,960 Speaker 2: We have no clue, but they feel kind of similar 23 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:13,840 Speaker 2: because they're written around the same time and Also they're 24 00:01:13,880 --> 00:01:18,399 Speaker 2: written for a specific reason the church needed fixed. When 25 00:01:18,440 --> 00:01:21,200 Speaker 2: Timothy went to Ephesus, he had a lot of problems 26 00:01:21,240 --> 00:01:24,200 Speaker 2: in that church, and when Titus went to Crete, he 27 00:01:24,240 --> 00:01:25,880 Speaker 2: had a lot of problems in that church. And the 28 00:01:25,880 --> 00:01:29,480 Speaker 2: problems that both churches faced were very similar, actually, which 29 00:01:29,520 --> 00:01:33,959 Speaker 2: shows how wide spread this problem had become. And that's 30 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:37,360 Speaker 2: another reason why Titus and first Timothy feels so similar 31 00:01:37,440 --> 00:01:40,600 Speaker 2: to each other. It was a similar problem that Paul 32 00:01:40,720 --> 00:01:43,640 Speaker 2: is writing about, which kind of shows that sin is 33 00:01:43,720 --> 00:01:47,760 Speaker 2: the same. There is nothing new under the sun. Sin 34 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:51,920 Speaker 2: is the same. Wherever you go. Sin is not shocking 35 00:01:52,240 --> 00:01:56,560 Speaker 2: or interesting or different. It is always the same. So 36 00:01:56,680 --> 00:01:59,920 Speaker 2: even though Crete was many many miles away from Ephesus 37 00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:03,480 Speaker 2: and a completely different culture, they still struggled with the 38 00:02:03,560 --> 00:02:07,520 Speaker 2: exact same sins that Paul is going to lay out here. 39 00:02:07,560 --> 00:02:10,320 Speaker 2: In just one second, we'll talk about this right after 40 00:02:10,360 --> 00:02:14,760 Speaker 2: a quick word from a sponsor. So let's get into 41 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:18,399 Speaker 2: Titus Chapter one, verses one through nine. I'll be reading 42 00:02:18,480 --> 00:02:20,880 Speaker 2: this as I always do from the we b. Grab 43 00:02:20,919 --> 00:02:22,800 Speaker 2: your Bible and your cup of coffee. Let's go ahead 44 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:27,120 Speaker 2: and read this together. Paul, a servant of God and 45 00:02:27,160 --> 00:02:30,280 Speaker 2: an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of 46 00:02:30,320 --> 00:02:33,320 Speaker 2: God's chosen ones, and the knowledge of truth, which is 47 00:02:33,360 --> 00:02:37,000 Speaker 2: according to Godliness in hope of eternal life, which God, 48 00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:40,519 Speaker 2: who can't lie, promised before time began, but in his 49 00:02:40,639 --> 00:02:43,520 Speaker 2: own time revealed his word in the message with which 50 00:02:43,560 --> 00:02:46,240 Speaker 2: I was entrusted, according to the commandment of God, our 51 00:02:46,320 --> 00:02:51,040 Speaker 2: Savior to Titus, my true child, according to common faith, grace, 52 00:02:51,200 --> 00:02:53,359 Speaker 2: mercy and peace from God, the Father and the Lord. 53 00:02:53,440 --> 00:02:56,560 Speaker 2: Jesus Christ, our Savior. I left you in crete for 54 00:02:56,600 --> 00:02:59,000 Speaker 2: this reason, that you would set in order the things 55 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:01,519 Speaker 2: that were lacking in a point elders in every city, 56 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:04,840 Speaker 2: as I directed you. If anyone is blameless, the husband 57 00:03:04,840 --> 00:03:07,000 Speaker 2: of one wife, having children who believe, who are not 58 00:03:07,080 --> 00:03:10,880 Speaker 2: accused of loose or unruly behavior, for the overseer, must 59 00:03:10,919 --> 00:03:15,600 Speaker 2: be blameless as God Stuart, not self pleasing, not easily angered, 60 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:19,359 Speaker 2: not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain, 61 00:03:19,760 --> 00:03:24,800 Speaker 2: but given to hospitality, a lover of good, sober minded, fair, holy, 62 00:03:25,040 --> 00:03:28,480 Speaker 2: self controlled, holding to the faithful word, which is according 63 00:03:28,560 --> 00:03:31,040 Speaker 2: to the teaching, that he may be able to exhort 64 00:03:31,080 --> 00:03:36,280 Speaker 2: in the sound doctrine and to convict those who contradict him. 65 00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:39,920 Speaker 2: Before I even get into what Paul is saying to Titus, 66 00:03:40,360 --> 00:03:42,960 Speaker 2: it's important to know a little bit of backstory as 67 00:03:42,960 --> 00:03:46,040 Speaker 2: to who Paul is writing to. So this is Titus, 68 00:03:46,280 --> 00:03:49,440 Speaker 2: who you may have heard me mention on the podcast before, 69 00:03:49,520 --> 00:03:52,760 Speaker 2: because he's talked about quite often in several books, specifically 70 00:03:52,760 --> 00:03:55,600 Speaker 2: in Second Corinthians. His name comes up quite a bit 71 00:03:56,240 --> 00:04:00,120 Speaker 2: in Second Corinthians, chapter seven, verses six and seven from 72 00:04:00,120 --> 00:04:02,640 Speaker 2: the NIV, here's what it says about Titus. But God, 73 00:04:02,680 --> 00:04:06,040 Speaker 2: who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the coming of Titus, 74 00:04:06,360 --> 00:04:08,400 Speaker 2: and not only by his coming, but also by the 75 00:04:08,400 --> 00:04:11,160 Speaker 2: comfort you had given him. He told us about your 76 00:04:11,160 --> 00:04:14,200 Speaker 2: longing for me, your deep sorrow, and your ardent concern 77 00:04:14,280 --> 00:04:16,320 Speaker 2: for me, so that my joy was greater than ever. 78 00:04:16,480 --> 