Do That Which is Good... Bible Study from Titus 3:1-7

We are studying through the book of Titus. Today we come to Chapter 3. We are learning to take God at His Word as we are studying verse by verse. What good is it to know the Word of God and then not to obey? We must be willing to yield to the authority that the Lord God has in our lives. He holds eternity in His hand. So let's begin with verse 1 of Titus Chapter 3.

Verse 1: -Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,

Paul is putting out a good reminder for us all. We are to be obedient to the laws of the land, we are to abide by the law - yes this includes paying taxes willingly and driving within the speed limit! Recently we have seen many instances where the authority of our police officers is not respected. This is wrong and results in much tragedy.  We are to obey the police officers and to show them respect. God has placed them in authority for our safety, our protection and for the protection of our rights and property. We are always to be ready to do the next right thing!

Verse 2: - To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men.

We are encouraged here and instructed to be careful in our speech. We must not slander others, and we must not be involved in riots or rough types of protests. As Christians we are people of peace and we promote peace, we promote respectful and God honoring conduct. Christian character is that of gentleness and respect. 

Verse 3: -  For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

Here in verse 3, we are reminded of what our character and lifestyle was like before we became a Christian - that is before we surrendered our life to Jesus as Lord and Saviour.  In those days we lived foolishly, we were disobedient to the ways of the Lord, we were deceived and served the sinful lusts and pleasures that the devil entices everyone to. Our lives were filled with envy and hate. Thank the Lord that we no longer need to live in the sinful flesh. Jesus has redeemed us by His blood, He died on the cross to save each of us. Please do turn to Him for forgiveness of your sin today- one day it will be too late and we do not know even if we have tomorrow!

Verse 4: - But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,

Verse 4 has a very important word. It is the word but. It represents the turning point in our lives. We were lost and living in sin ...But then Jesus came and rescued us from our sin! Our Saviour appeared!!

Verse 5: -  Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;

We are saved by grace, by the grace of God. There isn't anything that we can do to earn God's favor, there is no other way to get to heaven except through Jesus. Jesus is the way! Jesus is the answer! Only Jesus saves!! He washed away our sins, He gave us salvation and new life through the Holy Ghost. 

Ephesians 2:8-9 says - For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:  Not of works, lest any man should boast.

Verse 6: - Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour;

God poured out the Holy Spirit on us through Jesus Christ. The Holy Spirit comes to reside in us at the time of our conversion to Christ. He dwells within us, He guides us and speaks to us into our spirit, He comforts us, and He convicts us when we do wrong. Do not quench the Holy Spirit in your heart. This happen when we refuse to become rid of sin.  The Holy Spirit is there to help you.

Verse 7: - that being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

This is a very exciting verse! The blood of Jesus cleanses us from all sin, Jesus becomes our righteousness. We are free in Him - free to live the rest of our lives here for Him and then to be heirs with  Him of eternal life in Heaven! Praise the Lord! As the old hymn says ..... What a day that will be when my Jesus I shall see, when I look upon His face, the One who saved me by His grace, when He takes me by the hand and leads me to the Promised Land, what a day, glorious day that will be !!!

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