Should we too be telling those who call themselves believers? There are many who have left the world wide church for many reasons. There are those who have not joined a church for many other reasons. These people need to see the church doing what Jesus told us to do.
Jesus lived as a free man, often rejecting the authorities and customs of people among whom He lived. But in the hours of prayer before going to the cross, He chose to complete His work as a slave of God, and to go through with the plans of His Father.
In Luke 10:29 we read of someone asking Jesus for a definition of what is meant by a neighbour. The response of Jesus gives us the story of The Good Samaritan. This in turn ties in with the last phrase in our verse for today: serve one another in love.
All of us, as we grow older find that we have established habits that we do not think about any more. That is until something happens that does not fit into our routine. Then it is time to rethink a few things. Do they affect the practice of our faith?
Paul is the most renowned early follower of Jesus. Before we get to the end of this study we will look at more of what he wrote. For today let us stay with Titus. He received his own personal letter from Paul which made its way into the New Testament.
If we consider ourselves children of Father God, we must follow His instructions. We must be familiar with His word so that we will recognise if we are being led astray by leaders and teachers who may be well meaning, but do not fully understand the ways of The Lord.
It is sad there has been so much division in the body of Christ, when we should be modelling unity to the rest of the world. This last phrase seems to me to be the most important. We cannot be reconciled with others until we are reconciled to Father God.
There are churches all around the areas of our homes, many of them locked, and in many countries there are crucifixes showing Jesus giving the ultimate sacrifice for us. How many of the people who pass by recognise that as the most important event in the history of the world?
The Bible never tells us exactly where Jesus was living, but it does make us believe that wherever He was, the door was always open to others. How many churches in your area have open doors? Do you know Christians whose doors are always open to others?
What a testimony! They had been with Jesus. Peter and John had spent the night in prison, because they had been teaching a crowd that had gathered in the streets after these two disciples had healed the crippled man who had sat at the temple gates for a long time.
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