Peter Roselle: The Countercultural Gospel of the Kingdom – Sort Out the Chaos (Titus 1:5)
Channel: King of Kings Worship Center
Date: 2021-06-15

Peter Roselle: The Countercultural Gospel of the Kingdom – Sort Out the Chaos (Titus 1:5)
In Titus 1:5 in the Voice translation, Paul says, “I left you on Crete so you could sort out the chaos and the unfinished business and appoint elders over communities in each and every city according to my earlier orders. v10 You see antagonists everywhere; they are rebellious, loose-lipped, and deceitful (especially those who are from the circumcised lot).
2:1 As to you, Titus: talk to them; give them a good, healthy diet of solid teaching so they will know the right way to live. v7 Go out of your way to do what is right, speak the truth with the weight and authority that come from an honest and pure life.

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Mark 1:14-15
Jesus came to Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel.”

Matthew 4:23
Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease among the people.

Titus 2 (Voice)
12 Grace arrives with its own instruction: run away from anything that leads us away from God; abandon the lusts and passions of this world; live life now in this age with awareness and self-control, doing the right thing and keeping yourselves holy.
14 He gave His body for our sakes and will not only break us free from the chains of wickedness, but He will also prepare a community uncorrupted by the world that He would call His own — people who are passionate about doing the right thing.

Commentary
As he challenged Timothy in the two letters he addressed to him, Paul also challenges Titus to live the truth he teaches. People are drawn toward God, not through bold arguments, but by passionate godliness. We must be passionate about doing the right thing. Our actions tell the story. Our lives are living parables, shouting the mystery of godliness. Paul tells Titus to be bold, to teach with authority, and not to let anyone belittle him. We get a clear picture of a strong, courageous giant of a man. Titus is sent to the people of Crete—a people short on virtue and long on vice—to fashion a church of loving disciples.

Hebrews 12
16 Watch that no one becomes wicked and vile like Esau, 
the son of Isaac, who for a single meal sold his invaluable birthright. 
17 When he wished to claim his blessing, he was turned away. 
He could not reverse his action even though he shed bitter tears over it.
John 16 
6 I know that hearing news like this is overwhelming and sad. 
7 But the truth is that My departure will be a gift that will serve you well, because if I don’t leave, the great Helper will not come to your aid. When I leave, I will send Him to you. 
8-9 When He arrives, He will uncover the sins of the world, expose unbelief as sin, and allow all to see their sins in the light of righteousness for the first time. 
10 This new awareness of righteousness is important because I am going to the Father and will no longer be present with you. 
11 The Spirit will also carry My judgment because the one who rules in this world has already been defeated.
12 I have so much more to say, but you cannot absorb it right now. 
13-15 The Spirit of truth will come and guide you in all truth. He will not speak His own words to you; 
He will speak what He hears, revealing to you the things to come and bringing glory to Me. 
The Spirit has unlimited access to Me, to all that I possess and know, just as everything the Father has is Mine. That is the reason I am confident He will care for My own and reveal the path to you.

Titus 3 (Voice)
2 Don’t tear down another person with your words. Instead, keep the peace, and be considerate. Be truly humble toward everyone 
3 because there was a time when we, too, were foolish, rebellious, and deceived—we were slaves to sensual cravings and pleasures; and we spent our lives being spiteful, envious, hated by many, and hating one another. 
4 But then something happened: God our Savior and His overpowering love and kindness for humankind entered our world; 
5 He came to save us. It’s not that we earned it by doing good works or righteous deeds; He came because He is merciful. He brought us out of our old ways of living to a new beginning through the washing of regeneration; and He made us completely new through the Holy Spirit, 
6 who was poured out in abundance through Jesus the Anointed, our Savior.