00:04:19,119 Speaker 2: And then in sewod Corinthians eight, the next chapter, verses 79 00:04:19,160 --> 00:04:21,880 Speaker 2: sixteen through nineteen, here's what it says. Thanks be to 80 00:04:21,920 --> 00:04:24,200 Speaker 2: God who put into the heart of Titus the same 81 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:27,160 Speaker 2: concern I have for you. For Titus not only welcomed 82 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:29,360 Speaker 2: our appeal, but he is coming to you with much 83 00:04:29,480 --> 00:04:32,800 Speaker 2: enthusiasm and on his own initiative, and we are sending 84 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:34,760 Speaker 2: along with him the brother who is praised by all 85 00:04:34,839 --> 00:04:37,480 Speaker 2: churches for his service to the Gospel. What is more, 86 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:40,000 Speaker 2: he is chosen by the churches to accompany us as 87 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:42,640 Speaker 2: we were carrying the offering which we administer, in order 88 00:04:42,680 --> 00:04:45,000 Speaker 2: to honor the Lord himself and to show our eagerness 89 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:47,880 Speaker 2: to help. And then again, Titus is mentioned in the 90 00:04:47,880 --> 00:04:51,039 Speaker 2: Book of Galatians, where we find out that he was 91 00:04:51,120 --> 00:04:57,840 Speaker 2: actually a gentile convert to Christianity who had never been circumcised. So, 92 00:04:57,880 --> 00:05:00,000 Speaker 2: based upon all of these things that we see in Scripts, 93 00:05:00,680 --> 00:05:03,200 Speaker 2: Titus was a gentile man who traveled around with Paul 94 00:05:03,279 --> 00:05:08,680 Speaker 2: quite a bit, and Paul trusted him pretty extensively, and 95 00:05:08,760 --> 00:05:11,400 Speaker 2: not to mention, just based upon what we just read 96 00:05:11,440 --> 00:05:16,480 Speaker 2: in Second Corinthians, we can gather that Titus's spiritual gift 97 00:05:16,920 --> 00:05:21,479 Speaker 2: may have been encouragement or being a mediator of some sort, 98 00:05:21,680 --> 00:05:25,359 Speaker 2: like being a counselor able to fix problems, which is 99 00:05:25,400 --> 00:05:29,279 Speaker 2: why in the Book of Titus, Paul leaves Titus in 100 00:05:29,480 --> 00:05:33,320 Speaker 2: Crete because he trusts Titus to do the job that 101 00:05:33,400 --> 00:05:35,279 Speaker 2: needs to be done there, and it was a big 102 00:05:35,400 --> 00:05:39,520 Speaker 2: job because Crete was known for a lot of really 103 00:05:39,560 --> 00:05:43,640 Speaker 2: crazy things. And actually the word cretan that we have today, 104 00:05:43,680 --> 00:05:46,240 Speaker 2: like when you call somebody a Cretan. You're saying that 105 00:05:46,279 --> 00:05:50,000 Speaker 2: they're a no goodnick essentially, that they're a liar or 106 00:05:50,040 --> 00:05:52,560 Speaker 2: swindler or cheat or something like that, because that was 107 00:05:52,600 --> 00:05:55,520 Speaker 2: what the Cretans were known for. They had such a 108 00:05:55,520 --> 00:05:59,880 Speaker 2: bad reputation that the rest of Greece would insult there. 109 00:06:00,640 --> 00:06:04,039 Speaker 2: But in spite of their terrible reputation, Paul goes there 110 00:06:04,040 --> 00:06:07,479 Speaker 2: with Titus to spread the Gospel. It says in verse 111 00:06:07,520 --> 00:06:10,920 Speaker 2: five that Paul actually left Titus in Crete, which means 112 00:06:10,920 --> 00:06:14,279 Speaker 2: that Paul also was there in Crete, which also gives 113 00:06:14,360 --> 00:06:16,800 Speaker 2: us a timeline of when this little book was written. 114 00:06:17,640 --> 00:06:19,840 Speaker 2: This was likely written right around the time that first 115 00:06:19,839 --> 00:06:23,880 Speaker 2: Timothy was right after Paul got released from prison and 116 00:06:23,960 --> 00:06:27,440 Speaker 2: was on his fourth missionary journey. At some point in 117 00:06:27,480 --> 00:06:30,440 Speaker 2: this missionary journey, he went to Crete with Titus and 118 00:06:30,520 --> 00:06:33,919 Speaker 2: left Titus there because he trusted Titus. He knew Titus 119 00:06:33,960 --> 00:06:36,600 Speaker 2: could do a very good job in Crete, based upon 120 00:06:36,800 --> 00:06:41,840 Speaker 2: maybe his spiritual gifts of encouragement and kindness and enthusiasm 121 00:06:41,920 --> 00:06:44,920 Speaker 2: for the Gospel. Not to mention that Titus was kind 122 00:06:44,920 --> 00:06:48,159 Speaker 2: of perfect because he was not a Jewish man. He 123 00:06:48,240 --> 00:06:50,719 Speaker 2: was a gentile man and was able to relate to 124 00:06:50,760 --> 00:06:53,720 Speaker 2: these people a little bit more than say, somebody like 125 00:06:53,839 --> 00:06:57,159 Speaker 2: Timothy or Barnabas would have been able to. So Titus 126 00:06:57,200 --> 00:06:59,520 Speaker 2: was the perfect person to leave in Crete. And now 127 00:06:59,560 --> 00:07:02,279 Speaker 2: Paul were wherever he is on his fourth missionary journey, 128 00:07:02,560 --> 00:07:06,560 Speaker 2: sends this letter to Titus to both encourage him and 129 00:07:06,640 --> 00:07:10,160 Speaker 2: also remind him of what his job is in Crete. 