Titus Week 1 - Introduction | Sunday Service 10:30am

Titus was a Greek who had become a Christian through Paul’s teaching. He was left on the island of Crete to tend to the ministry there and establish the church with sound doctrine leading to transformed lives through the Gospel of Jesus Christ. In Crete at that time, on the one hand they have false teachers deceiving the new Christians, on the other hand a cultural tendency toward moral laxity regarding sin – making this new church susceptible to the danger of both belief and behavior that is contrary to the teachings of Jesus.  

This letter from Paul is meant to strengthen and exhort Titus to exercise his authority as a representative of the Apostles. Paul stresses that proper belief is the basis for proper behavior, and weaves in the reality of our salvation being by faith alone, through grace alone, resulting in lives that change. 

Prepare for this week's teaching by reading Titus 1:1-4

Additionally, as we embark on our study of Paul’s letter to Titus we encourage you to memorize Titus 2:11-14. 

We have found that memorizing one verse at a time and then stacking a new verse onto the old one to be a helpful way to memorize a larger portion of Scripture. 

For this week focus on memorizing Titus 2:11:

" For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people."