They claim to know God, but by their actions they deny
him. They are detestable, disobedient and unfit for doing anything good.
- Titus
1:16
Let’s get straight to the point. Is this verse talking about
you? The context here is the apostle Paul writing to Titus. He is talking about
a specific group of Jewish leaders who he calls “liars, evil beasts, and
gluttonous”. These are people that claim to know God! They claim to serve him
and be a “Christian” (though that term was not used at the time) and yet Paul describes
them in this way.
How would Paul describe you? Would he describe you as
someone who claims to know God and yet doesn’t act like it? Would he describe
you as detestable and unfit to be a part of anything that might be labeled
“good”? That is straight up harsh…but it was true of the Jewish leaders Paul is
referring to.
If you claim to know God and are living in a way that says
you don’t then you have a problem. If you claim the name of Jesus but no one
could tell from looking at you that there is something different, then you have
a problem. If you claim that you are following God and serving him but your
actions are completely focused on you, then you have a problem.
Jesus changes people! A genuine encounter with someone as
beautiful and powerful as Jesus Christ will not leave a person unchanged. There
is nothing so overwhelming and life-changing as a face-to-face rendezvous our
King. Do not become like the Jewish leaders of Crete that Paul is talking
about. Do not claim to know God if you have not been changed. Instead, seek
this change and never stop seeking it because Jesus will never stop seeking
after you. Only a pure and true encounter with Jesus can change our very nature
to the point where we finally gain the courage to stop worshipping ourselves
and begin to worship the King.
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