130 00:07:11,080 --> 00:07:13,440 Speaker 2: So let's get into what Paul says. In verse one, 131 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:16,760 Speaker 2: he says, Paul a servant of God an apostle of 132 00:07:16,880 --> 00:07:19,880 Speaker 2: Jesus Christ. So right away we know that Paul wrote 133 00:07:20,040 --> 00:07:22,880 Speaker 2: this letter and he calls himself a servant of God 134 00:07:23,240 --> 00:07:26,440 Speaker 2: and an apostle of Jesus Christ, which is often how 135 00:07:26,440 --> 00:07:28,440 Speaker 2: Paul referred to himself. And I like that he puts 136 00:07:28,440 --> 00:07:31,360 Speaker 2: that he's a servant of God first, and he probably 137 00:07:31,400 --> 00:07:35,800 Speaker 2: did that on purpose, because apostles back in Paul's day 138 00:07:36,400 --> 00:07:40,360 Speaker 2: often would use the term apostle as like some sort 139 00:07:40,360 --> 00:07:43,800 Speaker 2: of grand title, like oh, I'm an apostle. And so 140 00:07:43,880 --> 00:07:46,640 Speaker 2: Paul says, well, first and foremost, I am a servant 141 00:07:47,200 --> 00:07:52,000 Speaker 2: of God and also an apostle of Jesus Christ. Then 142 00:07:52,040 --> 00:07:54,960 Speaker 2: he says, according to the faith of God's chosen ones 143 00:07:55,240 --> 00:07:58,760 Speaker 2: and the knowledge of the truth, which is according to Godliness. 144 00:07:58,960 --> 00:08:02,000 Speaker 2: So that is the found day of Paul being an apostle. 145 00:08:02,920 --> 00:08:06,520 Speaker 2: His foundation is the faith of God's chosen ones and 146 00:08:06,560 --> 00:08:10,400 Speaker 2: the knowledge of the truth, which is according to Godliness. Now, 147 00:08:10,400 --> 00:08:12,440 Speaker 2: it's funny here is when Paul says the faith of 148 00:08:12,480 --> 00:08:16,000 Speaker 2: God's chosen ones, you have to remember that back in 149 00:08:16,040 --> 00:08:18,160 Speaker 2: Paul's day, he was dealing with a lot of very 150 00:08:18,240 --> 00:08:22,440 Speaker 2: untruthful things, because there is a lot of conflicting ideologies 151 00:08:22,720 --> 00:08:26,960 Speaker 2: happening in Paul's day, specifically between the Jews and the Greeks. 152 00:08:27,920 --> 00:08:31,880 Speaker 2: The Jews called themselves the chosen ones of God because 153 00:08:31,880 --> 00:08:35,200 Speaker 2: they believed that their ancestry saved them. They said, oh, 154 00:08:35,360 --> 00:08:37,480 Speaker 2: you know, we are from the line of Abraham. That 155 00:08:37,559 --> 00:08:41,360 Speaker 2: means we automatically get a free ticket into Heaven. We 156 00:08:41,480 --> 00:08:46,400 Speaker 2: are God's chosen ones. And Paul actually refhrames that phrase 157 00:08:46,480 --> 00:08:51,280 Speaker 2: that the Jews used for themselves to say that all Christians, 158 00:08:51,440 --> 00:08:54,920 Speaker 2: everybody who believes in Jesus Christ, is a chosen one, 159 00:08:55,080 --> 00:08:56,679 Speaker 2: not in the way that the Jews think they are, 160 00:08:57,080 --> 00:09:00,760 Speaker 2: but through faith we become the chosen one. And then 161 00:09:00,800 --> 00:09:03,760 Speaker 2: he mentions the knowledge of the truth, which is according 162 00:09:03,760 --> 00:09:06,800 Speaker 2: to Godliness. Now in the island of crete, and also 163 00:09:06,880 --> 00:09:09,000 Speaker 2: much of the Greek and Roman world. At this time, 164 00:09:09,200 --> 00:09:12,640 Speaker 2: there was a lot of untruths rolling around because the 165 00:09:12,679 --> 00:09:15,720 Speaker 2: Greeks and the Romans worshiped all types of deities, and 166 00:09:15,800 --> 00:09:18,839 Speaker 2: these deities obviously were very fake. There was a story 167 00:09:18,880 --> 00:09:21,880 Speaker 2: in the Book of Acts where Paul visits a city. 168 00:09:21,920 --> 00:09:24,600 Speaker 2: I cannot remember which city it was. It was in Greece, 169 00:09:24,760 --> 00:09:26,960 Speaker 2: I do remember that, and there was like a false 170 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:30,720 Speaker 2: idol every single place Paul looked, And there's even an 171 00:09:30,800 --> 00:09:34,400 Speaker 2: idol for an unknown deity, which means that the Greeks 172 00:09:34,400 --> 00:09:36,800 Speaker 2: were trying to cover all of their bases. They're going 173 00:09:36,880 --> 00:09:39,600 Speaker 2: to worship all of their gods, but also worship an 174 00:09:39,760 --> 00:09:43,560 Speaker 2: unknown God just in case there is another God that 175 00:09:43,600 --> 00:09:46,880 Speaker 2: they don't know about, and that God might get angry 176 00:09:46,920 --> 00:09:47,520 Speaker 2: at them if they. 177 00:09:47,440 --> 00:09:48,320 Speaker 1: Don't worship him. 178 00:09:48,559 --> 00:09:50,640 Speaker 2: So that was why there is also an idol for 179 00:09:50,679 --> 00:09:53,719 Speaker 2: an unknown God. And that's the kind of thing that 180 00:09:53,800 --> 00:09:58,240 Speaker 2: Paul and the other apostles were dealing with during these days, 181 00:09:58,640 --> 00:10:03,120 Speaker 2: was just idolatry out the wazoo, essentially, So when Paul 182 00:10:03,200 --> 00:10:07,160 Speaker 2: says that his foundation for being an apostle is the 183 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:10,760 Speaker 2: faith of God's chosen ones and the knowledge of the truth. 184 00:10:11,040 --> 00:10:13,680 Speaker 2: He is targeting both the Jews and the Greeks. There, 185 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:17,640 Speaker 2: he's targeting the untruth of the Jews, who believe that 186 00:10:17,720 --> 00:10:20,920 Speaker 2: they are the chosen ones of God, and he's targeting 187 00:10:21,040 --> 00:10:24,440 Speaker 2: the untruths of the Greeks, who believe themselves to be 188 00:10:24,600 --> 00:10:28,720 Speaker 2: very knowledgeable and very studied in the ways of the truth. 