◄ Titus 3 Devotional Commentary ►

Titus 3:1

Paul addressed a short but power-packed letter to Titus, who was one of his fellow-labourers in the spreading of the gospel of grace - particularly to the churches in the island of Crete. Having outlined the duties of church elders and the pastoral role of those in Christian leadership, Paul exhorts Titus, and all his fellow-believers in Christ, to be subject to rulers, to obey the legislative authorities, and to be ready for every good deed that God has prepared read more...

Titus 3:3

This condensed book of Titus is simply a short, sharp, brisk message on salvation - but it is an important one, because it instructs us on how to deal with life. It touches on our conduct towards governmental authority and local leadership, our attitude towards society and the many unbelievers that cross our paths.

It instructs us on our behaviour towards our brothers and sisters in Christ and our responsibility towards God. It is read more...

Titus 3:4

God's highest expression of love and kindness towards mankind, is rooted in His eternal plan of redemption. Christ was appointed by the Father to fulfil His plan of salvation and to secure it by the sacrifice of His righteous life - through the spilling of His holy blood on Calvary's Tree.

The Son of the Father came to earth as the sacrifice for sin, because of God's great loving-kindness, His sweet tender-compassion, and His read more...

Titus 3:5

How wonderful is the truth that we are saved, that all our sins were washed away, and we were born from above, the moment we trusted Christ Jesus as Saviour.

Salvation did not come to us because of any good deeds that we did or because we gained some merit. Indeed, one of the most difficult things for sinful man to accept is that salvation is a free gift of grace from God to those who simply believe on Christ as Saviour, those read more...

Titus 3:5

God was moved with compassion for sinners and because of His great love, He designed a perfect plan to redeem us. We have no role to play in His redemptive plan, other than to believe His Word, for as fallen sinners we would fail and so: "He saved us, not on the basis of good deeds which we have done, like being righteousness or performing good works, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration read more...

Titus 3:6

It is because of God's grace and mercy that sinful man is able to be redeemed by the blood of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, and our sins washed away forever. And it is in the power of the Holy Spirit that we are born from above and placed into the family of God.

When we believed in Christ as Saviour, our sins were forgiven and we were declared righteous before God. When we trusted Christ, we were immediately given a new read more...

Titus 3:7

As this epistle to Titus is drawing to a close, Paul is reminding him of the way that Christians should live their lives when we are surrounded by people that are not believers in Christ. He reminded him to be submissive to rulers and authorities and to be ready and willing to be kind and helpful to all who cross his path. He warns Titus to avoid the worldly habits of unkindly actions and deceitful words, but encourages him to live a life that reflects the beauty read more...

Titus 3:9

'Divide-and-conquer' has been an effective weapon that has been implemented since the creation of the world, and the crooked serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, is the greatest manipulator of this insidious strategy.

He used it in the garden to estrange man from God and men from women. It was his game-plan to help execute the first murder in the Bible and to crucify the Lord of glory – and he uses it today in the fields of politics, religion, read more...

Titus 3:10

Paul's epistle to Titus outlines the conduct, integrity, and maturity that should be the hallmark of spiritual leadership, both in the body of Christ and in the home environment. He also gives some instruction to the whole Body of Christ on living godly lives in this fallen world system - as we live in our local communities and interact with a wide variety of unbelievers.

Throughout the New Testament, we are given helpful read more...

Titus 3:11

Paul gave us many faithful sayings and offered some wise instructions in his epistles, and as this short but masterful letter to Titus is drawing to its close, Paul exhorts him to make sure that those that have put their faith in God, "devote themselves to good actions," and are eager to do good and help other people.

Such fruit of the Spirit should be evident in the lives of all Christians, but there are also read more...