Protect the Truth
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is Titus 1:10-16. Let’s go!
Titus 1:10-11 (NIV)
10 For there are many rebellious people, mere talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision group.
11 They must be silenced, because they are ruining whole households by teaching things they ought not to teach–and that for the sake of dishonest gain.
On verses 10-11: Paul warns Titus to guard against those who try to deceive the church in Crete with false doctrine. In particular, Paul warns Titus about the “circumcision group” (also known as the Judaizers) who taught that in order to be saved it was not enough to believe in Jesus but that you must also be circumcised and follow the ceremonial and food regulations of the Jewish law. Paul warns Titus sternly about them. He tells Titus to speak for the truth and silence those false teachers. It’s no wonder that when picking leaders, Paul especially emphasized that a leader must “hold firmly to the trustworthy message as it has been taught, so that he can encourage others by sound doctrine and refuse those who oppose it” (v9).