189 00:10:28,960 --> 00:10:30,920 Speaker 2: So I find it really funny here that Paul is 190 00:10:30,920 --> 00:10:33,960 Speaker 2: being kind of snarky and saying that the real truth 191 00:10:34,080 --> 00:10:36,760 Speaker 2: and the real chosen ones are actually the people who 192 00:10:36,760 --> 00:10:40,680 Speaker 2: believe in Jesus. Then verse two says, in the hope 193 00:10:40,720 --> 00:10:44,360 Speaker 2: of eternal life, which God, who can't lie, promised before 194 00:10:44,440 --> 00:10:47,760 Speaker 2: time began. So now Paul moves into the reason why 195 00:10:47,800 --> 00:10:50,440 Speaker 2: he spreads the Gospel is so that people can know 196 00:10:50,559 --> 00:10:53,560 Speaker 2: the hope of eternal life, which God, who can't lie, 197 00:10:53,640 --> 00:10:57,720 Speaker 2: promised before time began. So, God, who is not a liar, 198 00:10:58,160 --> 00:11:01,520 Speaker 2: promised this eternal life, and now he has given it 199 00:11:01,720 --> 00:11:04,240 Speaker 2: to his people, is what Paul is saying. And also 200 00:11:04,280 --> 00:11:08,520 Speaker 2: again with that statement, he's targeting the Greeks because many 201 00:11:08,600 --> 00:11:13,080 Speaker 2: of the Greek deities were known for their lies. So 202 00:11:13,160 --> 00:11:18,079 Speaker 2: when Paul says God can't lie, he is saying God 203 00:11:18,160 --> 00:11:23,200 Speaker 2: is above every other God because he actually just can't sin, 204 00:11:23,360 --> 00:11:26,960 Speaker 2: he can't lie verse three, But in his own time 205 00:11:27,040 --> 00:11:29,840 Speaker 2: revealed his word in the message with which I was 206 00:11:29,960 --> 00:11:32,680 Speaker 2: entrusted according to the commandment of God, our Savior. So 207 00:11:32,720 --> 00:11:35,960 Speaker 2: he says, God has now entrusted me with this message, 208 00:11:36,400 --> 00:11:38,720 Speaker 2: and that is why I share it with all of 209 00:11:38,760 --> 00:11:43,440 Speaker 2: you to Titus verse four, my true child according to 210 00:11:43,480 --> 00:11:46,480 Speaker 2: the common Faith, Grace, mercy, and peace from God the 211 00:11:46,520 --> 00:11:49,760 Speaker 2: Father and Lord Jesus Christ, our Savior. So now we 212 00:11:49,800 --> 00:11:52,160 Speaker 2: know who Paul is addressing this letter to. It is 213 00:11:52,200 --> 00:11:56,640 Speaker 2: specifically to Titus, who he calls his true child according 214 00:11:56,679 --> 00:11:59,400 Speaker 2: to the common Faith. And now in verse five he 215 00:11:59,400 --> 00:12:04,280 Speaker 2: gets into to the reason for writing to Titus. He says, 216 00:12:04,280 --> 00:12:06,920 Speaker 2: I left you in Crete for this reason, that you 217 00:12:06,920 --> 00:12:09,760 Speaker 2: would set in order the things that were lacking and 218 00:12:09,800 --> 00:12:11,679 Speaker 2: appoint elders in every city. 219 00:12:11,440 --> 00:12:12,280 Speaker 1: As I directed you. 220 00:12:12,600 --> 00:12:14,640 Speaker 2: So that show's right here a little bit of difference 221 00:12:14,960 --> 00:12:20,480 Speaker 2: between Titus's mission in Crete and Timothy's mission in Ephesus. 222 00:12:21,320 --> 00:12:24,679 Speaker 2: When Paul wrote to Timothy, it seems like Timothy was 223 00:12:24,720 --> 00:12:27,000 Speaker 2: going to be in Ephesis for a very long time, 224 00:12:27,600 --> 00:12:31,840 Speaker 2: because Paul kept saying to Timothy, stay in Ephesus, Look, 225 00:12:31,880 --> 00:12:33,440 Speaker 2: I know you want to come to me, I know 226 00:12:33,559 --> 00:12:37,160 Speaker 2: you want to leave, but stay where you are. Whereas 227 00:12:37,160 --> 00:12:40,520 Speaker 2: to Titus, he's not actually making any kind of permanent 228 00:12:40,600 --> 00:12:44,040 Speaker 2: statement to him. He's saying, I left you in Crete 229 00:12:44,280 --> 00:12:46,959 Speaker 2: so that you can fix things there and also fix 230 00:12:47,080 --> 00:12:51,000 Speaker 2: things in every city as I directed you. So that 231 00:12:51,080 --> 00:12:54,959 Speaker 2: shows that Titus and Timothy had different roles. Timothy was 232 00:12:54,960 --> 00:12:58,160 Speaker 2: supposed to be more permanent in his city. Titus was 233 00:12:58,200 --> 00:13:01,360 Speaker 2: there only temporarily. But essentially what Paul is saying to 234 00:13:01,440 --> 00:13:04,520 Speaker 2: Titus is that things are messed up in Crete and 235 00:13:04,559 --> 00:13:08,800 Speaker 2: Titus needs to fix it, because he says, I need 236 00:13:08,840 --> 00:13:11,520 Speaker 2: you to appoint elders in every city as I directed you. 237 00:13:11,840 --> 00:13:14,440 Speaker 2: Then he goes into the list of what an elder 238 00:13:14,520 --> 00:13:17,320 Speaker 2: should be like, the qualifications for an elder. And you 239 00:13:17,360 --> 00:13:20,040 Speaker 2: guys might remember this because we talked about this not 240 00:13:20,120 --> 00:13:23,040 Speaker 2: too long ago in the Book of First Timothy. And 241 00:13:23,080 --> 00:13:26,600 Speaker 2: that is another way that Titus and one Timothy are 242 00:13:26,679 --> 00:13:30,880 Speaker 2: very similar to each other. Is that good elders need 243 00:13:30,960 --> 00:13:34,120 Speaker 2: to be found, and elders also need to be qualified. 244 00:13:34,440 --> 00:13:37,880 Speaker 2: They need to hit these specific qualifications in order to 245 00:13:38,080 --> 00:13:43,760 Speaker 2: actually be accepted as an elder and Unfortunately, churches all 246 00:13:43,760 --> 00:13:48,480 Speaker 2: across the ages have not done these qualifications for elders, 247 00:13:48,880 --> 00:13:51,400 Speaker 2: and I don't know why because they're laid out so 248 00:13:51,880 --> 00:13:55,439 Speaker 2: clearly here in scripture. So here's what they are. If 249 00:13:55,480 --> 00:13:59,559 Speaker 2: anyone is blameless, that is the first qualification. So blameless 250 00:13:59,600 --> 00:14:03,200 Speaker 2: does not mean without sin, We've gone into that before. 251 00:14:03,600 --> 00:14:06,720 Speaker 2: But what blameless means is that they don't have any 252 00:14:07,120 --> 00:14:11,960 Speaker 2: overt sins like nothing out in the open. But overall, 253 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:14,520 Speaker 2: their reputation needs to be good. They can't have any 254 00:14:14,840 --> 00:14:18,880 Speaker 2: anger or mistreatment of other people. They need to be 255 00:14:18,920 --> 00:14:22,240 Speaker 2: blameless individuals. Because let's say you get an elder in 256 00:14:22,280 --> 00:14:26,800 Speaker 2: your church who has a bad reputation outside of the church. 