{"id":17670,"date":"2020-09-01T06:36:59","date_gmt":"2020-09-01T13:36:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/?p=17670"},"modified":"2020-09-01T06:37:06","modified_gmt":"2020-09-01T13:37:06","slug":"titus-1-jewish-fables-and-the-torah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2020\/09\/01\/titus-1-jewish-fables-and-the-torah\/","title":{"rendered":"Titus 1\u2014&#8221;Jewish Fables&#8221; and the Torah"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Notes-fr.-the-Wilderness.002-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17671\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Notes-fr.-the-Wilderness.002-1.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Notes-fr.-the-Wilderness.002-1-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Notes-fr.-the-Wilderness.002-1-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Notes-fr.-the-Wilderness.002-1-400x300.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Titus 1:12\u201313,<\/strong> <strong><em>Cretans are.<\/em> <\/strong>In today\u2019s politically correct speech climate, this statement would be considered racist, even if it were a totally accurate statement. The word Crete may mean \u201cfleshly.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Titus 1:14,<\/strong> <strong><em>Jewish fables.<\/em> <\/strong>Many people in the mainstream church are content to dismiss the Torah merely as a Jewish fable having little or no relevance to Christians. Yet, at the same time, the same preachers will passionately promote Christmas trees, Santa Claus and Easter bunnies. So what\u2019s wrong with this picture?<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moreover, many Bible teachers in the mainstream church teach that this verse refers to the Torah. They use it in attempting to prove that the commandments of the Torah are no longer valid for believers. Is this correct? You mean, since the Torah has been &#8220;done away with&#8221; it is now acceptable to steal, murder, commit adultery, lie and worship idols among other things?\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In reality, Paul can\u2019t be referring to the Torah here without contradicting himself elsewhere. In numerous places, he strongly upholds and defends obedience to the Torah (Rom 3:31; 7:7, 12, 14; 13:8\u201310; 1 Cor 7:19; 9:21; Gal 3:10; 6:2; 2 Tim 6:14; Tit 2:14) and even claims to follow it himself (Acts 21:24; 24:1425:8; 28:17; 1 Cor 9:21). He must be talking about the Jewish traditions of men, which Yeshua said in Matthew 15:3\u20139 and Mark 7:7\u20139 make of non-effect the word of Elohim.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In fact, this is exactly what Paul is referring to here in this verse when he says \u201cJewish fables and commandments of men.\u201d This is not a reference to the Torah the commandments which, in truth, came from YHVH Elohim and <em>not<\/em> from men. In the same verse, Paul contrasts these commandments of men with \u201cthe truth\u201d from which men have turned away.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So what is this truth that Paul references here? Since Bible defines its own terms, we must look to it for the definition of the word <em>truth. <\/em>Elohim is the source of truth (Deut 32:4 cp. Pss 86:11; 89:14; 117:2), he is truth (Ps 25:10; 31:5; 33:4), and his Torah is truth (Ps 119:142, 151).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Truth is the opposite of a fable. One example of a Jewish fable and a commandment of men would be the idea that one can\u2019t be saved unless they\u2019re first circumcised (Acts 15:15:1, 5), which was the subject of the Acts 15 council. Paul vehemently fought this Jewish fable, and the whole Book of Galatians, for example, largely deals with this issue. If Paul had meant the Torah when mentioning \u201cJewish fables\u201d then this makes Paul into a schizophrenic liar (since he promotes and lauds the Torah and claims to follow it elsewhere), while elsewhere he views the Torah as irrelevant and not necessary to be obeyed. Were Paul against the Torah, this would put Paul at odds with Yeshua who upheld the Torah (Matt 5:17\u201319) and with himself when he said to imitate Yeshua the Torah-keeper as he himself did (1 Cor 11:1).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From this brief discussion, it should be obvious to a logical minded person that Paul doesn\u2019t have the Torah in view when he mentions <em>fables<\/em> in this verse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Titus 1:15,<\/strong> <strong><em>Mind and conscience.<\/em> <\/strong><em>Mind<\/em> is the Greek word <em>noos<\/em> meaning \u201cthe intellect, that is, mind (divine or human; in thought, feeling, or will.\u201d <em>Conscience<\/em> is the Greek word <em>suneidesis <\/em>meaning \u201cco-perception, that is, moral consciousness.\u201d Though the conscience or spirit of man is the candle of YHVH (Prov 20:28; Ps 18:28) and is what the Spirit of Elohim activates at the time of one\u2019s spiritual regeneration, the spirit of man can be defiled (stained, polluted or contaminated) obviously by the corrupting influences of the world, the flesh and the devil. 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