{"id":19418,"date":"2021-08-12T06:29:42","date_gmt":"2021-08-12T13:29:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/?p=19418"},"modified":"2021-08-12T06:29:49","modified_gmt":"2021-08-12T13:29:49","slug":"natans-commentary-notes-on-titus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2021\/08\/12\/natans-commentary-notes-on-titus\/","title":{"rendered":"Natan&#8217;s Commentary Notes on Titus"},"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\/2021\/08\/Notes-fr.-the-Wilderness.002-4.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Notes-fr.-the-Wilderness.002-4.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Notes-fr.-the-Wilderness.002-4-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Notes-fr.-the-Wilderness.002-4-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Notes-fr.-the-Wilderness.002-4-400x300.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"background-color:#8c00a3\" class=\"has-text-color has-background has-medium-font-size has-white-color wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Titus 1<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Titus 1:10\u201316,<\/strong> <strong>The perils of false leaders in the church<em>.<\/em><\/strong>By the time Paul wrote this letter to Titus, only a few short decades after the death and resurrection of Yeshua, the church was already in a state of spiritual disarray. False leaders had already arisen subverting and deceiving the saints, while lying and giving in to \u201cJewish fables\u201d or to unbiblical doctrines or \u201ccommandments of men\u201d for \u201cdishonest gain,\u201d \u201cdefiled\u201d in \u201cmind and conscience\u201d feigning to know Elohim but the fruit of the lives were \u201cabominable, disobedient\u201d and they failed to meet the qualification of the true servant-leaders of Elohim. Paul called on Titus to \u201crebuke sharply\u201d these \u201cevil beasts\u201d (v. 12). How much worse is it today, 2000 years later, within the Christian church?<\/p>\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>Turning from the truth. <\/em><\/strong>As we have stated many times previously, in contrast to doctrines and traditions of men by which the Word of Elohim is made of non-effect, Scripture defines Truth as YHVH\u2019s Torarh-Word and Yeshua the Messiah who was the Word of Elohim incarnate. Any doctrine or teaching of men that falls short of this in any way is, to one degree or another, deficient in Truth and is thus suspect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><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>&nbsp;<\/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 \u201cdone away with\u201d it is now acceptable to steal, murder, commit adultery, lie and worship idols among other things?&nbsp;<\/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. Since the spirit of man can be influenced or informed negatively it needs to be made perfect (complete). (See notes at Heb 12:23.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Titus 1:16,<\/strong> <strong><em>In works deny him.<\/em> <\/strong>A spiritual leader is known by his works or fruits, not his words. If the works of his life fall short of the biblical standard of righteousness, then his words, no matter how alluring and good sounding they may be, are meaningless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"background-color:#00a33c\" class=\"has-text-color has-background has-medium-font-size has-white-color wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Titus 2<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Titus 2:1, <em>Sound.<\/em><\/strong> Literally \u201chealthy or uncorrupt or true.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Titus 2:3, <em>Not given to much wine.<\/em><\/strong> It doesn\u2019t say \u201cnot given to wine,\u201d but \u201cnot given to much wine\u201d contrary to what some in the Christian church teach. The fact is that the saint shouldn\u2019t give themselves over to any other influence, wine or otherwise, except that of Yeshua the Messiah and his Word and the Spirit of Elohim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Titus 2:4\u20135, <em>Young women\u2026homemakers.<\/em><\/strong> This statement that young woman should be homemakers is not only not politically correct today, but is ridiculed and derided by today\u2019s society. However, the fruit of woman not staying home and rasing their children is well-evidenced in the broken families and dysfunctional children that women not being homemakers has engendered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Titus 2:10\u201311, <em>Adorn [Gr. kosme\u014d] the doctrine of Elohim.<\/em><\/strong> <em>Kosme\u014d<\/em> means \u201cto put in proper order, that is, decorate (literally or figuratively) or to adorn, garnish, trim.\u201d Those around us observe our actions and all that we do either brings glory to YHVH Elohim and his Word, or it doesn\u2019t. Our lives may be the only Bible that some people read, the only light of heaven that shines into their lives, and the only human mirror through which they see the reflection of Elohim and his Word; therefore, live an obedient, faithful, righteous, godly and sober life in this present age (v. 11).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Titus 2:11\u201313, <em>The grace [Gr. karis] of Elohim.<\/em><\/strong> This scripture lists the two aspects of grace or <em>karis<\/em>: redemption from sin or free unmerited pardon AND the free gift of divine enablement to now go forward and to live in Torah-based righteousness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Titus 2:13\u201314, <em>Looking for.<\/em><\/strong> There is perhaps no better verse in Scripture that so succinctly expresses the quintessential hope of the saint as this one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Titus 2:14, <em>Special people. <\/em><\/strong>This is a biblical idiom or Hebraism that in Hebrew is<em> am segullah <\/em>meaning \u201ctreasured possession, or the special treasure of a king.\u201d <em>Am segullah <\/em>is how YHVH refers to his people, the Israelites, first in Exodus 19:5 (see also Deut 14:2; 7:6; 26:18; Ps 135:4; Mal 3:17; 1 Pet 2:9).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Lawless [Gr. anomia] deed.<\/em><\/strong> That is, Torahless deed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"background-color:#0024a3\" class=\"has-text-color has-background has-medium-font-size has-white-color wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Titus 3<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Titus 3:5, <em>Works of righteousness<\/em>. <\/strong>Scripture doesn\u2019t leave us guessing as to what it means by \u201cworks of righteousness.\u201d See Ps 119:172; Matt 5:19 and Rev 19:6\u20139.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Titus 3:8, 14, <em>Good works [Gr. ergon]<\/em>. <\/strong><em>Ergon <\/em>refers to \u201ctoil (as an effort or occupation); by implication an act: &#8211; deed, doing, labour, work.\u201d The mainstream Christian idea that good works are somehow antithetical to the Christian walk is erroneous and has led many people astray spiritually. The Scripture is clear that no ne is saved by their good works, but once saved, the evidence or fruit of their salvation and of the Spirit of Elohim being at work in their lives will be good works. 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