257 00:14:27,320 --> 00:14:30,280 Speaker 2: Maybe he's just a mean guy and he cuts people 258 00:14:30,320 --> 00:14:32,680 Speaker 2: off in traffic all the time, or yells at servers 259 00:14:32,720 --> 00:14:36,360 Speaker 2: at restaurants, or is just mean in his day to 260 00:14:36,440 --> 00:14:38,800 Speaker 2: day life. If he becomes an elder or a pastor 261 00:14:38,840 --> 00:14:41,400 Speaker 2: at a church, let's say one of those servers that 262 00:14:41,480 --> 00:14:44,600 Speaker 2: he mistreated remembers him, like, goes to that church and 263 00:14:44,640 --> 00:14:48,640 Speaker 2: remembers him that service, probably like, why would I ever 264 00:14:49,160 --> 00:14:52,560 Speaker 2: come back to this church? If that guy is employed 265 00:14:52,600 --> 00:14:55,800 Speaker 2: here or is propped up here, I will never come 266 00:14:55,840 --> 00:14:57,040 Speaker 2: back to this church ever again. 267 00:14:57,240 --> 00:15:00,000 Speaker 1: And let me just tell you, as someone who used. 268 00:14:59,840 --> 00:15:02,080 Speaker 2: To work in the service industry, I was both a 269 00:15:02,120 --> 00:15:05,360 Speaker 2: waitress and I was also a hairdresser for about eight years. 270 00:15:06,480 --> 00:15:09,280 Speaker 2: You remember the people who are mean to you. You 271 00:15:09,360 --> 00:15:13,960 Speaker 2: don't forget those people. I can still remember the faces 272 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:18,920 Speaker 2: of people that mistreated me, like ten years ago when 273 00:15:18,960 --> 00:15:21,800 Speaker 2: I first started hairdressing. I can remember that. And I 274 00:15:21,800 --> 00:15:23,600 Speaker 2: can just tell you if one of those people that 275 00:15:23,640 --> 00:15:26,520 Speaker 2: mistreated me was at a church that I went to, 276 00:15:26,640 --> 00:15:28,720 Speaker 2: there is no way I'd want to go back to 277 00:15:28,760 --> 00:15:31,960 Speaker 2: that church or associate with that person unless I found 278 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:34,560 Speaker 2: out that they were like radically changed or something like that. 279 00:15:34,760 --> 00:15:37,120 Speaker 2: But chances are that wouldn't happen. So that's why an 280 00:15:37,200 --> 00:15:42,600 Speaker 2: elder needs to have a good reputation and be blameless 281 00:15:42,640 --> 00:15:46,920 Speaker 2: in the society, because a good reputation, Scripture says, is 282 00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:50,720 Speaker 2: better than great riches. That is a verse from Proverbs. 283 00:15:51,600 --> 00:15:54,120 Speaker 2: A good reputation is better than great riches, not just 284 00:15:54,160 --> 00:15:56,840 Speaker 2: for yourself, but also for the message of the Gospel 285 00:15:56,880 --> 00:16:00,120 Speaker 2: as well. So you have to have a good reputation. 286 00:16:00,640 --> 00:16:03,120 Speaker 2: Now you might ask, what about a pastor that had 287 00:16:03,160 --> 00:16:06,800 Speaker 2: previous sins, like before he became a Christian. Well, I 288 00:16:06,800 --> 00:16:08,560 Speaker 2: would say that's a little bit of a different story, 289 00:16:09,120 --> 00:16:11,440 Speaker 2: because you know, all of us before we were Christians 290 00:16:11,640 --> 00:16:14,560 Speaker 2: did very stupid and silly things, So I'd say that's 291 00:16:14,560 --> 00:16:17,720 Speaker 2: a different story. But if somebody is an active Christian 292 00:16:18,360 --> 00:16:23,120 Speaker 2: and has some sort of glaring sin like anger that 293 00:16:23,320 --> 00:16:26,360 Speaker 2: they're just not getting under control, and has a bad 294 00:16:26,440 --> 00:16:29,240 Speaker 2: reputation in the community, you absolutely should not have that 295 00:16:29,280 --> 00:16:32,560 Speaker 2: person be a pastor or an elder at your church. 296 00:16:33,880 --> 00:16:37,080 Speaker 2: Then it says again the husband of one wife. Now, 297 00:16:37,120 --> 00:16:39,040 Speaker 2: you guys know how much I love to go into 298 00:16:39,520 --> 00:16:44,240 Speaker 2: polygamy and polygyny and talk about how it's sinful for 299 00:16:44,440 --> 00:16:47,640 Speaker 2: a man to have more than one wife at the 300 00:16:47,680 --> 00:16:51,000 Speaker 2: same time. It is sinful, and it is sinful in 301 00:16:51,040 --> 00:16:53,240 Speaker 2: the opposite sense as well, it is wrong for a 302 00:16:53,280 --> 00:16:56,320 Speaker 2: woman to have more than one husband at the same time. 303 00:16:56,760 --> 00:16:59,560 Speaker 2: And this has been a consistent thing throughout scripture all 304 00:16:59,560 --> 00:17:03,120 Speaker 2: the way from Deuteronomy seventeen, where God gave the law 305 00:17:03,320 --> 00:17:06,520 Speaker 2: in the Old Testament and said that the kings should 306 00:17:06,520 --> 00:17:11,639 Speaker 2: not have multiple wives, they should not multiply wives to themselves. 307 00:17:12,600 --> 00:17:15,159 Speaker 2: So from the very beginning, kings were not supposed to 308 00:17:15,200 --> 00:17:17,960 Speaker 2: have more than one wife, And now Paul says it 309 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:22,960 Speaker 2: for sure, elders must be the husband of one wife, 310 00:17:23,400 --> 00:17:26,239 Speaker 2: so they cannot be in a polygamous relationship, and they 311 00:17:26,280 --> 00:17:30,439 Speaker 2: also can't be having affairs or having mistresses on the 312 00:17:30,560 --> 00:17:34,119 Speaker 2: side as well, because Paul goes into that in First 313 00:17:34,119 --> 00:17:37,359 Speaker 2: Corinthians six. I believe it was where he says, don't 314 00:17:37,359 --> 00:17:39,480 Speaker 2: you realize that when you have sex with a prostitute, 315 00:17:39,720 --> 00:17:42,880 Speaker 2: you are becoming one with her. So when you're having 316 00:17:42,960 --> 00:17:47,320 Speaker 2: an extra marital affair, you're having a bond with that person. 