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Scripture

 

Titus 1:1-4

 

1 This letter is from Paul, a slave of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ. I have been sent to proclaim faith to those God has chosen and to teach them to know the truth that shows them how to live godly lives. 2 This truth gives them confidence that they have eternal life, which God—who does not lie—promised them before the world began. 3 And now at just the right time he has revealed this message, which we announce to everyone. It is by the command of God our Savior that I have been entrusted with this work for him. 4 I am writing to Titus, my true son in the faith that we share.

 

Observation-What does it say?

 

This is a letter from Paul to Titus. Paul is reminding Titus of the vision of the ministry and why he left him on the island of Crete. Titus’ job was to complete the work that they both started by appointing elders in each town there. Paul also mentored him by telling him what to look for in an elder.

 

Understanding-What does it mean?

 

Paul continues to mentor young leaders and Pastors even while away from them. Timothy was one of his protégés and now we are reading a letter written to Titus, who he describes as his “true son in the faith that we share (verse 4).”

 

Life Application

 

Are you discipling and/or being discipled by someone?

 

Discipleship is at the heart of ministry here at DSC. Everything we do is an excuse for discipleship. In one of my previous posts, I shared that if we are a Christ follower, we are already a couple steps ahead of someone who does not have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Our testimony points to how we came to know and accept Jesus as Lord and Savior and also how we were baptized.

 

It is also important to be discipled by someone a couple of steps ahead of ourselves. I have several people that I mentor and disciple, but I also have a discipler for myself. She keeps me accountable in my own walk in the Lord, she prays for me and I get advice and wisdom from her on things she has already experienced in the faith that I haven’t or am currently struggling with. I love my discipler and can’t imagine life without her!

 

Let’s be on mission for Jesus and multiply Christ followers everywhere through discipleship! Let’s actually live out our call of Matthew 28:19-20-“Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

 

-Michelle Gaddi