Titus' Mission: Titus 1:4-8
Titus’ Mission Titus 1.4-9 Last week we focused on Paul’s self-introduction in his letter to Titus, in which he clarified the purpose of his calling; an apostle, one sent forth to encourage the faith of the faithful and to spread the knowledge of the Truth, the Gospel, which leads to godliness. Paul sent his friend Titus to Crete to accomplish this mission. As we read in Galatians 2, Titus was a Gentile Christian who had been with Paul as early as the time when Barnabas went to Tarsus to bring Paul back to Antioch. Paul had previously called on Titus to be his representative in Corinth, especially in the matter of the collection for poor believers in Jerusalem. It is important to note that Titus was a Gentile, because it solidifies Paul’s commitment to be the apostle to the Gentiles, the one God sent to the Gentiles, not just to “convert” them, but to fully include them in God’s people. One problem that Christian groups often have is that they want to minister to certain people, esp...