317 00:17:47,359 --> 00:17:50,960 Speaker 2: You are becoming one with that person. And what does 318 00:17:51,280 --> 00:17:55,280 Speaker 2: God say at the very beginning in Genesis chapter what 319 00:17:55,440 --> 00:17:58,800 Speaker 2: was it two where he made man and woman? He says, 320 00:17:59,160 --> 00:18:01,000 Speaker 2: therefore the man should I'll leave his father and his 321 00:18:01,040 --> 00:18:03,800 Speaker 2: mother and be joined to his wife, and the two 322 00:18:03,880 --> 00:18:08,480 Speaker 2: shall become one flesh. So whenever you have sexual relations 323 00:18:08,840 --> 00:18:12,040 Speaker 2: with somebody who is not your wife, you are becoming 324 00:18:12,160 --> 00:18:14,800 Speaker 2: one flesh with them. And you might be like, well, Jen, 325 00:18:14,840 --> 00:18:19,720 Speaker 2: does that mean that they're married? Well, personally I would 326 00:18:19,720 --> 00:18:24,480 Speaker 2: say no, they're not married. But there is something special 327 00:18:24,640 --> 00:18:28,919 Speaker 2: about that one flesh status that a man and a 328 00:18:28,960 --> 00:18:33,160 Speaker 2: woman have together. It is reserved only for the marriage 329 00:18:33,200 --> 00:18:36,040 Speaker 2: bed that's it. So this man, if he's going to 330 00:18:36,040 --> 00:18:38,080 Speaker 2: be an elder, he has to be the husband of 331 00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:41,920 Speaker 2: one wife, having no other affairs, having no other women 332 00:18:41,960 --> 00:18:44,119 Speaker 2: in his life. He has to be the husband of 333 00:18:44,160 --> 00:18:47,960 Speaker 2: one wife, also having children who believe, who are not 334 00:18:48,040 --> 00:18:52,160 Speaker 2: accused of loose or unruly behavior. Now this is interesting 335 00:18:52,200 --> 00:18:55,760 Speaker 2: because I don't remember. Actually, I probably should go back 336 00:18:55,800 --> 00:18:58,480 Speaker 2: and look here's actually yeah, let's go back to first 337 00:18:58,480 --> 00:19:02,520 Speaker 2: Timothy three and read the qualifications for elders. Over there, 338 00:19:03,520 --> 00:19:08,320 Speaker 2: it says in one Timothy three, verse four, an overseer 339 00:19:08,400 --> 00:19:11,320 Speaker 2: must be one who rules his house well, having children 340 00:19:11,359 --> 00:19:14,720 Speaker 2: in subjection, with all reverence for how could someone who 341 00:19:14,720 --> 00:19:17,160 Speaker 2: doesn't know how to rule his own house take care 342 00:19:17,200 --> 00:19:21,080 Speaker 2: of God's assembly. Now, that does not give the specific 343 00:19:21,119 --> 00:19:24,639 Speaker 2: qualification that the children need to be believers. But in 344 00:19:24,680 --> 00:19:27,879 Speaker 2: Titus chapter one, it actually says the children need to 345 00:19:27,920 --> 00:19:33,520 Speaker 2: be believers. I find that really interesting because a lot 346 00:19:33,560 --> 00:19:38,680 Speaker 2: of pastors nowadays do not have children who believe. They 347 00:19:38,720 --> 00:19:43,160 Speaker 2: don't in fact, the majority of pastors that I have met, 348 00:19:43,800 --> 00:19:48,280 Speaker 2: in fact, most of my pastors throughout my thirty one 349 00:19:48,359 --> 00:19:51,400 Speaker 2: years of life, have had children that walk away from 350 00:19:51,400 --> 00:19:53,520 Speaker 2: the faith and are not believers. 351 00:19:53,960 --> 00:19:54,360 Speaker 1: So Wow. 352 00:19:54,400 --> 00:19:56,640 Speaker 2: If Paul is saying that pastors need to have children 353 00:19:56,880 --> 00:20:02,840 Speaker 2: who believe, otherwise they're not qualified at disqualifies like, I 354 00:20:02,840 --> 00:20:06,640 Speaker 2: don't know eighty percent of pastors maybe more in America 355 00:20:06,760 --> 00:20:10,040 Speaker 2: right now. But then again, you know, if you look 356 00:20:10,040 --> 00:20:15,040 Speaker 2: in scripture, it says there should not be many teachers 357 00:20:15,920 --> 00:20:19,320 Speaker 2: because teachers are going to be judged more harshly, and 358 00:20:19,320 --> 00:20:22,640 Speaker 2: that it's talking about pastors and preachers and people who 359 00:20:22,680 --> 00:20:25,920 Speaker 2: teach the gospel. There should not be a lot of them. 360 00:20:26,240 --> 00:20:28,000 Speaker 2: And you might be like, well, Jen, maybe that's not 361 00:20:28,040 --> 00:20:30,160 Speaker 2: what this means. Maybe it means more like what one 362 00:20:30,200 --> 00:20:33,439 Speaker 2: Timothy three says, where he just needs to rule his 363 00:20:33,480 --> 00:20:37,160 Speaker 2: household well and his children need to be reverent. Well, 364 00:20:37,160 --> 00:20:40,679 Speaker 2: I would actually argue that if your children are reverent, 365 00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:44,760 Speaker 2: that possibly means their believers. Maybe not, maybe they're just 366 00:20:44,880 --> 00:20:48,520 Speaker 2: reverent on the outside but not truly believers. I don't know, 367 00:20:48,920 --> 00:20:51,880 Speaker 2: but this certainly goes back to if a father can't 368 00:20:51,920 --> 00:20:55,879 Speaker 2: teach his own children the gospel message, how can he 369 00:20:56,040 --> 00:21:00,840 Speaker 2: teach people who aren't his children the gospel message? You know, 370 00:21:00,880 --> 00:21:04,760 Speaker 2: because a man should love his children before he loves 371 00:21:04,800 --> 00:21:07,919 Speaker 2: anybody else, you know, just logically, you love your kids first, 372 00:21:08,520 --> 00:21:12,000 Speaker 2: and you have first hand experience with your kids before 373 00:21:12,040 --> 00:21:15,400 Speaker 2: anybody else. So if you have difficulty teaching your kids 374 00:21:15,440 --> 00:21:17,880 Speaker 2: the Gospel message, how are you going to teach other 375 00:21:17,920 --> 00:21:21,240 Speaker 2: people in the church the Gospel message who you naturally 376 00:21:21,840 --> 00:21:23,960 Speaker 2: don't love as much, who you don't have as much 377 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:27,760 Speaker 2: time with, who you don't have first hand experience with 378 00:21:27,880 --> 00:21:29,200 Speaker 2: on a day to day basis. 