Study Desk

Preach the Word of God. Preach it when it is easy and people want to listen and when it is hard and people do not want to listen. Preach it all the time. Use the Word of God to show people they are wrong. Use the Word of God to help them do right. You must be willing to wait for people to understand what you teach as you teach them.

There is a crown which comes from being right with God. The Lord, the One Who will judge, will give it to me on that great day when He comes again. I will not be the only one to receive a crown. All those who love to think of His coming and are looking for Him will receive one also.

But the Lord was with me. He gave me power to preach the Good News so all the people who do not know God might hear. I was taken from the mouth of the lion.

This letter is from Paul, a servant owned by God, and a missionary of Jesus Christ. I have been sent to those God has chosen for Himself. I am to teach them the truth that leads to God-like living.

This truth also gives hope of life that lasts forever. God promised this before the world began. He cannot lie.

He made this known at the right time through His Word. God, the One Who saves, told me I should preach it.

I am writing to you, Titus. You are my true son in the faith which we both have. May you have loving-favor and peace from God the Father and Jesus Christ, the One Who saves.

They say they know God, but by the way they act, they show that they do not. They are sinful people. They will not obey and are of no use for any good work.

They are to teach them to think before they act, to be pure, to be workers at home, to be kind, and to obey their own husbands. In this way, the Word of God is honored.

They must not steal from their owners but prove they can be trusted in every way. In this way, their lives will honor the teaching of God Who saves us.

We are taught to have nothing to do with that which is against God. We are to have nothing to do with the desires of this world. We are to be wise and to be right with God. We are to live God-like lives in this world.

We are to be looking for the great hope and the coming of our great God and the One Who saves, Christ Jesus.

But God, the One Who saves, showed how kind He was and how He loved us

by saving us from the punishment of sin. It was not because we worked to be right with God. It was because of His loving-kindness that He washed our sins away. At the same time He gave us new life when the Holy Spirit came into our lives.

God gave the Holy Spirit to fill our lives through Jesus Christ, the One Who saves.

Because of this, we are made right with God by His loving-favor. Now we can have life that lasts forever as He has promised.

What I have told you is true. Teach these things all the time so those who have put their trust in God will be careful to do good things. These things are good and will help all men.

May God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you His loving-favor and peace.

I always thank God when I speak of you in my prayers.

Please have a room ready for me. I trust God will answer your prayers and let me come to you soon.