SPIRITUAL
DIARY FOR 10-11-02
My
Worship Time Focus: Cretan false prophet
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference: Titus 1:12
Message of the verse: “12 One of themselves, a prophet of their
own, said, ‘Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.’” (NAS95)
“One of their own men, a prophet from Crete, has said about them, ‘the
people of Crete are all liars; the are cruel animals and lazy gluttons.’”
This
was a quote from possibility and early poem which was describing the people of
Crete. Perhaps Paul was quoting this to
show Titus the need of his teaching and preaching and also the kind of people
he is working with there.
Spiritual meaning for my life today: I
think that sometimes as believers we can learn things from what people have
said and get them mixed up with what the Bible has to say. This is probably not what was happening here,
but it does happen in today’s Church.
The Word of God has reminded me
that it is the only source of real truth.
My
Steps of Faith Today: To trust the Lord with all of my heart and not lean on my own understanding.
Memory
verse for the week: Micah 6:8
He has shown you, O man, what is good; and
what does the Lord require of you but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk
humbly with your God?
I
cannot seem to find a SD on verses 10-11 which state “10 For there are many rebellious men, empty
talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision, 11 who must be silenced because they are
upsetting whole families, teaching things they should not teach for the sake of
sordid gain.” It seems to me that Paul
is contrasting Elders with these men that he is writing about in verses 10-16,
which ends the chapter. John MacArthur
writes the following on verses 10-16 in his study Bible: “The false teachers in the Cretan churches
were much like those with whom Timothy had to deal in Ephesus (see 1 Tim.
1:3-7; cf Rom. 16:17, 18; 2 Pet. 2:1-3).”
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