379 00:21:30,080 --> 00:21:30,760 Speaker 1: So I don't know. 380 00:21:31,200 --> 00:21:33,120 Speaker 2: I kind of do think that Paul is saying here 381 00:21:33,160 --> 00:21:36,200 Speaker 2: that if your children aren't believers, you may not be 382 00:21:36,320 --> 00:21:40,399 Speaker 2: qualified to be an elder or a pastor in a church. 383 00:21:40,760 --> 00:21:42,399 Speaker 2: Now that being said, I am not looking down on 384 00:21:42,480 --> 00:21:45,840 Speaker 2: any person that doesn't have believing children. You know, I 385 00:21:45,880 --> 00:21:49,040 Speaker 2: believe that parenting is difficult. 386 00:21:49,320 --> 00:21:49,880 Speaker 1: It is hard. 387 00:21:49,920 --> 00:21:51,760 Speaker 2: I don't have any kids for myself, so I really 388 00:21:51,760 --> 00:21:54,560 Speaker 2: can't say anything on that. But when it comes to 389 00:21:54,600 --> 00:21:57,760 Speaker 2: the pastor who claims to be able to teach and 390 00:21:57,840 --> 00:22:01,840 Speaker 2: preach the Gospel message to start with his own family 391 00:22:01,920 --> 00:22:05,920 Speaker 2: first and prove that he can, he's got to prove 392 00:22:05,960 --> 00:22:08,040 Speaker 2: that he can. And the best way to prove it 393 00:22:08,200 --> 00:22:11,840 Speaker 2: is if your children actually believe the Gospel message. 394 00:22:12,320 --> 00:22:13,320 Speaker 1: If they do, then. 395 00:22:13,280 --> 00:22:17,520 Speaker 2: That shows that you are a good teacher of the gospel, 396 00:22:17,520 --> 00:22:20,439 Speaker 2: and that you can lead other people to Christ as well. 397 00:22:20,560 --> 00:22:23,320 Speaker 2: Then he says in verse seven, for the overseer must 398 00:22:23,359 --> 00:22:28,359 Speaker 2: be blameless again as God's steward, not self pleasing, not 399 00:22:28,680 --> 00:22:32,840 Speaker 2: easily angered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy 400 00:22:32,880 --> 00:22:36,920 Speaker 2: for dishonest gain, but given to hospitality, a lover of good, 401 00:22:37,119 --> 00:22:40,720 Speaker 2: sober minded, fair, holy, self controlled. So yes, as I 402 00:22:40,720 --> 00:22:44,639 Speaker 2: said before, the overseer should not be angered easily. He 403 00:22:44,680 --> 00:22:48,119 Speaker 2: should not be a drunkard. He should not be only 404 00:22:48,200 --> 00:22:52,240 Speaker 2: out to please himself or greedy for money or dishonest gain. 405 00:22:52,320 --> 00:22:55,200 Speaker 2: He should not be violent. Instead, he should be given 406 00:22:55,200 --> 00:22:58,200 Speaker 2: to hospitality, meaning he should like having people in his home, 407 00:22:58,359 --> 00:23:01,320 Speaker 2: willing to serve people, will to have dinners with people, 408 00:23:01,480 --> 00:23:04,400 Speaker 2: not just focus on whatever he wants to do that evening, 409 00:23:04,480 --> 00:23:08,520 Speaker 2: but focusing on what other people need from him. He 410 00:23:08,520 --> 00:23:11,720 Speaker 2: should also be a lover of good and sober minded. 411 00:23:12,320 --> 00:23:14,280 Speaker 2: So that doesn't mean that he can't drink wine. We've 412 00:23:14,280 --> 00:23:18,560 Speaker 2: talked about that before. In fact, Paul actually commanded Timothy 413 00:23:18,680 --> 00:23:22,840 Speaker 2: to drink wine because he told Timothy, you know, whatever 414 00:23:22,880 --> 00:23:26,400 Speaker 2: you're doing now isn't working for you. You have a stomach problem, 415 00:23:26,680 --> 00:23:30,160 Speaker 2: so drink wine for the sake of your stomach, which 416 00:23:30,440 --> 00:23:33,119 Speaker 2: a lot of people guess is because the water was 417 00:23:33,160 --> 00:23:37,560 Speaker 2: really bad during Timothy's time and Timothy was not drinking wine, 418 00:23:37,560 --> 00:23:39,800 Speaker 2: maybe because he thought it was wrong to do and 419 00:23:39,800 --> 00:23:42,720 Speaker 2: Paul was like, it's fine in moderation. You know, even 420 00:23:42,840 --> 00:23:46,600 Speaker 2: our Lord Jesus drank wine. So you can drink wine, 421 00:23:46,640 --> 00:23:48,720 Speaker 2: but you have to be sober minded. So that means 422 00:23:49,080 --> 00:23:51,359 Speaker 2: not drinking to the extent where you get drunk, but 423 00:23:51,440 --> 00:23:55,439 Speaker 2: you have to be sober. Also have to be fair, holy, 424 00:23:55,800 --> 00:23:58,679 Speaker 2: self controlled, so fair. I like that that's stuck in 425 00:23:58,720 --> 00:24:01,320 Speaker 2: there because a lot of past struggle I think with 426 00:24:01,400 --> 00:24:05,240 Speaker 2: that one with listening to both sides of the story 427 00:24:05,280 --> 00:24:09,200 Speaker 2: before making a snap judgment, and also not taking one 428 00:24:09,240 --> 00:24:14,520 Speaker 2: person's side because you like that person more. A pastor 429 00:24:14,600 --> 00:24:17,399 Speaker 2: has to be fair. He also has to be holy 430 00:24:17,840 --> 00:24:21,199 Speaker 2: and self controlled, holding to the faithful word, which is 431 00:24:21,240 --> 00:24:24,160 Speaker 2: according to the teaching, so the scriptures, that he may 432 00:24:24,200 --> 00:24:28,480 Speaker 2: be able to exhort or encourage in the sound doctrine 433 00:24:28,800 --> 00:24:32,800 Speaker 2: and convict those who contradict him. A pastor is a 434 00:24:32,800 --> 00:24:37,920 Speaker 2: good pastor