A Survey of Titus

Located on the Mediterranean Island was a place called Crete; its inhabitants had a bad reputation for being immoral, abounding in wicked activities.  To be called a “Cretan” was similar to being called “vile” and “wicked.”  Paul had visited Crete following his Roman imprisonment but dispatched Titus with the challenging task of appointing elders and to give oversight for the churches in Crete.  Thus, Paul will advise Titus to appoint elders so that the churches will be properly organized and managed; but more importantly, Paul will stress to Titus that each age group mentioned in Chapter 2 (aged men and women, young men and women, and servants) must exhibit the proper character and conduct that is consistent with the profession of their claimed faith in God. In addition to Titus’ responsibility to properly organize the churches, there was also a grave need that he refute the false teachers in Crete who were guilty of distorting the truth of the gospel (1:10-16).  These false teachers were guilty of subverting sound doctrine; a problem that is still prevalent among us today!  We need more trouble-shooters today as a Titus who will stand firm and rebuke false teachers in their aim to go...