not if he only encourages everybody every single Sunday. Yes, 435 00:24:37,960 --> 00:24:41,560 Speaker 2: that is part of the pastoral role, but he also 436 00:24:41,680 --> 00:24:45,679 Speaker 2: has to convict. He has to tell people where they're wrong, 437 00:24:46,119 --> 00:24:49,000 Speaker 2: because if he's not doing that, he's only giving half 438 00:24:49,040 --> 00:24:52,000 Speaker 2: of the gospel message, not even half of the Gospel message. Yes, 439 00:24:52,080 --> 00:24:55,520 Speaker 2: there are happy things in the Gospel message, but there 440 00:24:55,520 --> 00:24:58,240 Speaker 2: are also very sad things in the Gospel message. And 441 00:24:58,280 --> 00:25:00,840 Speaker 2: one of those sad things is a fact that we 442 00:25:01,040 --> 00:25:04,320 Speaker 2: are sinners and needed a savior, and because of our sin, 443 00:25:04,600 --> 00:25:08,160 Speaker 2: we killed Jesus. But the happy part is that Jesus 444 00:25:08,359 --> 00:25:11,480 Speaker 2: came to save us from those sins and willingly went 445 00:25:11,520 --> 00:25:13,560 Speaker 2: to the cross even though we killed him. So you 446 00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:16,199 Speaker 2: have to have both sides of the story. So a 447 00:25:16,200 --> 00:25:19,880 Speaker 2: good pastor or a good elder was needed in Crete 448 00:25:20,119 --> 00:25:23,200 Speaker 2: because they did not have this guy in their church. 449 00:25:23,680 --> 00:25:27,000 Speaker 2: And that was why Titus was there specifically to appoint 450 00:25:27,119 --> 00:25:30,359 Speaker 2: elders both in Crete and in the cities to come. 451 00:25:30,640 --> 00:25:33,359 Speaker 2: And that was what was truly going to change the 452 00:25:33,480 --> 00:25:36,680 Speaker 2: city for the better, was people who could stick up 453 00:25:36,920 --> 00:25:42,840 Speaker 2: and truly teach the Gospel message. Now, faithful listeners, don't forget. 454 00:25:42,960 --> 00:25:46,280 Speaker 2: Tomorrow is Friday, and on Fridays, I do a separate 455 00:25:46,320 --> 00:25:49,760 Speaker 2: podcast called The Bible Explained on Fridays, but it's only 456 00:25:49,760 --> 00:25:51,960 Speaker 2: for the members. So if you want to gain access 457 00:25:52,160 --> 00:25:54,200 Speaker 2: to the Friday Podcast, you got to become a member 458 00:25:54,359 --> 00:25:56,960 Speaker 2: by clicking the link in the description that says KOFE, 459 00:25:57,400 --> 00:25:59,920 Speaker 2: and you'll gain access to the Bible Explained on Fridays. 460 00:26:00,119 --> 00:26:02,040 Speaker 2: And right now, we just moved into book three of 461 00:26:02,080 --> 00:26:04,639 Speaker 2: the Psalms. You may not know that the Psalms actually 462 00:26:04,640 --> 00:26:07,840 Speaker 2: have five books in them. That's a little bit of 463 00:26:07,920 --> 00:26:09,960 Speaker 2: trivia that you'll learn if you gain access to the 464 00:26:09,960 --> 00:26:12,879 Speaker 2: Friday Podcast. But faithful listeners, thank you so much for 465 00:26:12,960 --> 00:26:16,440 Speaker 2: making it this far into the episode. Before I say goodbye, 466 00:26:16,480 --> 00:26:21,280 Speaker 2: here's a quick word from a sponsor. All Right, faithful listeners, 467 00:26:21,320 --> 00:26:24,680 Speaker 2: there's only three little chapters in the Book of Titus, 468 00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:27,760 Speaker 2: so I promise that we're going to fly through this book. 469 00:26:27,920 --> 00:26:31,040 Speaker 2: Next week, on Tuesday, we will finish up Titus chapter one, 470 00:26:31,359 --> 00:26:34,000 Speaker 2: because don't forget. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, I do a 471 00:26:34,040 --> 00:26:37,119 Speaker 2: New Testament episode, and on Mondays and Wednesdays, I do 472 00:26:37,200 --> 00:26:38,760 Speaker 2: an Old Testament episode. 473 00:26:38,880 --> 00:26:40,240 Speaker 1: So I hope to see all of you guys. 474 00:26:40,119 --> 00:26:42,399 Speaker 2: On Tuesday as we talk more about the Book of 475 00:26:42,440 --> 00:26:45,560 Speaker 2: Titus and specifically some of the problems that are going 476 00:26:45,600 --> 00:26:48,080 Speaker 2: on in crete. In fact, I think It's going to 477 00:26:48,119 --> 00:26:50,480 Speaker 2: be a very funny episode. I haven't recorded it yet, 478 00:26:50,600 --> 00:26:52,399 Speaker 2: but I just kind of think it's going to be funny, 479 00:26:52,600 --> 00:26:54,840 Speaker 2: just based upon how Paul talks about the Cretans. 480 00:26:56,359 --> 00:26:58,560 Speaker 1: It really is snarky and quite funny. 481 00:26:58,560 --> 00:27:00,560 Speaker 2: So I hope you guys tune in on Tuesday as 482 00:27:00,560 --> 00:27:02,160 Speaker 2: we discuss more about Titus. 483 00:27:02,200 --> 00:27:02,960 Speaker 1: But I also hope to. 484 00:27:02,960 --> 00:27:05,280 Speaker 2: See you on Monday as we continue through the Book 485 00:27:05,320 --> 00:27:10,160 Speaker 2: of Second Chronicles. Faithful listeners, have a wonderful, wonderful weekend. 486 00:27:10,359 --> 00:27:12,840 Speaker 2: I'll see you all on Monday morning, six am or 487 00:27:12,840 --> 00:27:15,520 Speaker 2: whenever you choose to wake up and listen until then, 488 00:27:15,840 --> 00:27:26,560 Speaker 2: Happy listening, happy weekend, and God bless. I just want 489 00:27:26,600 --> 00:27:28,280 Speaker 2: to take a second to thank the team at Life 490 00:27:28,320 --> 00:27:31,280 Speaker 2: Audio for their partnership with me on the Bible Explain podcast. 491 00:27:31,640 --> 00:27:33,920 Speaker 2: In fact, if you go to lifeaudio dot com, you'll 492 00:27:33,920 --> 00:27:36,719 Speaker 2: find dozens of other faith centered podcasts in their network. 493 00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:40,600 Speaker 2: They've got shows about prayer, Bible study, parenting, and more.